Page 11 of Enchanted with the Orc (The Kingverse Orcs #4)

Tasia

D eep, sweet tenderness was filling my heart at the thought of this male running away from the tears of my daughter. I knew that most males were uncomfortable with tears, but just the thought of this big, strong male afraid of a little girl crying was enough to make me double over with laughter .

There was no way in hell that I was going to leave my daughter with him. There was no male that I would ever trust that way ever again, not after what had happened in my past.

But there was something inside of me that made me want to trust him.

Something inside of me that was aching for more from him.

I didn’t know what that part was, and I wasn’t sure I wanted to know.

The thought of him being my true mate was throwing me completely off my usual need to run away and escape from males.

“I think we’re good for tonight. Don’t worry about it,” I told him, rubbing my hands along my cold arms.

His eyes narrowed at the goosebumps along my skin and he stood abruptly. I watched with confusion as he walked into the other room. I was on the verge of standing and going after him, hoping that he wouldn’t wake up Gabbi, but he came right back with a blanket in his arms.

He walked over to me and I watched in shock as he covered my arms and shoulders with it. My brow furrowed and I wondered what his game was for a long moment before he moved away, not even accidentally touching me. I swallowed hard, struggling to figure out why he would have done that.

“Thank you,” I murmured in a low voice, and he shrugged as if it was the most normal thing. Which I knew, without a doubt, it was not. Males were selfish creatures. And even though Dristan, Rudgar and Rok so far had not proved to be, for my coven’s sake I hoped they were the exception to the rule.

“Are you okay here?” he asked, and I was confused for a long moment before I nodded slowly in response. “I want to run down and get my car. I left my bag in there,” he told me. My eyes widened and I nodded vigorously.

“Of course. Definitely go get your car before someone steals it,” I gasped .

He smirked, shaking his head. “I doubt anyone would be that bold if they knew what security measures are in that car,” he told me with a grin. “Rudgar takes our security seriously,” he added with a wink.

That wink was so swoon worthy that I had to look away again. My inability to meet his gaze might throw him off, but it was better than him realizing that I was lusting after him.

“Will you be okay here for a little while? I’ll have Darak send someone up to wait outside. If you need me, you just have to go and get him and let him know. He’ll give me a call and I’ll be here as soon as I can. In the meanwhile, Darak will be nearby as well,” he told me, his voice earnest.

“I’ll be ok,” I said, hoping that he didn’t think I was some kind of helpless damsel, even though I’d only proven to be that so far. In most circumstances, I was able to take care of myself. But when it came to David for some reason, nothing could make me feel safe.

Except now. Except with him for some reason. I felt safer than I’d felt in years when I was with him.

But I wasn’t stupid enough to be reckless with my safety or my daughter’s.

I wouldn’t be leaving without him. And I definitely wouldn’t be leaving Gabbi while she was asleep and helpless.

David knew my weaknesses, and he would use her against me.

He had used her against me in the past, and he would be more than willing to do so again.

In the worst ways, I learned what kind of male I’d been with, what kind of male I’d trusted with my heart and my body, and what kind of male had fathered my beautiful daughter. It had taken years for me to realize what a monster he truly was.

But now that I knew, there was no going back. I wasn’t the fool who’d met him in the first place. Who’d been seduced by his kind words and sweet lies.

I forced a smile as Enka stepped outside the door, keeping his gaze on me until the last moment.

I exhaled sharply, wishing that I could feel relieved.

Instead, I felt less safe now that he wasn’t here.

I shook my head, telling myself that I had only known him for a short while and there was no way I could become dependent on him so soon.

I pushed myself to my feet, determined to take a long bath and then to go to sleep, cuddling my daughter close.

I wasn’t going to lose myself in another male, no matter what happened.

Enka may be the sweetest male that I knew, but there was always a dark side.

And he just hadn’t revealed it to me yet.