Children of Shadows by Naylor Joleene

Author:Naylor, Joleene
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, vampire, thriller, paranormal, amaranthine
Publisher: Joleene Naylor

She woke in the darkness to the muffled sound of traffic and people. Life milled outside of their hiding place and she shrank against Jorick, unsure whether she sought to protect him from it or to be protected.

Her stomach grumbled and the cold seeped through her coat and her clothes. What she wouldn’t give for a bath and a real meal. She thought longingly of the stronghold’s restaurant, strange food and all. She might even eat the Brussels sprouts.

Something shuffled nearby and she was instantly alert. A heartbeat passed and then the sound came again; feet on the cold floor. She started to wake Jorick, but thought better of it. He needed his sleep. It was awake in the daylight, which meant it was human, and if it was human she could handle it.

She stood and made it to the wall. Fast footfalls started away, as if someone knew she was closing in and was desperate to escape.

She hurried after the sound and emerged into a room lit by diffused sunlight. She had a nanosecond view of a figure disappearing through a low doorway and she threw herself after them in a flying tackle. With a cry of horror, the figure crumpled beneath her and the pair landed on the floor with a heavy thud.

Katelina struggled to free herself from her victim and saw the bald male standing nearby, staring at her with terrified eyes. She sat back on her haunches in surprise and the bald woman pulled away, her knitted hat askew and her thin hands shaking.

“What are you doing?” Katelina demanded as the man helped his companion to her feet. They clutched one another and stared at her as though she was an enemy soldier ready to shoot them.

The man met the woman’s eyes and then looked Katelina full in the face for the first time. “Dom.”

She waited for more, but when nothing came she tried to guess the meaning of what he’d said. What could they want? Help? Food? A Bathroom?

“I don’t know what that means,” she admitted lamely. “Maybe when Verchiel or Jorick wake up they can figure out what you want.” They stared at her, uncomprehending and she mimed walking back to the room and going back to sleep. Then vampires waking up and reading their minds. The hand gestures alarmed them and they drew further away.

“Okay, that looked kind of like them attacking you.” She tried again. Her erratic gestures left them looking even more frightened, but whatever meaning they drew from it was sufficient to send them hurrying around her and back to the dark room.

Katelina started after them, then checked her watch. It was useless; still set for a different time zone. It was hard to tell how long it would be until sundown. Maybe she’d better stay there in case they tried to escape again.

She kicked some rubble out of her way and sat with her back against the wall and knees up. Sunlight splashed on her. It seemed a little too bright and she moved away from it and settled down again.

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