
Last week the theme was break ups and this week we’re making up. I’ve picked a snippet from my paranormal romance Currents Run Deep. Our hero and heroine are orca shifters and their respective tribes are sworn enemies. The hero has lost his memory and thinks he’s married to the heroine. They’ve argued after he called her a “fish” and didn’t believe he was an orca shifter too.
Currents Run Deep by Shelley Munro
She walked up to where she’d left her clothes. They were gone. Asia kicked at a pile of sand. Childish. Stupid. All because she’d told him the truth. She stomped up the footpath and wrenched the door open.
“Roman?” She slammed the door and stormed through the open-plan living area to the kitchen. “Roman!” He’d left. Figured.
“In here,” a masculine voice called.
Asia halted. “Roman?”
“In the bedroom.”
Asia reached her bedroom in three large steps. She stood in the doorway and stared at the naked male, relaxed and at ease with his unclothed state.
“I’m sorry. I still don’t remember anything, but I came to the conclusion you wouldn’t lie to me. Not about this.”
“Thanks.” Asia leaned against the doorjamb, trying not to focus on the family jewels. “I think.”
A slow grin crept across his face. He’d noticed exactly where she was looking.
“Wanna make up?” His dark brows waggled up and down. “How about it?”
“On one condition.”
“Which is?”
“That you never call me a fish again.” Asia folded her arms over her chest and met his gaze with a challenging one of her own. “Well?”
“Fair enough, since you insist I’m one too.”
Asia straightened and padded over to the bed. An arm snaked out, jerking her off balance. She landed with a soft oomph. He held her firmly, aligning their bodies until she felt every inch of him caressing her body.
Roman rolled without warning, grinning down at her.
“You’re an orca, the same as me. That’s part of why I didn’t push you about seeking medical treatment. We can’t see doctors in case our differences are noted. None of us want to be treated like lab rats.”
Roman traced his fingers across one breast, following the fine network of veins beneath her skin. His eyes were dark and serious when he looked at her again. “I can understand shapeshifters wanting to maintain secrecy. Do you think my conditioning kicked in and I instinctively refused medical attention?”
“Yeah. I do.”
“Why were we separated? Was there someone else involved? I noticed all my clothes are in the other bedroom.”
And the questions became harder and more difficult, the lie tightening around her neck like a noose. The clothes belonged to family members and some wouldn’t fit him. “I…” Asia shrugged helplessly, her stomach bucking up and down with nerves. The truth. She needed to tell him the truth. “We aren’t—”
Roman’s hand covered her mouth. “Wait. Let’s take this situation as a second chance. Maybe that’s why it’s happened. An omen.”
Asia’s breath eased out against the palm of his hand. Relief shot through her.
A second chance. Stupidly, she found herself nodding when she knew nothing good could come of taking the pretence further. Sooner or later Roman would regain his memory and find himself in bed with the enemy.
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