A Rush of Wings by Adrian Phoenix

Author:Adrian Phoenix [Phoenix, Adrian]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781416541448
Publisher: Bill
Published: 0101-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

DANTE’S ANGUISHED HOWL LIFTED the hair on the back of Ronin’s neck, iced his blood. He almost released the boy. Almost. More than a little madness and blood rage edged that echoing cry. Even Étienne’s mouth snapped shut—gloating whispers silenced.

Ronin tumbled into Dante’s mind as the shields he pushed against crumpled inward, pain swarming against his intrusion like a disturbed hive of wasps. Images whirled, broken and fragmented, through Dante’s mind—images Ronin had difficulty deciphering.

An anarchy symbol cut into a pale torso…

A falling drop of blood forms into a metallic-looking wasp and flies away…

A shattered window, but one that stretches across the horizon…

Dizzied, Ronin withdrew from Dante’s mind. Johanna had done her job well. The boy was more fucked up than he’d imagined. Disappointment curled through him. Dante’s shields had fallen, but memory still hid, disguising itself with symbols. He’d awakened, but saw only in tarot card pictures—powerful, but confusing. True memory lurked within his subconscious.

Maybe a little more incentive?

Hooking his fingers in Dante’s silken hair, he yanked his head back, pulled his throat taut. The boy struggled against Ronin’s and Étienne’s tight hold, muscles straining.

You’ll never taste my blood.

Ronin sank his fangs into Dante’s throat, just above the bondage collar. Hot blood tasting of dark, sun-warmed grapes and spiced with adrenaline and rage spurted into his mouth. Ronin swallowed mouthful after heady mouthful. True Blood, oh yes. And more. Electric energy surged through Ronin’s veins. He wrapped his arms ever tighter around the struggling young vampire, pressed his lips ever closer against his fevered flesh. Dante’s strong heartbeat pulsed through his consciousness.

Ronin hears a rush of wings.

No longer able to separate his heartbeat from Dante’s, Ronin wrenched his mouth from the boy’s throat. The taste of Dante’s blood lingered on his tongue, simmered in his veins, blazed like holy fire in his mind.

“You were wrong, boy,” Ronin said. “I’ve had more than a taste.”

“Let me up, chien, and we’ll see how long you keep it,” Dante said, voice low and strained.

True Blood and…? The memory of Lucien De Noir’s dark and earthy scent quickened Ronin’s thoughts. And Fallen? Intriguing possibility. If so, it was information Johanna’d lacked. She’d never known or cared who had fathered Dante. Careless and a mistake.

Heart slowing, Ronin unwrapped his fingers from Dante’s hair. Slid his hand once again across the leather collar circling the child’s throat. His fingers tightened.

“All of this for you. See?” Grasping Dante’s chin with his other hand, Ronin aimed the boy’s face at the mortal’s straitjacketed body. “For you.”

Dante’s fury battered against his shields like a jackhammer. Ronin’s fingers squeezed until the boy, gasping for air, slumped against him. Étienne slammed a fist into Dante’s damaged ribs. A rib cracked. The boy hissed in pain.

“I’m gonna burn your household and make you watch, marmot,” Étienne said. “I’m gonna drink dry…” His words trailed off. He glanced at Ronin, face puzzled. “What’s that?”

A faint bluish light glowed from Dante’s palms. Ronin tensed. Inner alarms sounded, flooding his system with adrenaline. What, indeed? Power surged from the youth, chaotic and uncontrolled.

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