Kiss of Temptation: the Kavanaugh Foundation, book 3 (2011)
“Beneath Charity’s breast, the treasure lies.
She snapped Luc’s notebook closed and frowned. It had taken her most of the afternoon to decipher the cryptic lines. The treasure had to be the headpiece, but the rest of his clues lay buried beneath an elaborate poem. If she hadn’t been in such a hurry to find the headpiece, she might have marveled at the beauty of the lyrics, the way he played with words and wove them into stunning rhymes.
Of course, having to translate everything from Latin didn’t... help. It reminded her too much of her dreams with the two of them in Ancient Rome. Even now, the image of Luc with a sword pressed into his neck still haunted her. It felt so real.
Stop it, she scolded herself. Consider the dream a warning. If you stayed with him, you’d only get burned.
Or bled dry.
But oh, what a way to go.
She found an empty bench in Copenhagen’s Old Square and pulled out a map. Considering her new knowledge of Luc’s immortality, she had no idea when he hid the headpiece.MoreLess
She snapped Luc’s notebook closed and frowned. It had taken her most of the afternoon to decipher the cryptic lines. The treasure had to be the headpiece, but the rest of his clues lay buried beneath an elaborate poem. If she hadn’t been in such a hurry to find the headpiece, she might have marveled at the beauty of the lyrics, the way he played with words and wove them into stunning rhymes.
Of course, having to translate everything from Latin didn’t... help. It reminded her too much of her dreams with the two of them in Ancient Rome. Even now, the image of Luc with a sword pressed into his neck still haunted her. It felt so real.
Stop it, she scolded herself. Consider the dream a warning. If you stayed with him, you’d only get burned.
Or bled dry.
But oh, what a way to go.
She found an empty bench in Copenhagen’s Old Square and pulled out a map. Considering her new knowledge of Luc’s immortality, she had no idea when he hid the headpiece.MoreLess
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