Sweet as Sin (44 page)

Wings spread at full stretch, red flashing in his vision, he leaned in until his nose touched hers.

He made sure his voice hissed and she cringed in fear.

“I never fail.”

He winked at her. Shock painted her face and he dropped his left wing. She looked over his shoulder and sobbed. Waving from the courtyard, Jondi beckoned them back to the castle grounds.

Vory stared in disbelief and then brought her slack face back to his.

“But how—?”

“A circle doesn’t end. We saved him like he saved us. We all belong to each other now. He can’t live without us, and me and you need him.

We need each other, too. What do you think, girlie?

Think you can stomach being blood-related to a cranky old bat?”

Outshining the sun, Vory tossed her head back and laughed. She threw her arms around him, her joy sending bluebirds fluttering from the trees. He Inez Kelley

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bristled and pulled away, a patch of heat dotting each cheek.

“Wanna fly with me, girlie? Let’s go home.”

About the Author

Inez Kelley read her first romances in elementary school, under the bedcovers by flashlight when she was supposed to be sleeping. They spawned dreams that never ceased. She wrote her first tale at age eleven and hasn’t stopped since, writing romantic comedy, fantasy and anything else that tickles her fancy. Her backlist includes the laugh-out-loud comedy
Jinxed
, the acclaimed fantasy
Myla by Moonlight
and the sequel,
Salome at
Sunrise,
and books two and three of the erotic Dirty Laundry series,
Talk Dirty to Me
and
Coming Clean
.

She took her creative advertising honors degree and did every job under the sun, including theater makeup artist and 911 dispatcher before quitting to write. A transplant to the Midwest from the mountains of Appalachia, she loves baking, reading and anything that helps her avoid housework.

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ISBN: 978-1-4268-9116-8

Copyright © 2011 by Inez Kelley

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• Letter to Reader
  
• Dedication Page
  
• Epigraph Page
  
• Chapter One
  
• Chapter Two
  
• Chapter Three
  
• Chapter Four
  
• Chapter Five
  
• Chapter Six
  
• Chapter Seven
  
• Chapter Eight
  
• Chapter Nine
  
• Chapter Ten
  
• Chapter Eleven
  
• Chapter Twelve
  
• Chapter Thirteen
  
• Chapter Fourteen
  
• Chapter Fifteen
  
• Chapter Sixteen
  
• Chapter Seventeen
  
• Chapter Eighteen
  
• Epilogue
  
• About the Author
  
• Copyright Page