Born of Shadow (Shadow Walkers Book 1) by Richard Murray

Author:Richard Murray [Murray, Richard]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-12-03T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

She’d finally fallen asleep around four AM. Before that, I’d held her close on the bed as she cried. Whether from grief, shock or a little of both, she’d obviously needed that release.

As I’d wrapped my arms around her and pulled her towards me, feeling the trembling of her body as tears wracked her. I understood, finally, how it must have been for her all those years. When she’d held me while I screamed as the nightmares came.

After she’d finally succumbed to sleep, it was my turn to shake. I’d killed a vampire! Not only that but I’d used my powers and almost been killed. Been touched by creeps more times than I could count, kicked the ass of a bouncer and… I shuddered at the memory of what that one vampire had done to me.

Compulsion, Patrik had called it, later in the car as Evie stared blankly out the window. It was something the older, more powerful vamps could do. They altered your perceptions and made you willing to do whatever they wanted. Some could even command you to do something against your will.

Whoever she was, the way she’d made me feel had left me wanting to scrub myself clean. It was so much worse than what the guys had done. At least with them, I was still me. A thousand showers wouldn’t be enough for me to feel clean again. Not that I had any chance of that.

Arriving back at the house, Jo had stormed inside and the distant slamming of a door sounded shortly after. Patrik had shaken his head and suggested I take Evie upstairs, out of the way. Still unspeaking, I’d shown her into the room I’d been given and as soon as the door closed, the tears began.

A fairly epic meltdown followed and I’d spent the night holding her and whispering soothingly to her until she’d finally fallen asleep. Beyond exhausted, I’d not been long from sleep myself.

Which is why I found myself waking at some point during the next day, laid on the bed with my best friend’s body pressed against mine. My arm was around her waist with her hand firmly holding it in place. She’d grabbed hold of it in her sleep and seemed unwilling to let go.

We were both still wearing the same clothes from the night before and I ached in every possible place I could ache. It was pretty certain that a couple of my ribs has been broken and while I’d expected more pain from that, it felt more like a pretty serious bruise.

Evie sighed, a soft exhalation of air that brought my attention back to the present. We’d not really done much in the way of talking and I was fairly sure she’d be wanting an explanation when she finally woke up. It was one of the reasons I was trying hard not to disturb her, even though I could feel a rather firm pressure on my bladder.

“What time is it?” she asked sleepily and followed it with a yawn.

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