Psy & Changelings 01 - Slave to Sensation

happen.” She looked over his shoulder as Tamsyn walked back into the room.
    â€œI don’t think you two have officially met,” the healer commented. “Rina—Sascha. Rina is Kit’s sister.”
    When Lucas turned, he saw Rina nod a wary hello to Sascha before the curvaceous blonde walked over to hug his neck from behind. Her cheek rubbed against his. Though Rina was a highly sexual female, her caress was asking for comfort. She’d never tried to come on to him, being young enough, now twenty-one, to have always treated him as her alpha rather than as an attractive male.
    Moving his head, he kissed her on the lips, running his hand up her arm in a soothing gesture. It was a small thing but it helped her. She let go and sat in the chair beside him. Lucas glanced at Sascha to see how she’d handled the contact. Her face was expressionless, so much so that he knew she had to be hiding something pretty intense.
    He bought his attention back to Rina. “What’s wrong?”
    â€œKit’s gone missing.”

CHAPTER 13
    â€œWhat?” The killer had never taken a male before.
    â€œNo, no, it’s not like that,” Rina protested. “He’s just taken off on some joyriding trip to Big Sur with a couple of the other juveniles and I can’t get in touch with them. I think it’s Nico and Sarah with him.”
    â€œWhen did they leave?” A ban on nonauthorized travel had gone into effect early that morning.
    â€œBefore,” Rina said, glancing at Sascha.
    Normally the three kids’ absence wouldn’t be a cause for concern. Juveniles were notoriously wild, but Lucas suspected that Kit’s sudden trip had to do with witnessing Dorian’s collapse. He hero-worshipped the latent sentinel. “I’ll track him down.” The SnowDancer lieutenants who controlled those areas were usually reasonable, but these weren’t ordinary times.
    â€œThanks, Lucas.”
    â€œTamsyn, I’m going to head out with Rina.” He stood and looked down at Sascha. “You staying?” He wasn’t convinced of the safety of what she was planning to do but as Rina had reminded him, more rested on this than his own desire to keep Sascha safe from harm. That didn’t make it any easier to leave her—comprehension about her place in his life was starting to creep in, in spite of the barriers erected the day he’d lost everything.
    â€œYes.” Night-sky eyes met his without blinking but refused to look at Rina.
    Notwithstanding the bleak situation, it made him want to smile. “I’ll catch up with you if I return before six. If not, leave a message with Tammy.”
    â€œAll right. I hope you find Kit and the others.”
    â€œWe will.” They’d lost one of their young. It was more than enough.
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    Sascha stood in the guest bedroom trying to concentrate but all she could see was Lucas with Rina. Sensuality had poured from every molecule of the female, rich and heady and almost tangible. She’d felt as if she were drowning in it as she’d sat across from the two of them.
    Then they’d kissed and she’d had another shock. Affection had whispered between them. Not passion, not hunger, not desire. Her mind was having trouble with the thought that Lucas’s kiss hadn’t caused Rina to burst into sexual flame.
    A knock on the door startled her into a soundless gasp. “Yes?”
    Tamsyn’s smile appeared in the doorway. “I brought you a cup of hot chocolate. If you need anything else, let me know.” She put the mug down on a bedside table. “I’ll leave you in peace.”
    â€œTamsyn?”
    â€œYes?” She paused with her hand on the doorknob.
    â€œCan you explain something to me?” Sascha couldn’t ask Lucas. It would betray too much she wasn’t ready to face. However, Tamysn had said she was a healer. Maybe that meant what was said between them would remain in confidence.
    â€œThe kiss?” Tamsyn raised a brow.
    Sascha thought she hid her surprise well. “Yes.”
    â€œIt’s like when he kissed me the first time we met. He’s alpha and each time he touches us, he reinforces the bonds of Pack. With the women, he’s generally more affectionate.” She rolled her eyes. “They’re chauvinistic pigs but we love them. Anyway, as I was saying, that kiss wasn’t sexual in any way. It was about . . .