Dark Craving_A Watchers Novella by Veronica Wolff

Author:Veronica Wolff [Wolff, Veronica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: YA, Young Adult, teen, vampire, Vampires, hot, watchers, ronan, drew, carden, Horror, sexy, New Adult, NA, Romance
Publisher: Veronica Wolff
Published: 2013-11-17T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

Striding to the breakfast the next day, I’m a man reborn. I can face anything. Anyone. Dagursson, Alcántara, Carden… Bring it on.

Bring it on. It’s something Annelise would say. Her spirit has infused me that fully, touched me that deeply. I’ll make her mine completely. I’ll find a way.

With the thought, I spot the Scottish vampire heading toward me on the path. Does he know about Annelise and me? Did he feel something from afar, stirring in her heart as we kissed? Does he know it was me?

I pull back my shoulders and pick up my pace. I can face anyone…especially Carden McCloud.

Maybe Annelise has already told him. She told him she feels something for me, and he’s come to confront me. I meet his focused glare and don’t look away.

But as our paths cross, the only thing he has to say to me is, “Best hurry, pup.”

“Hurry?” It takes me a moment to process that his scowl has nothing to do with Annelise. As pleasant as it is to imagine confrontations with my rival, it’s time to get out of my head.

“Aye, lad. Hurry. As in shake a leg. Get cracking. However you toddlers say it. Freya wants Dagursson dead. Or have you forgotten?”

I grit my teeth. “No, Master McCloud. I’ve not forgotten.” I’m so not in the mood for his vampiric condescension.

He cuffs me on the shoulder. “No need to ‘Master’ me, pup. You know I find the customs of Hugo and his lads to be a load of shite.” He swings an easy arm around my shoulders and pulls me into a walk. “I’m only wanting to know why Alrik is still walking about.” The shift in his tone is subtle, but I hear it like the blast of a foghorn—he’s serious.

“It’s not that simple. I had to stake him out first.” And then kiss your girlfriend.

“Time to stop staking out and just start staking.” He jostles me with a good humor I know is counterfeit.

I stop short, spinning to face him. “And what if I do my part and fail?” I’ve played it out in my mind dozens of times. Who knows, maybe I’ll manage to kill the old Viking, but it’s hard to imagine walking away from it alive. “As long as I do my part, do you swear she’ll live?”

He stares at me a moment. The way he weighs my words tells me his answer will be honest. I might not trust that we have the same goals, but Carden is driven, ultimately, by the older ways, the righteous and noble. I believe his word, once given, is good. It’s just how he is.

“Yes, pup,” he says finally. “You’ve my word.” He begins walking again, a pleasant strolling gait belying the fact that we were just casually discussing my likely demise. “Just get on with it, aye? Here’s the situation: if you don’t kill Dagursson soon, Freya will be forced to kill Drew. And if that happens, well, I’ll have no choice but

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