Dead of Night (The Revenant Book 3) by Kali Argent

Author:Kali Argent [Argent, Kali]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: PECCAVI PRESS
Published: 2017-04-24T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

Nikolai’s instinct was to go after his mate, to sooth and comfort her in any way she needed, but he didn’t. Kamara required a moment alone, to process the revelations she’d learned, and he needed to speak with his brother.

Even as he spoke with his siblings, though, he checked in on Kamara, scanning her thoughts for anything out of the ordinary, especially the static he’d come to associate with his father’s manipulation. He knew she was upstairs in the library, trying to make sense of it all, but she sounded calm, overwhelmed, but in control.

“Tell me everything,” he demanded. “Whatever I need to know to help her, tell me.”

Jonah considered him for several seconds before turning to their youngest brother. “I think Nik and I need to talk in private.”

Heather nodded at once and jump up from Syrus’ lap. “Come on, handsome. Let’s go raid the kitchen. I smell gumbo.”

“Ah, a female after my own heart.”

Gracefully, Veronica rose as well and swept around the table to extend her hand to Kayse. “We better hurry, or Syrus will have licked the pot clean. You know how he is.”

Kayse chuckled, taking Veronica’s hand and blowing a kiss over her shoulder to her mate as they strode out of the room toward the kitchen.

Once they were alone, Jonah rubbed both hands over his face and sighed. “What I know, I’ve learned along the way after Kayse came into my life. She knows more than me, but talking about it upsets her.”

Nikolai had noticed the marks on her arms, but it wasn’t just the physical scars that haunted his brother’s mate. She’d been hurt, yes, but more than that, she’d been broken, and he didn’t know if she’d ever fully heal from the trauma.

“What happened to her?”

“The same that happened to your mate, except Kayse didn’t have someone like you to rescue her.” His features turned to stone, but he held a world of sorrow in his eyes. “She was taken and imprisoned by Nigel Abraxas. He fed from her, brainwashed her, tormented her, and abused her until she was so damaged, she was no longer of any use to him. Then, he sent her to the slave auctions to be sold like cattle.”

“He knew she was a Seer,” Nikolai surmised.

Jonah nodded once. “How do you think the coven gained power so quickly?”

“This happened before the Purge?”

“Seven years. She was with him for seven years.”

“Brother, I’m sorry. I don’t know what to say.” Fear settled in Nikolai’s heart at the mere thought of Kamara suffering the same fate. “Do you think that’s why our father wants Kamara?”

His father had drained countless humans and turned hundreds of vampires. He’d never shown a modicum of interest in any of his sirelings, certainly not to the degree that he stalked Kamara.

“I think that’s a safe bet.”

“But how did he know? I mean, Kamara didn’t even know until five minutes ago.”

“The magic, however dormant, is in their blood. Haven’t you noticed the difference?”

Nikolai had only fed from

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