Adam: The Nightwalkers by Jacquelyn Frank

Author:Jacquelyn Frank [Frank, Jacquelyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781452653235
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 2011-10-25T00:00:00+00:00

Adam had never felt so exhausted in his life. The toll of all that had happened that day was weighing on him hard. Yet sleep was the furthest thing from his mind. How could he possibly sleep, knowing all that he knew and facing such an uncertain future? So he was glad when Jasmine wanted to waste no time tracking Ruth down.

“But first,” she said with an amused smile twitching at her lips, “first we need to bring you into this century.” She gave him one of those thorough perusals that so unnerved him, the feel of her eyes on his body like a physical stroke he couldn’t avoid. He resisted the urge to growl at her in threat ... or for any other reason. What was it about this woman, he wondered heatedly, that threw him into a tailspin?

“What is that supposed to mean?” he demanded.

“It means we are going to find you some clothes. Unfortunately you’re bigger than everyone else around here, so we’re going to have to go shopping.”

“Shopping?” He frowned. “Have you no tailor here?”

“Not here. But at a decent men’s store there is. Follow me.”

He didn’t seem to have a choice in the matter. He followed her outside of Noah’s residence and then watched as she levitated into the air. Bursting into a superfine mist, he trailed after her. She seemed to know that his speed was limited, because she took her time. He knew she was as capable as any Vampire and that they could fly very fast when they were in open air. The only way he would be able to keep up with her at her top speed would be if he created a hurricane and rode those winds to tail her. But that, of course, would have an adverse effect on the innocent humans below them.

They reached London in a short amount of time. Adam would never have recognized it. Things had changed so much, he wondered how he was ever expected to get his bearings. He didn’t want to be in this future, this strange era when his brother was so different and his family was altogether unrecognizable. He grieved for the loss of his mother. She had always been the strong, equalizing center of their family, a touchstone he and Jacob had always come back to. Now she was gone ...

His thoughts had him feeling low and melancholy as they touched down just outside the city.

“How much farther?” he asked irritably.

“Just a cab ride away.”

“A what?”

She lifted a hand and pointed to the great moving metal beast pulling over to the side of the road.

“I am not getting inside that thing,” he declared when she opened the door and entered.

“Yes, you are. Think of it as a very efficient carriage. Trust me. There’s a lot to love about this century.”

Feeling like an ass standing there, he gave in and wedged his big body into the rather small vehicle. It was a poor substitute for a fine horse, in his opinion, but he had to admit these contraptions moved very swiftly and with very little jostling.

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