Free Jamie's Heart [Amazon Warriors 2] (Siren Publishing Classic) by Ellie Wilson Page B

than him, but he knew her to be a very skilled warrior within their tribe. The other woman was incredibly beautiful, flawlessly so. Although he knew her not to be an Amazon, Conrad could sense an immense amount of power coming from her. She must be some sort of magical being, but Conrad didn’t care. He welcomed her to his family with open arms when he learned that both of these women had been recognized as Connor’s true life partners.
    Lucky bastard.
    Once Conrad had been greeted by his family, he looked expectantly toward Jamie and Jordon.
    Jordon seemed conflicted, clearly wanting to welcome him home but worried about how her sister would react.
    Conrad took a deep breath and bit the bullet.
    “Hey, shorty,” he said lightheartedly as he walked over to where she sat. Nerves ate at him.
    She gave him a slow smile and punched him in the arm. He felt a wave of relief at her playfulness, but it also caused his concern for her to grow. Unless she was going easy on him, which she never did, Jamie had clearly gotten weaker since they’d last seen each other.
    “Jerk.” It was the only thing she said before she gave him a warm embrace that brought an easy smile to his face, but the embrace didn’t last anywhere near long enough for him.
    When they pulled apart, he was quickly surrounded by Jordon’s arms. She had obviously been put at ease with his interaction with her sister.
    “All right, everyone, let’s eat. I didn’t cook all of this for it to be thrown away,” his dad ordered.
    The rest of breakfast went by much like he was used to—his sisters squabbling, his brothers trying to better each other, and everyone fighting for food.
    He couldn’t resist his repeated glances over to Jamie.
    Conrad also couldn’t help the goofy grin that spread across his face when he caught Jamie staring at him in return.
     
    * * * *
     
    When Conrad had walked into the kitchen, Jamie had lost the ability to breathe. The ache in her chest she had become so accustomed to flared into what could only be described as a throbbing pain.
    Once the initial shock had passed, she had felt such relief that she had had the chance to see him again before she left the tribe.
    Jamie had accepted her fate and was making the most of the time she had left, but to be able to spend some time with Conrad, to hold him before her six months at the estate passed was an opportunity she couldn’t ignore.
    After breakfast, Jamie and Jordon left everyone sitting at the table while she walked with her sister to the training gym.
    “So…” Jordon started to ask along the walk.
    Jamie didn’t want to hear it and cut her sister off.
    “Don’t even go there, Jordon. I’m glad I get to see him before I leave, but Conrad being back doesn’t change anything. I have accepted what’s going to happen. I thought you had, too,” Jamie said, sounding annoyed.
    “I can still hope,” Jordon snapped like a teenager as she stormed into the changing room.
    Jamie was feeling deflated as she walked back to the Quins’ family house. She hated hearing the sadness in her sister’s voice whenever Jamie’s fate was brought up.
    As she walked through the front door, Mr. Quin grabbed his keys and practically ran out of the house.
    “I’m going grocery shopping. I’ll be back in a few hours,” he shouted over his shoulder in haste.
    She turned back around to look toward the kitchen, completely confused. Since she couldn’t go to training anymore, she had nothing to do, and she hated having nothing to do, so she spent a lot of her time at the Quin family home, often helping Mr. Quin with chores. Why wouldn’t he ask her to go with him?
    “Shouldn’t you be at training?”
    When she looked up to see Conrad’s tall, muscular frame standing in the doorway to the kitchen, he was staring at her intently, it started falling into place.
    “Let me guess. Everyone else has popped out for a few hours, too,” Jamie said with one hand on her hip, trying to look