Bitten Surrender by Rebecca Royce

Author:Rebecca Royce
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Paranormal Romance, Vampire, Vampire Romance, Vampire Love
Publisher: Rebecca Royce
Published: 2015-07-24T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

Adrienne slept deeply, and, although she hadn’t seen Feri again, she dreamed as she had earlier. Maybe Feri’s magic wasn’t finished yet. Adrienne didn’t know, and she didn’t care. All she knew was she warm, she was sated, and she apparently had more to learn about Hanzi.

In her new dream, she wasn’t Ema, which was a good thing because the person whose body she inhabited was staring at Ema’s corpse. She stood in a hallway looking at the woman, who would have been lovely had she still lived. Instead, her eyes started open, unseeing, at the ceiling of the small hut where Adrienne found herself.

Ema had fallen next to a small, gray bed, which looked more a cot than any bed Adrienne had ever slept in. She supposed she should have been shocked. If she’d stumbled across a dead body in real life, Adrienne would probably have screamed bloody murder. But, given how all of the slaughter had happened two thousand years ago, she couldn’t help but feel the distance time was playing with her feelings.

Adrienne squatted, glad to see she had control over her own body. Looking away from Ema and down at herself, she noticed her own arms were still tattooed. Was it possible? Had she managed to stay herself during the dream journey?

A door swung open, and a young man rushed into the room.

“No,” he cried out, nearly doubling over, before righting himself. “Every house. Every damn house.”

She stared at the stranger for a moment. He gave the impression of being familiar, but she couldn’t quite place how. The young man paced between the door and Ema for a few moments before kneeling in front of her dead body.

He raised his eyes to look at Adrienne. “You can see me, yes?”

She gasped, nerves moving through her. “I can.”

“Good.” He stood and nodded. “How else am I to lead you through what you have to see?”

“Who do you think I am exactly?” She followed his lead and got to her feet.

“Adrienne. Who else would you be?” He shook his head. “Your dream is your vision.”

“Okay. My second trip is slightly different than before.” He held out his hand to shush her, and she stared. Something about the way he held his head to the side while he listened....Jerome? She reached out to grab his arm.

“Are you Jerome?”

He scratched his chin. “Not called by such a name in the time period you’re viewing, but yes. And before you ask, no, I’m not a vampire. I wasn’t here when the witch cursed us. It seems to have screwed my version of the curse a little. I stayed human, and I didn’t die. Ever. I age very slowly. Here, at the moment you are witnessing, I’m still not sure what’s going on. Let’s fast forward a bit.”

“Wait. What?”

The room around her changed, and she whirled around to try to figure out her surroundings. She was in some kind of study. It was dark outside with only lights from the candles illuminating the room.

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