Christine Feehan - Dark 19 by Dark Curse

Author:Dark Curse [Curse, Dark]
Format: epub
Published: 2010-01-19T00:08:53+00:00

De La Cruz family has a certain reputation and they live by their own rules."

The question startled Lara and she was uncertain how to answer. "We've only just met."

Natalya nodded. "And he bound you to him, but the ritual isn't complete. Do you know what happens to

the man if the ritual is completed?"

Lara shook her head. "I know only what my aunts told me in stories. I was a child and my memories of

most of those years are vague, so I'm guessing some of it could be inaccurate as well. I often don't know

what is real, planted by them, or my imagination."

"It must be very confusing for you."

"Yes, but I'm learning a lot."

"I'm sorry I make you uncomfortable. I'm extremely happy to meet you, after all, you are my niece.

Colby, who is a lifemate to Rafael, is your half-sister. Razvan was also her father."

Tension locked her muscles and stretched her nerves. Natalya had deliberately inserted the information

into the conversation to see her reaction. Lara kept her face carefully blank. "I've been having a few

flashbacks that may indicate that Xavier possessed Razvan's body in order to seduce women and get

them pregnant, so he could feed on the blood of Dragonseekers."

Natalya winced. "He wanted to use me that way. Razvan convinced him that I didn't have strong enough

Dragonseeker blood to be useful. He protected me my entire childhood and throughout the years after. I

didn't realize what was happening to him until recently and then I thought he had somehow turned

vampire or was in league with them." She leaned forward, her blue-green eyes locking with Lara's. "Do

you know if that's true? Do you know if he's still alive?"

Lara bit down on her lower lip. What did she really know about Razvan? Her childhood memories had

been faulty. She remembered little until the trauma of seeing the parasites. Was he evil? Had he turned

evil? Was he even still alive? There were so many conflicting pieces of memories rising now that she

didn't know the truth. "I can't help you, as much as I'd like to. I don't have any answers. I see things that

indicate to me that Xavier not only possessed Razvan's body, but he injected him with something that

took his will—not his mind completely because he tried to resist, but ultimately, it appeared as if Xavier

was making him do terrible things and Razvan was unable to overcome the combination of drugs and

spells that Xavier wove."

Vikirnoff and Nicolas came back into the room, catching the last part of the conversation. Nicolas didn't

look quite as drawn. He sat on the arm of Lara's chair, his body positioned protectively toward her.

"Possession and taking over minds, making people into puppets, was Xavier's forte. No one had his skill

and he continued to perfect it over the years. It was one of the things the prince and he disagreed on.

Some things shouldn't be done." Nicolas tangled his fingers in Lara's hair. "Xavier felt the Carpathian

people used mind control to get their way and he had every right to do so as well.

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