Blood Destiny by Tessa Dawn

Author:Tessa Dawn
Language: eng
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Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

Joelle Parker had just snuggled under the warm goose-down comforter at the Dark Moon Lodge when she heard a heavy knock at the door. She sat up quietly and listened, her senses fully alert.

The women in the Parker family had been rounded up and ushered to the lodge along with all the women and children of the Lighter vampires, the round-up taking place less than an hour ago...right before an early, freak winter storm had begun to blow into the valley.

Being human, Joelle had not been given so much as a cursory explanation as to what was going on, but it had only taken one glance at the sentinels—the three fearsome Olaru brothers, who stood like splendid Greek statues at the base of the stairway just outside the lodge entrance—to let her know that whatever was going on...it was serious. And she needed to follow orders. The lobby had been full of warriors.

Joelle sighed and held her breath, hoping whoever was at the door would just go away. Ever since the night Marquis had frightened her half to death—the night he had rejected her—the last thing she wanted to see was a lodge full of female destinies and their children: mated women who were loved and cherished by males like Marquis.

Women who had not only been wanted...but chosen.

It was like having a knife thrust into her heart over and over, every time she saw a wife smile or heard a husband say good-bye, but her family was one of the few that had 238

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established a long, loyal partnership with the descendants of Jadon—and she could not have refused the order to take shelter at the lodge even if she had wanted to.

The knock came again, louder this time, and then she heard a deep, melodious voice: "Joelle? Joelle...are you in there?"

Joelle's heart stopped beating in her chest and the air left her body. Her stomach did a funny flip as she turned her head to the side and closed her eyes, listening attentively, trying to identify the voice.

It couldn't be....

One more loud, insistent knock: "Joelle, can I come in?"

There was no mistaking that voice—Marquis Silivasi.

Joelle slid deep beneath the comforter, knowing that Marquis could materialize through the wall at any moment.

She wasn't sure whether or not she wanted to see him...whether or not she could withstand any further humiliation...but then, he had to have come for a reason. Was he concerned about her welfare? She didn't dare hope.

Joelle adjusted the straps on the pale satin nightgown she was wearing and quickly ran her fingers through her hair. Oh hell, it was dark as midnight in the room. It wasn't like he could see her anyhow.

"Marquis?" she called, knowing he could hear her no matter how faint her voice. "Is that you?"

"Yes," he answered.

Her heart skipped another beat. This just wasn't happening. "What do you want?"

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She heard him knock again—lightly this time. "Open the door, Joelle. I need to see you."

Joelle swallowed hard, her heart pounding so loud she was afraid he would hear it.

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