Blood Entwined (Blood Enchanted, Book 2): A Vampire Hunter Paranormal Romance Series by Nicola Claire

Author:Nicola Claire [Claire, Nicola]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780473383657
Publisher: Nicola Claire Books
Published: 2016-12-20T18:30:00+00:00

14

Making My Scream Shatter Glass

“Hayatim, wake up.”

I’d had this dream before. It involved thousand thread count sheets, a soft, salty breeze, and the scent of Mediterranean spices. Not to mention hard limbs and fast fingers and heat that threatened to ignite me.

“Hayatim, wake up.”

“In a minute,” I slurred.

“Wake up!”

My eyes flicked open at the command. At the Sanguis Vitam that swatted me. Sensation and awareness slowly returned. The silk of the pillow beneath my cheek. The rich scent of roses. The metallic taint of blood. The ozone rich freshness of Fey air.

The lingering pain in my head.

My hand landed on the silver bracelet, the intricate pattern etched into the metal sliding beneath my fingertips. I pulled the flowing sleeve of the blouse I wore up my arm and stared at the colours of my Sigillum.

Peach. Such an unusual shade of colour. Such a sweet tasting fruit. Such an innocent evocation. Peach on my Sigillum, however, meant violation. Such a foul emotion represented by such a pretty colour.

I hated peach.

I pushed myself upright, the room momentarily spinning and looked down at the garment I wore. White and gauzy, tiny butterflies and daisies were embroidered in gold in strategic places over the fine material. Just as well, because I was nude underneath. The blouse reached my knees easily, my skin as bare as the day I was born beneath.

I huffed out a breath of air, aware my stakes and swords had been confiscated and then lifted my eyes to scan the room.

It took a split second to know I was not alone. But why the Ljósálfar had placed me here evaded for much longer.

“Are you well, hayatim?” Hakan asked, his voice low and melodic. Touching me in places he hadn’t yet had the chance to do so in reality.

I leant into that touch.

But my escalated breathing was not for the Mhachkay’s magical intonation. But more for the fact that he hung suspended in chains along one wall.

His body was covered in cuts and bruises. Blood had dried, but not before much of it had pooled on the floor in a sludgy dark puddle. His once tanned skin was almost white. His lush lips pressed into a thin line, blue colouring them most cruelly. His ribs stood out where only muscle had once been. His hair, such a glorious black, hung limply around hollow cheeks. Silver and ice-blue stared back at me.

“You can touch your Sanguis Vitam,” I said, knowing escape would not be that easy.

He had wasted away and was depleted of physical strength. Even a vampire’s blood life force couldn’t combat that if he was low on life-giving blood itself.

“The first time in weeks.”

He’d been here weeks, then. Which meant so had my brother. A whimper threatened to spill out between my clenched teeth.

“Silver chains?” I asked.

“Earth silver.” Not Fey silver, which could enchant humans as much as my supposed blood could enchant the Fey. I looked down at the silver bracelet circling my wrist.

“Yes,” Hakan said. “It is charmed. You are cut off from your Light.

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