Crimson Night by Trisha Baker

Author:Trisha Baker [Baker, Trisha]
Format: epub
Tags: Demonoid Upload 6
ISBN: 9780786014170
Publisher: Lisa's E-Book Collection
Published: 2002-04-01T05:00:00+00:00

"Hush," Simon told her and stroked her hair, lulling her into sleep. "I am taking

you where you belong home with me."

"Good," Meghann said and closed her eyes. She could sleep now, knowing

that Simon Baldevar was standing guard over her and her baby.

CHAPTER ELEVEN

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August 18, 1998

Meghann looked around the dark, dank chamber with loathing. This was

where Simon had tortured Jimmy. Bile rose in her throat when her eyes settled

on the iron maiden, the door to the casket ajar but empty now.

Against her will, Meghann remembered when that foul contraption had

contained the body of her lover. Was it her imagination or did she see small

drops of blood glistening on the brutal spikes in the door of the iron maiden?

Jimmy's blood how it must have hurt when those spikes settled into his flesh as

Simon slammed the door shut and how Jimmy must have screamed

"No, please, no. I don't want to see!" Meghann pleaded with whatever force,

be it her subconscious or something stronger, used her dreams to drag her back

to this awful place.

" Look carefully at this room, Banrion," a somber voice intoned behind her,

and Meghann spun around to see Alcuin standing in the center of the room, his

gentle brown eyes filled with sorrow and pity while he addressed her. "This

chamber is a perfect reflection of Simon Baldevar's soul dark, bleak, twisted,

and capable of any cruelty to gain what he wants. Is that the kind of man you

want to raise your child with?"

"Don't you lecture me on what kind of man Simon is," Meghann fired back,

for the first time addressing Alcuin without the utmost respect and love. She

wasn't won over by his addressing her with the pet name of Banrion; she

remembered all Simon had told her. "Even he doesn't prey on pregnant

women."

" What Guy did to you last night was despicable," Alcuin said, and Meghann

had never seen his gentle eyes look so sad. "I would never deny that and I will

not allow him to go on thinking he did it for me. But he was not the one that

caused this situation. Guy, like everyone else, is terrified of Lord Baldevar. That

terror brought all the flaws in Guy's soul to the surface. I am not trying to

excuse Guy he will suffer for his behavior. But I do not believe he would have

hurt you if Lord Baldevar hadn't made you conceive."

" Would you have hurt me because Simon made me conceive?" Meghann

demanded angrily. "Was Simon right were you going to stand by and let me

die without telling me I needed his blood to survive?"

" Never," Alcuin said firmly. "Lord Baldevar achieving the philosophers'

stone may present a grave threat to all that oppose him but I would never

sanction your death to neutralize that threat. Meghann, you are an innocent in

all of this. I know that wicked fiend forced himself upon you. "

Meghann sagged against the iron maiden. "Alcuin, that's a lie. Simon he

didn't force himself on me that night. "

"No!" Alcuin came to her side, clutching her arms with a grip that hurt even

in a dream.

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