A Hunger Like No Other (Immortals After Dark Series, Book 2) by Kresley Cole

Author:Kresley Cole [Cole, Kresley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2006-03-27T16:00:00+00:00

19

E mma still got chills thinking about what she’d seen in the midst of the vampire attack.

Unfortunately for her, she now knew exactly what Lachlain looked like when he changed. It had been like a shaky projector image, flickering over him, illuminating something feral and brutal that had peered at her with absolute possession.

And now she was in its bed.

“Emma, what you saw last night—that’s no’ what I am.” The firelight cast shadows across his face, reminding her. “That’s only a small part of me, and I can control it.”

“Control?” She nodded slowly. “So you made a decision to attack me in the field and in the hotel room in Paris? You meant to strangle me?”

She thought he stifled a wince. “I need to explain something to you. You know I was imprisoned by the Horde, but you doona know that I’d been…tortured. It affected my behavior, my thinking.”

She had known he’d been tortured, just not how. “What did they do to you?”

His expression grew guarded. “I will never burden you with those details. Why did you no’ tell me you were part Valkyrie?”

“What difference would it have made? I’m still a vampire, and my aunts are still your enemies.”

“No, they’re no’,” he insisted. “I doona count among my enemies wee fey women who live on another continent.”

His dismissive tone rankled almost as much as if he’d admitted to being their enemy. “When is Annika coming for me?”

His eyes narrowed. “You made a promise to me to stay until the full moon.”

Emma gasped. “You didn’t…she isn’t coming for me?”

“No’ at this time.”

Her lips parted as disbelief hammered through her. “Incredible! Because you’re from the past, I’ll hip you to some rules. One rule is that when Emma is nearly killed by vampires, she gets a get-out-of-jail-free card from the Lykae’s little playdate.” She held up two fingers. “Another rule? Now that my aunts know what you are, they will kill you if you don’t send me to the coven immediately. Your best bet is to let me go as soon as possible.”

“If they can find this place, they deserve to try.”

Realizing how resolute he was about this, she felt her bottom lip trembling. “You would keep me from my family when I need them the most?” A hot tear tracked down her cheek. Before, he’d appeared revolted by her tears. Now he looked…tormented, quickly reaching forward to brush it away.

“You want to go home and you will, but no’ for just a few days more.”

Not bothering to hide her frustration, she asked, “What difference will a few days make?”

“I ask you the same.”

She gritted her teeth, fighting aggravation, fighting her useless tears.

He cupped her face, stroking her cheek with his thumb. His voice sounding rough, he said, “Lass, if I have you here for such a short time, I doona want to quarrel with you. For now, let me show you Kinevane.” He rose to cross to the thick curtains, opening them wide, then returned for her. Though she stiffened and leaned away, he lifted her into his arms, carrying her across the spacious room to the balcony.

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