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Return of the Ascendant
Part 1 of The Ascendant Series
Expecting to enjoy another typical
college night at a frat party with friends, Kyra Vaughn’s plans derail when
she’s almost killed…twice. Her savior, a tall, sexy stranger who calls himself
TaeDane, claims that he’s the personal bodyguard for the Ascendant of Alametria.
She’s convinced he’s crazy.
Especially when he insists that she’s the Ascendant.
With dark enemies hunting her down, Kyra
has no choice but to trust her supposed bodyguard. Ty vows to help her remember
her past and return her safely to Alametria, but someone seems intent on
interfering, challenging his abilities at every turn.
As Kyra’s memories emerge, she remembers
that Ty is more to her than he’s let on…much more than he’s allowed to be. She’ll
also discover that there are many things about her planet and herself that
she’d rather forget. In the end, she’ll have to make a choice: retain all she
knows and remain the person she’s become, or sacrifice it all to become the
person she’s destined to be.
Excerpt:
Blinking over the stranger’s comment, Kyra wondered how he’d
known what she was thinking. She shook her head, figuring he’d just made a
lucky guess based on the circumstances.
They walked for several feet before her sanity kicked in.
She tried to remove her arm from the man’s grasp, but he just held her tighter.
While the action should have alarmed her, it didn’t. It sure as hell annoyed
her, though.
Giving him a more careful study, she tried to place his
face. What little of it she could see as he studied their surroundings seemed
somewhat familiar. Had she met him at a party? Was he in one of her classes
last year?
That didn’t seem likely. She’d surely have remembered
someone as hot as he was.
His gaze moved sharply to hers. She found herself catching
her breath as she looked into the most startling silver eyes she’d ever seen.
No one could possibly have eyes that color.
“Who are you?” she whispered.
Something flashed in his gaze. Disappointment? Irritation?
She couldn’t tell.
He looked away without responding. His pace increased. She
got the sense he didn’t want to be alone with her. Insult rose like a tidal
wave.
“Okay, that’s far enough,” she commanded.
Her voice sounded louder than she’d intended. She planted
her feet, refusing to move another inch until he let her go. Unfortunately,
since he was far stronger than she was, he pulled her right out of her shoes
and kept going.
“Are you freaking kidding me?” she cried. “Let go of me,
asshole!”
Finally, he stopped walking and glanced down at her. She
thought he looked puzzled, but then realized she couldn’t read his expression
at all. Anger made her face and throat burn as she yanked her arm free.
“Look, I don’t know who you think you are,” she said, stalking
back to her shoes, “but you have no right to haul me around like that. These
shoes cost me fifty bucks on sale, for crying out loud. Don’t you know how long
it takes a college student to save up that kind of money?”
“There is no time for this,” he replied.
There was something formal about his speech, she thought as
she put on a shoe. He had a faint accent, as well. Maybe something European?
She wondered if they treated women like this wherever he was from and sniffed
in disdain.
One of his eyebrows lifted. “I realize I have failed to make
a grand impression, but time is of the essence.”
“It sure is,” she said, securing her second shoe and
starting forward. “My friends are waiting for me.”
He stepped into her path, making her once again come to a
halt. “You saw something in the shadows,” he said.
She started to argue, then glanced over shoulder at the
lingering darkness not too far away. Just the sight of it had her skin
tingling. Frowning, she turned back and met his gaze.
“I will escort you,” he said.
“To my friends?”
“Yes.”
Studying his striking face, she tried to gauge if she was in
any danger. Almost immediately, she decided that the only danger she was in was
of drooling all over him.
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