Absolution (The Penton Vampire Legacy) by Susannah Sandlin

Author:Susannah Sandlin [Sandlin, Susannah]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781612183589
Publisher: Montlake Romance
Published: 2012-11-19T06:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 19

Glory lay on the sofa in the rec room, thinking about Mirren. She’d gotten into his private space in the subbasement, but hadn’t felt right plundering through his stuff. Other than confirming that he was a slob when it came to everything but his movie collection and his motorcycle parts, she hadn’t learned a thing.

No, that wasn’t quite true. She had found something. An acid pen, lying on a drawing table. She’d bet it was what he used to etch the elaborate tattoos. He had a talent for drawing. She’d seen sketch after sketch, and not just tattoo art. Still lifes and even portraits. But he used his artistic ability to punish himself—and had been doing it a long time, judging by the amount of ink on his body. She didn’t get the sense the tats were a source of pride for him, but a reminder of what he saw as the sins he’d committed.

She’d stuck the pen in the pocket of her jeans, then returned to the rec room and practiced moving things. She’d lifted Mirren’s weights in the air and eventually could suspend them aloft for a couple of minutes before her attention wavered and she dropped them.

Finally, she’d stretched out on the sofa and dozed, starting at each creak of the house above her, wondering what was happening, if Mirren was safe. Wondering what, exactly, was the story with that sword.

The sound of a floorboard creaking overhead startled her to her feet, ready to run to the lower level or try hurling the weight set at anyone unfamiliar who came down the stairwell. Then the pipes knocked as the water turned on upstairs, and Glory relaxed. No one intent on breaking into Mirren’s house and finding her would stop to take a shower.

Then again, why would Mirren take a shower upstairs when he had a huge bathroom on the bottom level off his sparely decorated bedroom? Because whatever he’s been doing, he doesn’t want you to see him.

Hadn’t they just been through this last night? Glory walked to the stairwell and listened for footsteps or voices. Nothing but the knocking pipes. She climbed the stairs and focused her energy on the hatch, visualizing the panels sliding. The first time they clicked, it broke her concentration, and pushing on the overhead panel didn’t work. The second time, she kept her focus, and when she exerted pressure on the wooden square above her head, it shifted up and slid aside.

She climbed out, slid the panel back into place, and followed the sound of the water to the bathroom off the hallway, next to the bedroom she’d been using. The bathroom door was locked, but again, Glory was able to pop the lock by visualizing how it needed to work, then using her powers to make it happen. She’d realized how valuable her abilities could be now that she was learning to use them. And for the first time, she understood why Matthias had wanted her.

Was she sure Aidan

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