Grim Defeat by Shawn Knightley

Author:Shawn Knightley [Knightley, Shawn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B07GZTZXR4
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Published: 2018-09-30T16:00:00+00:00

9

I guess having been forced through vixra tunnels on four occasions in the past enabled my body to finally adjust a little because I went through this time without coming out of the other end feeling the least bit nauseous. Which was a great relief given that Nathaniel had made me feel completely vulnerable. One minute he was stone cold and threatening, the next he was tender and dare I say damn near affectionate.

Gran taught me throughout my childhood that vampires don’t care about anyone. They only hunt for blood. Maybe that was true back during medieval times. But something had changed. Nathaniel was capable of empathy. That much I knew. The story behind him and Georgeanna was proof of it. And yet, at the same time Nathaniel worked so hard to make sure he didn’t come across as weak. A lesson taught to him by Tobias perhaps, or just a veneer he used to get what he wanted without argument or complaint.

As we stepped out of the vixra tunnel and it slowly closed behind us, I got my first peek into Nathaniel’s home. The outside looked like a log cabin with a large wooden entry door. He unlocked the front door and we stepped inside. It was so different from Tobias’s home. Tobias’s had a mixture of modern and classic. Enough of both worlds to make it appear comfortable but not outside of the times. Nathaniel clearly had a different version of comfort.

The house was cozy but old. Rustic. Fit for a mountain man made with exquisite taste for nature’s scenic views without the sacrifice of modern comfort. Made mostly of wood and stone. I walked over to the window to see forest surrounding us with mountains appearing in the distance through a pathway of trees. The air had a touch of crispness to it. A crispness that I so longed for during the long and hot Georgia summers.

“Where are we?” I asked as Nathaniel closed the heavy door behind us.

“Somewhere safe. You won’t be disturbed here.”

“Yes, but where on the map are we? Are you seriously not going to tell me?”

“No, I’m not. No one knows where this house is and I want to keep it that way. That’s the whole reason why it’s safe.”

I gave a huff of frustration and went over to his couch in the middle of the large living room. Above us were wooden beams scaling the entire ceiling. To my left was a fireplace big enough to stand in with logs that looked like Nathaniel had chopped them himself. He didn’t need the warmth. He wasn’t even technically alive with a human heartbeat. Which led me to believe that I wasn’t the first human he had brought here. He had others to keep warm. Others to care for. More proof that he wasn’t as cold as he wanted me to believe.

‘You reveal yourself in the smallest of ways, Nathaniel.’

He took off his tailored jacket and hung it up in the corner on a metal hook by a large wooden door with steel locks.

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