Authors: Jocelyn Modo
IntimateEnemy (6 page)
A whiplash of pain burned through his chest, the beginning
bond of the heart reaching for his intimate even though he’d promised her
freedom. Damn it. He wouldn’t go back on his word.
He sat next to an empty seat in a private room of the
concert hall, listening to the sensual sounds of Nashete and Vista music being
played together publicly for the first time in centuries. The different but
complementary music filled the room but did nothing to heal the frayed edges of
his trinity-of-being.
Now he knew how his father had felt after their mother left
him to return to her home world and Vitca-only social circles. Not just
abandoned like Lone and his brothers had felt, but betrayed, broken, beaten.
As a child, Lone had told himself his mother had become lost
and couldn’t find her way back to him. For years after she left he’d imagined
her finding her way home, walking through the front door and into his life. He
supposed that was why he’d been compelled to give his intimate the transport
chip that would bring her to him in a blink of an eye no matter where in the
galaxy she was—if she willed it, that is.
“Lone?”
The sound of her voice had him toppling his chair as he
gained his feet.
His intimate. Standing in front of him.
“Azure?”
Tears filled her bright citrine eyes as she met his gaze.
“Hey.” He wanted to tell her he missed her, loved her, but
all he could say was, “hey”?
He was speechless, held spellbound by her very presence when
he thought he’d lost her—or she’d lost him.
Fortunately she knew what to do.
Azure grabbed him and pulled him down for a breathtaking
kiss, showing instead of telling how much he meant to her. He moaned when she
sent her heart and spirit seeking to bond with his.
Without hesitation, he bonded his trinity-of-being to
hers—body, heart and spirit. And there on the Equate Space Station, on the last
day of the peace talks, as they became bonded intimates, a sense of peace swept
through him so profound that he knew he would never be the same.
About the Author
Jocelyn Modo grew up infatuated with science fiction and
fantasy, reading everything she could get her greedy hands on. Later, when she
discovered romance, it only seemed natural to combine the genres. She lives on
the planet Earth but travels frequently to other worlds, always remembering to
bring her badly beaten laptop with her.
Jocelyn welcomes comments from readers. You can find her
website and email addresses on her
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Intimate Enemy
ISBN 9781419939099
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Edited by Jillian Bell
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