Flawless by Evans, Gabrielle (icecream ebook reader TXT) 📗

challenge. In fact, he looked forward to it. “Okay. When is the next full moon?”

“Not until the end of the month.”

“They wanted to keep me there for four weeks!”

“I imagine they wanted to keep you there for a lot longer than that.” Kieran growled and his arms tightened around Lynk momentarily before he got control of himself. “Can I ask you a question now?”

“Sure,” Lynk answered sleepily. It was hard to stay awake with Kieran wrapped around him and stroking his hair.

“What is a soul bond?”

All drowsiness fled, and Lynk went rigid. “Where did you hear that?”

“Torren said something about it. What is it, Lynk?”

“Don’t freak, okay?” Yeah, that was a brilliant start to the conversation. It would certainly assure that Kieran remained calm.

Lynk barely resisted the urge to roll his eyes.

“I’m a werewolf, Lynk. I think I kind of cornered the market on freaky. Just tell me what’s going on.” The guy had no clue. His particular affinity for the full moon was mild compared to the bomb Lynk was preparing to drop on him.

“Remember when we talked yesterday about the original circle of witches who tried to destroy the Book of the Banished?” Kieran nodded, though he still looked calm. “You were cursed, and part of your soul was ripped from your body.”

“What did you say?” Lynk sat up quickly, wrapping the sheet around his waist as he stared in stunned silence at Kieran.

“I’m not stupid, Lynk.” Kieran snorted and tried to pull him back down to the mattress, but Lynk shook his head and held his hand up.

“You knew I was one of the originals?” Kieran bobbed his head, smiling like a loon. “I kind of pieced it together. So which life are you on? Do you remember any of your others?”

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“You are my Infinity,” Lynk blurted. He took a deep breath and let it out slowly but kept his eyes closed as he spoke again. “We are literally two parts of a whole—one soul in two bodies—Twin Flames.

I’ve led three previous lives, but this is only the second time I’ve found you.”

The silence stretched on until Lynk couldn’t stand it anymore.

Opening his eyes and preparing for the worst, he was surprised to find Kieran still smiling at him. Maybe the guy was in shock and the expression had been frozen in place.

“Stop worrying, sugar. It actually makes a lot of sense. When I first saw you, I felt like I was going to shatter into a million pieces if I couldn’t have you. I didn’t understand why at the time, but I think I’m starting to get it. How old are you?”

“Fifty-nine,” Lynk answered automatically. “We stop growing older when we reach the age we were when we were cursed. I was twenty-four. I can be killed, but none of us will die from old age or disease.”

“Which means that I won’t either since we’re bonded, right?”

“Well, I have to claim you first. But yes, you’re right. Once I twine our souls, basically stitch them back together, neither of us can be killed while the other one still breathes.” Lynk frowned and shook his head. “Well, with a few exceptions like beheading.” Kieran chuckled under his breath and jerked Lynk down to the mattress. “I get it, Lynk. I’m not freaking out, and I’m not running.

Will I be able to remember our time together once you claim me?”

“Yes, I think so.”

“Then what are you waiting for?” Before Lynk had a chance to answer, Kieran pinned him to the bed and attacked his mouth with enough heat to send the room up in flames.

The plunge of Kieran’s tongue into his open mouth mimicked the wicked ways the man would make love to his body. While Lynk should have been content to let things run their natural course, there Flawless 67

were still things to be said, things that might have Kieran rethinking wanting to bind himself to Lynk forever.

Pushing at his lover’s chest, Lynk jerked his mouth away and panted for a moment before he could get enough air into his lungs to speak. “Wait. I…There’s more that I need to tell you. About my life before I came here.”

“It doesn’t matter.” Kieran chased his lips again, but Lynk turned his head, fighting against his desire to just shut up and let his mate ravish him.

“It does matter. You need to know everything before I claim you.” His heart pounded wildly, and his body trembled with nerves. The things he secretly craved in the dark of night had driven a wedge between them once before. If it was destined to happen again, he wanted to know up front before his heart was too invested.

“Lynk, I’ve already claimed you. Nothing you can say is going to make me walk away from you. Don’t push this. You’re not ready, but you’ll tell me when you are.”

“I can’t take it back once I claim you. I have to tell you now before that happens,” Lynk argued, losing his courage with every passing moment.

“I can’t take it back, either. You’re stuck with me.” Realizing the words were true, a little piece of Lynk’s heart died.

How long before the rest of it shattered as well?

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Chapter Eight

He didn’t know what he’d said wrong, but he’d obviously screwed up somehow. Lynk was so stiff, his muscles tense, and his joints locked. He’d also gone very quiet and wouldn’t look Kieran in the eye any longer.

“Lynk, look at me,” he coaxed, stroking the side of his lover’s face. “Tell me what’s wrong.”

“Maybe it can wait.”

Two minutes ago, Kieran would have agreed. Now, he wanted to know what the hell was going on in Lynk’s pretty little head.

Whatever it was, it had him all tied up in knots, and that just wouldn’t do. “You can tell me anything.”

He didn’t want to push and make his lover uncomfortable, but there seemed to be a big stone wall constructed between them.