Page 59 of Forgotten Arcane

“Yep,” I grin as I shove the last of the bacon into my mouth. Chewing and swallowing quickly, I add, “Let’s go and find some answers. Hopefully.”

“We will come and get you guys at lunch,” Griff says, as he stands as well, “we all know how caught up in the research you’re both going to get.”

“Good call,” I reply. “Have fun, guys.”

As I start to leave the room, Reed catches my hand, “Whoa, where do you think you’re going?”

“To research?” I ask, slightly confused. I’ve clearly not had enough coffee this morning.

“Kisses first?” Reed questions, wriggling his eyebrows.

My confused frown turns into a huge smile as I stretch up on my tiptoes and he bends down to meet me, giving me a kiss. He’s quickly replaced by River, who dips me to kiss me like we’re dancing, and making me laugh. I get kisses from all of them, and my head is swimming by the time that I finally follow an amused looking Raiden out of the kitchen.

“Damn, I could definitely get used to kisses like that,” I say as we walk through the doors to the library.

Raiden chuckles, “I think you’re going to have to. We love kissing you.”

I grin, “Good.”

We walk further into the vast room, and I glance at the sheer number of books in here, beginning to feel slightly overwhelmed at the task that we’ve got ahead of us. Fortunately, this is Raiden’s domain, and he knows the books that he’s got in here. At least I’m hoping he does. I doubt that he remembers the name of every book that he has, that would be extremely impressive. There are thousands in here.

“Okay, so where do we start?” I ask him, hoping he has a plan because I sure as hell don’t.

“I was thinking that maybe we should start by looking in the myths and legends section?” he suggests. “I mean, everyone thinks that unicorns aren’t real, so it’s probably a good place to start from that point of view, and angelsare supposed to be extinct, so there is a chance that they have moved from the fact books to the myths and legends books.”

“Oh, that’s a great idea,” I agree. “We’re going to have to be careful that we don’t stumble into the fiction side of things though, and we will need to take everything that we read with a pinch of salt just in case.”

Raiden frowns, “Yeah, that’s the only problem. We aren’t going to know with absolute certainty that what we’re reading is true.”

“Well, it’s worth a go,” I reply, shrugging my shoulders. “Where are they?”

Raiden grins, “This way, follow me.”

We end up picking up all of the books that could possibly be relevant, and when Raiden’s not looking, I also pick up some that just look interesting. I plan to ask him later if I can take them back to my room so that I can read them.

You know, in all of the spare time that I have.

We’ve been looking through the books for an hour or so, and I haven’t found anything of any real interest. Well, I found interesting things, but nothing that has anything to do with what I’m supposed to be looking into.

Raiden leans back in his chair and stretches, his shirt pulling up to reveal perfect ‘v’ lines, and I’m instantly distracted.

“You’re going to have to stop looking at me like that,” he says huskily, not moving from his position.

My eyes dart up to his, and I smirk, “Or what?”

Surprise lights his eyes before heat consumes them. “I’ll bend you over this table, lift that pretty little dress up, and mark that perfect ass of yours.”

My clit pulses, and my thighs clench in anticipation.

I stand up, my eyes locked with his as I begin to bend over the table, and then stop, “Hmm, I think you’re going to have to catch me first.”

His eyes darken with desire as he stands, a smirk playing at the edge of his lips as my smile widens, excitement thrumming through me.

“Neith,” he growls, a slight warning in his tone.

I blow him a kiss and spin on my heel, knowing that my dress is short enough that it’s going to flare up and show my ass.

His growl fills the air, and I can’t help but laugh as I dart into the shelves of books and hear his steps follow after me.

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