Her Druid Desire (The Amber Druid Series) Read Free

of her. “Ten minutes? Alright, we’ll be here.”
               
Keeping his hand on the dog, he ended his call and looked back at Nadia.
               
“Chase Williams, he’s the vet on night duty this week, just finished up with a
mare out on the Circle T Ranch. He should be here in ten minutes.”
               
“Good, I was so worried and I needed to make sure that she would be okay. Do
you think that any of her injuries are life threatening?” Nadia asked, trying
to ignore how intimidating and wholly masculine he was. The harsh, fluorescent
lights threw him into stark relief. With his broad forehead, low slashing brows
and beautiful bone structure, it was like staring at a sculpture, all except
for his penetrating brown eyes which bored holes into Nadia.
               
 Thick, dark russet colored hair was cropped somewhat close to his head,
but it still managed to look unruly and wild. His body was muscled, without
being overblown, and his overwhelming height made him seem much larger. He
moved with a grace, a slow as molasses saunter, that had given Nadia warm flutters more than once.
               
“She’s lucky you are such a compassionate person. Most people would have left
her there to die.”
               
The deeply accented Texas drawl shook Nadia out of her secret appraisal of his
body. She mentally slapped herself out of the trance she had sunk into.
               
“I couldn’t leave her there,” Nadia murmured, more to herself than to him. Her
fingers sank into the dog’s fur and immediately Nadia remembered what had
happened earlier.  With all the drama of the thunderstorm, and injuring
the dog, she’d almost forgotten the emotions from before. Now it came back,
sizzling through her like a firestorm.
               
Tears hit the backs of her eyes, while humiliation slammed into her body like a
wave. She should get used to this. Certainly shame and humiliation would be her
constant companion once the truth hit, and she knew it would. For all of its
charm and small town flair, Beaumont was a bustling city. Its citizens were
good, honest, hard working people but, like always, and mostly in the wealthier
groups, there were those that would gossip. She would have to learn to live
with it.
               
She remembered the people milling around Drake’s living area. That was his
crowd. The super rich. The elite of
society. He’d been born to this. The ins and outs of this world ran
through his blood by right. She, on the other hand, was an upstart here. The
denizens of this crowd regarded her with something akin to horror and smug
defiance. If it were up to them, she would never make it in their world.
               
The only person who had thought differently, and helped her maneuver the
vagaries of her new social calendar, was now enemy number one. Thank God she
was a quick learner; otherwise, she would be left out, floundering, and lost to
the cruelty of society. Well, she’d learned her lesson and she doubted she
would trust so openly again.
                Dear God, how would she ever face anyone after this?
               
Was she strong enough to do this?
               
She stepped back from Drake’s overwhelming presence. Out of the corner of her
eye she saw him regarding her intensely. Of course he was. She was practically
having a nervous breakdown in his house.
               
“I have to leave, but please send word, or call me whenever you find out
something. You remember where to find me, right?”
               
He nodded, and without stopping her, let her leave. The look in his eyes when she
turned around showed her that he knew something. Somehow Drake Thompson
realized something wasn’t right, and Nadia knew that if she allowed it, he
might make everything worse than what it was already. That was the last thing
she