Invasion of Her Heart by Trinity Blacio, Ana Lee Kennedy Page A

Jaxxon. Don’t move. I don’t like leaving you here, but you’re right. I can’t take everything back with me.” Volund called Tonto to his side and glanced down at Venus.
    “When we get back, we’re all going to sit and have a talk.” He leaned down, touched the deer and Tonto, and disappeared with the slain buck.
    Venus grabbed two small metal test tubes from her hunting pack, filled both with the water, and then shoved a rubber stopper into the end of each one. Ino and Ka stood next to her as she tucked the tubes away. “I guess Volund would’ve brought his mate back from the time before she was killed if he could have, right, Ino?” Venus sighed, rubbing her hand through the fur of the creature’s head.
    Minutes later, both Jaxxon and Volund appeared next to her. “I’ll take Ino and Ka, and you bring Venus back.” Volund reached to touch Ino, but Venus put her hand on his arm.
    “Volund, I’m sorry. About taking off, I mean. I was wrong to get mad at you, but the thought of seeing my mother and father…. Well, it gave me hope.” She sighed heavily and blinked back the prick of tears. “I know if there was a way you could have done it, you would’ve brought your mate back immediately after you lost her.” She blinked up at him. “Forgive me.”
    Without saying a word, Volund nodded and disappeared with the animals. She glanced at Jaxxon, who wrapped his arm around her waist and kissed her nose. “Don’t worry about Volund. He knows all of this is hard on you. We’ll talk about everything tonight, but right now we need to get you out of the sun.” He traced his finger down her nearly bare chest. “Your skin is burning.”
    Venus didn’t have time to say a word. Her body warmed, zaps of some kind of strange current surged through her body, and her senses began to spin. Her grip tightened on Jaxxon as the buzzing in her head grew louder, and she moaned.
    “Easy. I know the first time can be uncomfortable, but we’re back. You can open your eyes.”
    Her eyes snapped open, and she laughed. They were standing on the ground floor of her bank building. New boxes, equipment, and things she couldn’t even describe filled the sprawling banking section. “Boy, you guys have been busy. I take it you’re setting up camp here?” Venus moved between the containers and stopped at a large table that she ran her hand over. “What’s this used for?”
    Jaxxon chuckled. “That can be used for many different things such as strapping down someone for interrogation, or to give a certain mate much pleasure.”
    Although Venus would’ve thought it impossible, her body heated even more, the warmth flooding her face. She knew her face had to be bright pink. “Um…interesting, I think.” She turned to explore more items when Volund slid an arm around her waist and pressed against her.
    He swept her hair out of the way and kissed her neck. “I’ve already taken care of the game, and the meat is packed and ready for whenever you need it. Right now we all need to discuss a few matters.” He picked her up and kissed her lips lightly. “Up we go.”
    Venus moaned as they teleported up to her quarters. She opened her eyes and then laid her head on his chest. “You do know I can climb the stairs, right?”
    “Why would you do that when we can get here faster?” Jaxxon sat on the couch at the same time Volund reclined with her in his arms. He took her weapons from her and carefully placed them on the floor. She remembered the leather pouch she’d taken from her dead doctor friend.
    Venus reached for her pack, but Volund carefully pulled it up and placed it beside them. He removed the satchel and took out the diary and the two metal vials and handed them to her. She set the beakers aside and opened the journal. “I want to find out why Dr. Zeon was on his way back here.” Venus peeked up at Volund, who nodded. She flipped to the last page.
     
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