Cynthia Eden - The Vampire's Kiss.wps by Crystal & Billy

Author:Crystal & Billy [Crystal & Billy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-01-16T23:36:36.631000+00:00

Create PDF files without this message by purchasing novaPDF printer (http://www.novapdf.com) Savannah sat quietly, her gaze fixed upon him.

He began to stroke her arm lightly. He wasn't even aware of the gesture. “By the time I reached manhood, my father's strength had started to wane, and he hated it.” He could still hear the sound of his father's angry screams. Guy had been enraged by his body's betrayal, by the onset of the weakness in his limbs. “He began to shake. To have spasms. He couldn't lead his armies anymore. He became desperate."

William swallowed, seeing only the past. “He couldn't stand what was happening to him.

So he began to ... seek out the counsel of others. Doctors.” He paused, and then he said,

“Witches. Seers."

"What did he find out?” she whispered.

"He found out that he could live forever.” William remembered his father's wicked glee.

“He found out that he could transform himself into a new being. An immortal."

"Your father became a vampire?” Her shock was clear.

William shook his head. “No. You see, he wasn't sure the ritual would work. He wanted someone else to go through the change first, just in case something happened. Just in case his famed seer was wrong."

"Dear God,” she whispered. “He made you do it, didn't he?"

He nodded, his jaw clenched. The scar on his cheek was a vivid white. “He imprisoned Henry. He never cared for him. He thought Henry was weak. Henry hated our father. He couldn't stomach his evil. He wouldn't march with Guy in battle, and Guy viewed his actions as a betrayal. He told me that the punishment for betrayal was death.

"He tortured Henry. Kept him captive for days without my knowledge. Then, when he was barely alive, Guy brought him to me. I was training with my men, and Guy dragged Henry's battered body into the courtyard. Henry was hardly recognizable. He told me that Henry was dying. That if I wanted to save him, I would seek out a dark creature. A vampire. And I would take his power."

She stroked his cheek gently. “Oh, William. I'm so sorry."

His eyes flashed at her. “I don't need your pity, Savannah."

She flinched and dropped her hand.

His jaw clenched. He knew he'd hurt her. But he wasn't used to someone caring about him; he wasn't used to someone trying to comfort him.

He took her hand in his, a silent apology. After a moment, he kept talking, needing to tell the story, the whole story. To finally tell the dark story to someone. No, needing to tell her. “I followed the seer's instructions, and I found the vampire. It was a man.” He shook his head, remembering his first sight of the vampire. “He looked barely eighteen. I thought he was just a lad. I remember that he had blond hair and light blue eyes.” Sad eyes. Eyes that had seen too much of the world. Eyes that had seen too much death. “I told him about Henry, I told him that he had to transform me.

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