Chosen: A Dark Breed Novel by Grace Sable

Author:Grace, Sable [Grace, Sable]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harper Collins, Inc.
Published: 2012-08-27T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

Kyana slumped against the drawbridge entrance to the fort, her gaze lingering on the vacant bench. She could go after Henry, but her sprint back to St. Augustine had exhausted her. She was feeling the withdrawal of ambrosia, and if she pursued him now, she wouldn’t get very far before running out of the last remaining drops of steam she’d retained.

Besides, it wouldn’t matter. The harder she looked for Henry, the harder he’d make sure she didn’t find him. He’d done as much in his first life when he’d learned he’d become a target for the Vampyre hunters. If he really was traceable by Cronos because of a broken vow, Henry would stop at nothing to protect her from being close to the fallout.

Still his daughter? Yes. And he was still very much acting the part of her Sire.

But as much as she wanted to find Henry, her priority had to be Cronos. There was no telling how long he’d hole up in the park where Henry had said he’d be.

With a sigh, she pushed off the wall and made her way toward the fort’s portals. She needed to eat, rest, and find Ares and the others. Cronos wasn’t far away, and if she wanted to make certain it stayed that way, they were going to have to find his camp before he had a chance to move on.

“There you are!”

Kyana turned from her position looking out onto the sunrise lighting up Artemis’s gardens to find Haven striding toward her, Ryker and Geoffrey in tow.

“Where the hell have you been?”

She allowed her gaze to slide over Haven’s shoulder and settle on Ryker. Anger was radiating off him like steam, and she wasn’t in the mood for a lecture any more than she was in the mood to deliver the sordid details of how she’d spent her horrifying night.

She plopped down at the table, helping herself to another handful of tangerine slices. “Don’t start,” she muttered. “I’m in a mood.”

“Do you have any idea what we’ve been through looking for you?” Haven demanded. “Your scent disappeared in Tolomato and Geoffrey couldn’t follow it out of there, but hell if you were there! Hiding in a grave maybe? What gives?”

“Yeah,” she said, rolling her eyes. “Hiding in graves, looking for shinies. You know me.”

Geoff stood beside Haven, his arms folded and his glare piercing. “What happened to you?”

Kyana shoved another tart wedge into her mouth, wishing she’d had more time to collect herself before they confronted her. Time to prepare a story, maybe bathe. Anything.

“Leave,” Ryker said, saving her from creating a diversion from the topic herself. “Both of you.” He snapped his glare to Kyana. “Don’t look smug. You’re not off the hook. I want explanations, I just don’t want witnesses when I throttle you.”

Kyana glared right back. She wasn’t about to be put on a leash or resort to answering to anyone. She wasn’t a naïve fifteen-year-old girl, victim to the whims of an abusive husband anymore. What had

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