Bridges of Eden Park by Kim Harrison

Author:Kim Harrison [Harrison, Kim]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-01-12T07:00:00+00:00

I watched Kisten break apart the folded bit of bland pastry for him, knowing that their bond went deeper than uncle and nephew.

They were the same, only at different places, and seeing them together, the sun glinting on their hair and their thoughts on their future as they calmly fed the ducks, I felt sick.

Kisten fell my misery, and he turned. Seeing my expression, he murmured a few words to Audric and left him with a handful of fried bread.

"The sun, eh?" I said as he stood beside me.

Kisten brushed by that, telling me how worried he was. "Sharps isn't here, is he?"

I shook my head, watching Audric feed the ducks as his future hung in the balance of the next few minutes, "He looks a lot like you." I offered.

Kisten's brow smoothed to make him beautiful. "He's got the Phelps eyes."

"And his dad's hair," I added.

Wincing, Kisten ran a hand through his own dyed strands. "And his mother's smarts. God. I hate it when this happens. It's hard to keep the beautiful children from them "

He meant a master vampire, not Sean. And my face went cold as I finally understood what was going on. That's why Sean had taken an interest. Not for him, but for his master. Audric was going to be a present. A freaking gift. "He's six years old!" I hissed, clutching my arms around my middle.

His eyes on his feet, Kisten nodded. "That's why he had an affair with Chrissie. He wanted a pretty child to offer his master other than his own."

Frantic, I shifted, frustrated and helpless. 'This was not going to happen. It wasn't!

"A pretty child?" I exclaimed, then dropped my voice. Audric was scared enough.

Kisten pulled his gaze up. I could see an old fear, shame, maybe, deep in his thoughts. "A master vampire won't touch a child." he said, "but they do like to find them early so as to have a say in their upbringing. Make sure they take the right classes, make the right friends." Kisten threw a chunk of fried bread at a duck and it splashed short.

Generally make them powerless while giving them the trappings of importance, I thought. It was Kisten all over, and the first real glimmer of his past was scaring me shitless.

"Kisten, I'm sorry." I said as I reached to touch his arm. He was smiling with old pain as he met my gaze. "Don't be. I love my life." But still. . , there was regret.

"I have a good life," he said, his gaze pinched as it landed on Audric, seemingly oblivious but taking it all in. "I have a lot of opportunities that I otherwise wouldn't."

"And yet you're fighting to keep Audric away from them."

Kisten's jaw clenched, then relaxed. "Audric is smart" he said softly, "He doesn't need a master vampire to open doors for him.

He's better than that." He threw another piece of bread, landing it far farther than I could throw and making the ducks work for it.

"He's the son I'm never going to have, and I don't want him to go through the hell I did.

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