Embrace Me Darkly (Dark Alliance Book 1) by Kira James

Author:Kira James [James, Kira]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781953572660
Publisher: Martini & Olive
Published: 2022-10-26T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter

Eighteen

She shivered, couldn’t stop shaking, the cold threatening to consume her.

He’d killed her father.

He’d confessed, and then he’d changed right before her eyes, his fangs bared, his dark eyes full of hunger as he’d yanked her toward him.

Then he’d run, ripping open the patio door, leaping from the balcony into the thick, black Los Angeles night.

A gray mist filled the room, and even as her foggy brain registered that the mist must be the security team, Sara scrambled to her feet and stumbled toward the patio. Hands on the railing, she breathed deep and looked out over the dark, empty night, her eyes searching futilely for Luke. He deserved it. Whatever happened to him, he deserved it.

And if he was dead, well, she told herself that was absolutely fine with her.

She told herself that, but she didn’t entirely believe it. Not when she remembered the way he’d held her and calmed her. The closeness they’d shared in those recovered memories. The shock on his face when he’d bared his fangs. The horror and self-loathing in his eyes.

And yet he’d killed her father. The man she loved was the vampire she’d been hunting all these years.

Loved.

Did she love him? Once, yes, she had. She could feel it inside her. Could curl up, warm and comfortable with her recovered memories. But she hadn’t known the truth then. She did now.

“Constantine.” The deep voice spoke with an accent she didn’t recognize, and she cringed as someone draped her favorite afghan over her shoulders. She pulled it tight around her, suddenly realizing she was clad only in the tee, then turned to face a creature with a mangled face, his body hidden beneath a filthy gray cloak. She looked into the dark pits that served as eyes and knew that nothing Luke ever did could spook her as much as this being, whatever it was.

“The dwelling is clean,” it said, in a voice that chilled her to the bone. Behind it, three similar creatures, all clad in the same cloaks with the same twisted faces, moved through her apartment. “There is no quarry. For what purpose did you summon the Phonoi?”

If she’d known what she was summoning, she certainly wouldn’t have. As it was, all she could do was shake her head. The creature studied her, the inspection leaving her so cold she was certain she would never feel warm again. Then it turned its head toward the balcony.

“It fled,” the creature said. “That which scared you. It slipped back into the night.”

“I—” She licked her lips, then swallowed. Wanting to answer, but not knowing what to say.

The truth? That was certainly her usual MO. But then why weren’t the words tumbling out?

He’d killed her father. He’d been about to bite her, too. So why wasn’t she pointing in the direction he’d jumped and screaming for these creatures to find him and drag him back to hell where he belonged?

Because when he broke away, Luke had been in hell already. She’d seen the horror and self-loathing on his face.

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