Blood Deep by Page Sharon

Author:Page, Sharon [Page, Sharon]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3
Tags: Vampires, Brigands and Robbers, General, Erotic Fiction, Occult Fiction, Erotica, Fiction
ISBN: 9780758228796
Publisher: Aphrodisia
Published: 2009-06-01T07:00:00+00:00

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Blasted snow. It whirled around Zayan suddenly, blinding him. It had changed to hail, into stinging lumps of ice that pelted him. Snow could halt an army in its tracks. It could crush a man and smother him. It had the power to destroy a mountainside and raze trees.

And, damnation, he had tried to stop the snow with his magic, but it had not worked. Which meant that here, so close to the Underworld, his power was drained.

Zayan ripped out a large rock from the walled-up entrance and tossed it over his shoulder. Three more quickly followed, shaking the ground as they hit. Hades, this threesome magic was not going to work. He wanted to possess Miranda for his own. He had captured entire civilizations for Rome. He had taken thousands of slaves, treasures worth a king’s ransom. He was not a man who willingly shared.

But he had to. That was the madness of it. If he did not learn to play nice with Lukos and share, Miranda would die.

Cursing below his breath, Zayan plunged into the tunnel that led into the burial chamber of the burrow. He scented Miranda—the sweet, fresh smell of her. Here in the dark, with the snow hurtling behind him, Miranda smelled of sunshine.

Her gown swished, revealing to him she was striding somewhere in the dark ahead. In a heartbeat, he could see her—the gold of her hair, the fluttering movement of her cloak. He rushed forward with inhuman speed, caught her as she ducked low, and stepped into a stone chamber.

At least she did not try to outrun him, or even to shake him off. She looked relieved on seeing him. With a shudder, she whispered, “I glimpsed Lukos’s thoughts before. I saw what he went through to enter the Underworld. I saw what we have to face to get from here—”she swept her hand to encompass the room—“to Lucifer.”

Zayan surveyed the chamber they were in. Primitive. Large BLOOD DEEP / 309

stone blocks fashioned the walls, and long, broad flat stones had been laid across them to make a roof. Dirt had been mounded over top. Inside, there was nothing except a stone table that held a chalice and spear. There were hundreds of these burial chambers across the country. But this one was not a grave. It was an entrance.

“There is a portal,” Zayan said gently, “but mortals do not survive passing through it.” Miranda was not entirely mortal.

Did that make her safe? If Lucifer did want her, he would acquire her. For now, Zayan would play the devil’s game. He would make it appear he was allowing Miranda to go in search of her beloved Lukos. “Most mortals, though, do not possess magic.” He heard the heart-wrenching sound of Miranda swallowing. To moisten a dry, frightened throat, he suspected.

“Have you been here?” she asked.

“No.” But he had heard the tales from demons who had.

“There are tests. The very instant you cross the threshold of the labyrinth, you will believe a thousand insects are crawling on your skin.

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