The Freedom Search: Kai & Gloria's Story (Search Series Book 4)
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Authors: Amanda Kay
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Amanda Kay, Author
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Published in the United States of American in December 2014; Copyright 2014 by Amanda Kay.
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Published by Kingsnake Publishing
Cover art by Cover Me, Darling
Interior formatting and design by Amanda Kay/Brenda Wright
Copyright 2014 © Kingsnake Publishing & Amanda Kay
Language: English
This book is intended for a mature audience of eighteen and older
Dedication
To all the reading rebels out there.
My readers are the so important to me and I would be nowhere without each and every one of you.
Acknowledgements
To my parents and my family you know how much I love you and how much your support has meant to me. To my husband, thank you for not only loving me, our daughter and son, but loving this country enough to serve it. You are my hero.
The blogging community, without you, indie authors like myself would never see the light of day. I am grateful for all you do.
To fabulous writers/authors I have gotten to chat with and get to know over the last few months. I am grateful for everything.
To my Beta Readers, thank you for taking the time to read this book not once, but twice. I am beyond excited to release it to the world.
To my PA, Jen. I love you, thank you so much for all the hard work you have done. Without you I don’t think I could do this.
To my street team. My Fairies are the best and I appreciate all you do in getting my name out there.
To an amazing editor, Brenda, who took a chance on a new genre for me. I am so happy to have found you. Here’s to a busy schedule.
And finally to my readers, I would not have made it without you. I am so thankful for you.
Contents
Gloria
She knew she was in trouble, when she couldn’t get Kai Lukas out of her head. He was a fucking asshole, she thought the way Raiden kicked her out after they had sex was bad. Well it surely didn’t compare to the way Kai had dismissed her.
“Damn it, Gloria! You are not trash!” She hissed, but the truth was trash was exactly what she was. She knew Kai didn’t want her any more than Raiden and yet she easily fell in bed with both of them. Power and control were all those two cared about. Her phone rang as she stared into the darkness of her bedroom. “What?” She answered, damn she really was a bitch, she would have to work on that, but when your self-esteem is so low no matter how you present yourself on the outside it’s tough to not be a bitch.
“Gloria, It’s Kai,” he stated, his tone different than anything she had ever heard him use. He had lost whatever battle he was fighting with Raiden, because Raiden got engaged. For three months after that, Gloria ended her night in Kai’s bed only to be hastily thrown out the next morning. This last time though, he was downright cruel and Gloria wasn’t sure why he was calling now.
“And you want?” She hadn’t turned off the bitch and she wouldn’t. Not for Kai Lukas. The truth was she thought even though they were trying to break up Raiden and Tai that they had something special. Kai crushed that though, this morning.
“I’m sorry,” was all he said before hanging up. He’s sorry. Really? Kai Lukas is sorry? Maybe he does care.
Kai
He didn’t know what was going on, but for the last few months as he was trying to break up Raiden and Tai he was fucking a human, Gloria, a fucking human. He was acting like Raiden, the same person he was bent on destroying, but she was different, he didn’t know why, but she was.
“Damn it, Kai! You were an ass!” He usually was an ass though, so this morning’s events shouldn’t have surprised him. He always kicked Gloria out early. Shit, if his family caught her Kai would be a dead man, but this morning he had discovered something that could land the final blow to Raiden so, when he kicked her out he was ruder than usual.
He didn’t know how the human ended up in his bed last night. Probably a weak fucking moment. He was reeling about Raiden and Tai’s engagement when the bitch, Gloria, showed up at his door. He was pissed as fuck at her for not succeeding in breaking up Raiden and Tai and now what the hell had happened? They were engaged. So he solved his anger issue by fucking her all night long, hard. Very hard. She didn’t complain, she just took it over and over until Kai passed out, but he hoped she would’ve left. She hadn’t, which meant he now had to get rid of her skanky ass. He was a jackass, woman who slept with Raiden before he met Tai thought he was jackass, but no one dared to mess with him.
“Get your shit and get out dammit!” he hissed.
“Kai?” she questioned. Really? Seriously? What the hell did she think was going on with them?
“Don’t know what you’re thinking. Really don’t fucking care either, but I asked you to leave and I suggest you do it now!” he yelled, his patience was already wearing thin so it would be wise for her to not test that. He wasn’t Raiden, you did not mess with Kai Lukas.
“I thought Raiden was a jackass.” She spat as she left.
He growled, but let her leave. He had bigger things to worry about. Moving to his desk, he began reading over the documents he had found after his failed kidnapping attempt of Tai. He was pissed off that she escaped, but grateful for a prayer that could solve his problem. Raiden getting married.
As he scanned the document he found it. If the leading family’s heir chooses to be with a human, the human must make the ultimate sacrifice. Become a vampire.’
Ha! Who was he kidding? He had been having weak moments for months now. Truth was, he was in trouble, because he wanted more weak moments if it meant Gloria ended up in his bed at night.
The Starting Point
Gloria
Raiden Wyrick! She had spent the night in his bed. The sex, well it was fucking amazing. He, however, wasn’t in bed any longer. Instead, he was staring out the window. “Raiden, what are you looking at?” She tried her best whiney tone. His head snapped to her and he looked annoyed.
“You got your fuck, Gloria. You can leave now,” he hissed at her. She wasn’t expecting a relationship, but a little decency would’ve been nice. No, not Raiden though, his focus was back on whatever or whoever he was staring at. Well screw him, two could play this game.
She put on her sexy, seductive smile the one that finally landed her a night in his bed. The bed of the most powerful guy in Aishan or soon to be, his father was handing things over to him. She didn’t know what his business was. She just knew that the Wyrick family had power, lots of power. “Baby, come back to bed,” she whined. When he turned back around, he was not amused though. Instead he looked boiling mad.