Read Rescued (Book One of the Silver Wood Coven Series): A Witch and Warlock Romance Novel for Free Online

guarding her and getting her pregnant.” He sighed. “This shouldn’t be happening. Aside from the fact that I have no desire to take a mate, I’m carrying full body combat wards.”
    “It’s not her ability that is arousing your inconvenient yearning,” the old warlock said. “Our particular gifts are bestowed at birth. They can be diminished or strengthened, but they cannot be altered or supplemented. It’s more likely that you’re dealing with a spell she’s cast, or a curse that was placed on her.”
    “She can’t cast spells yet, and even if she could I’d sense it.” He glanced over at Summer’s peaceful face. “Why would someone curse her to be desired by any man who comes near her?”
    “Think about it,” Arte told him. “With such a lure she’d be constantly pursued and fought over no matter where she went. She’d have to live in an abandoned monastery just to get any sleep. Rather a nasty curse to use against a female.”  
    Although what the old warlock said made sense, Troy still wasn’t convinced.
    “This wasn’t happening with her before tonight. What would trigger that kind of curse?”
    “There’s the usual assortment, but I’d wager he fixed on her own desire as the catalyst,” Arte said. “The moment she felt an attraction to someone, it would activate. Did she show any particular regard for you when you met?”  
    Troy frowned. From her behavior he knew Summer had definitely been attracted to Michael, but from the moment he’d looked into her gorgeous eyes he’d sensed her interest in him as well.
    “She may have. What would be the motive behind such a curse?”
    “Revenge. This sort of malicious magic is quite common among vindictive cast-off mates, and obsessed, spurned lovers.” He uttered a sigh before he added, “It’s an unconscious, pathetic cry for attention as well. Along the lines of, ‘If I can’t have you, then every other man in the world should know my suffering.’”
    Troy wanted to find whoever had cursed Summer and introduce the bastard to a whole new world of pain.
    “How do I dispel it?”
    “Find the Wiccan responsible and persuade him to give you the curative,” the old warlock said. “If he refuses, you could try killing him, but that doesn’t always work. He may have crafted the curse to become permanent upon his death.”
    “It may be a while before I can identify him,” Troy admitted. “She’s lost all of her memories.”
    “I imagine the nasty little bugger who cursed her also wiped her mind to protect his own identity,” Arte said. “Until you can restore her memories, you’ll have to compel the curse to go dormant again.”
    That made him think oddly of Michael. “How do I do that?”  
    “If her desire activated it, then her satisfaction should render it inactive.” The old warlock chuckled. “Give her pleasure, Major. I’m sure you’re up to the task.”
    That he was. Troy felt his cock swell at the prospect of burying it between Summer’s legs.
    “I’ll consider that option when I’ve known her for a little longer than sixty minutes. Is there another way?”
    Arte made a tsking sound. “Always the gentleman. You might cast a body ward over her, and see if it acts as a barrier. Or isolate her away from all males. Good luck, Major.”
    Troy thanked the old warlock before he switched off his mobile and took a side ramp into a deserted rest area. Once he parked he looked down on his beautiful, slumbering passenger before he climbed out and walked away from the Jeep.
    Putting nearly one hundred yards of distance between him and Summer didn’t entirely dispel the yearning inside him, but it tempered it to a more manageable level that would allow him to focus on the ward. He glanced at a water fountain outside the restrooms, and checked the parking lot once more before he dropped his own body shielding and summoned his elemental power.
    Water began to burble out of the drinking fountain, and swirled around the basin