Beyond the Veil (Vampires of Velum Mortis Book 1) by Stephanie Summers

Author:Stephanie Summers [Summers, Stephanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wicked Dragon Publishing
Published: 2019-01-09T16:00:00+00:00

10

Delia

Every excruciating step took me toward what I hoped was the right way. I went as fast as I could but finding my footing had proven difficult. I’d stumbled and fallen so many times that I felt like one of those people in a horror movie who couldn’t travel more than two feet without eating dirt with the killer fast on their heels.

But maybe that wasn’t so far from the truth. No way the council wouldn’t order the others to find me and bring me back to justice. They could take me easily in the state I was in. At least they’d all seen me run off in the opposite direction than the one I’d actually taken, and Harmon had been too wrapped up in the arrow sticking out of his shoulder to notice which direction we’d gone when we ran away. At least, I hoped so anyway…

But what would the council think about their golden boy imbibing himself with magic to get the upper hand? Had he always utilized magic? Had that been why he was generally superior to everyone else when it came to his fighting skills?

Nothing would surprise me about Harmon anymore. The thought that I had been determined to spend my life with him made me sick now. He wasn’t the person I thought he was, and I deserved so much more.

He wasn’t strong or noble or anything at all like he’d pretended to be.

Liam, on the other hand… Had I been wrong about him from the beginning, too? He’d proven loyalty by saving me when he didn’t have to. And at any time during our travels he could have ended my life and didn’t. In fact, hunger was apparent in his eyes when he looked at me, but it wasn’t the type of hunger I’d expect to see in a vampire’s eyes. No, he looked at me like there were no other women in the world he’d rather be near. He looked at me like he wanted to ravish me.

But then maybe I wasn’t seeing him clearly either. We were both still under the witch’s curse and likely would be until we either died or I gave in and became his queen.

A light through the trees caught my attention, pulling me from my thoughts.

Theodosia.

Pushing my way forward, the closer I got to the cabin, the harder it was to move, like my feet were stuck in thick sticky mud or quicksand.

Trudging forward, I pushed with all my strength until a dark figure appeared before me.

The apparition had long straggly hair and wore a black cloak. Bony hands protruded from the ends of its sleeves, pointing a slender finger at me.

“Why have you come here, slayer?” the apparition hissed. “You aren’t welcome in my woods.”

The figure balled its hand into a fist and my throat tightened, trapping air in my lungs and preventing oxygen from entering.

“I’m here,” I sputtered and gasped for any small amount of air I could get. “For… Liam.”

The tight grip around my throat loosened, but it didn’t let go completely.

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