Ghost in Her Heart by Autumn Dawn

Author:Autumn Dawn
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: romance, scifi
Publisher: Autumn Dawn
Published: 2011-05-26T11:40:42.284715+00:00

At last they stopped at the head of a set of steel grate steps leading down to a busy laboratory. Technicians wandered everywhere, and several fully armored Beasts stood at the perimeters, guarding the area. More interesting, two stood before a huge oval frame. It pulsed with blue light, interspersed with white flashes of lightning.

Vana’s pulse quickened. Kynan didn’t have to tell her what it was.

Kynan looked at her and smirked, waving her ahead of him. “Go on. You wanted so badly to see it.”

Adrenaline made her shake as she slowly descended the stairs, her eyes fixed on the gate. Instinct demanded that she run and throw herself through it, but good sense kept her pace slow. They could stop her too easily. It might not even be pointed to her planet at the moment.

But oh, what if it where? Hope rose up and choked her.

No longer smiling, Kynan stopped before the portal and looked at her. Leisurely, he reached out and keyed in a code on the control panel next to it. The familiar golden arches of her neighborhood restaurant flashed into view. It stayed there, taunting her with the longing for the familiar. People came and went, cars drove by, all unaware of the drama taking place just out of sight.

Calculating male eyes fixed on her. “You want it, don’t you? You’re shaking. Step through. Go on. I’ll walk in there with you. It will only cost you what I asked before.” His voice was encouraging, softly persuasive. Kind.

Horror sickened the pit of her stomach as her eyes whipped to his. He still wanted to collect. He offered all this, and all it would cost her was her honor.

She stared through the portal…and fought to remind herself of what that world also held. Cheap apartments and unfulfilling jobs. A slow death of loneliness. And somewhere, a father who had never loved her.

Slowly, she straightened. Her sight was wavy with annoying moisture, but her vision had never been clearer. She glanced at her sons, whom she had forgotten until that moment. They stared back at her with solemn eyes.

With a hard glance for Kynan, she said with contempt, “Your price is too high.” Slinging an arm around each twin, she walked with dignity from the room, ignoring the shards of glass lodged in the region of her heart.

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