His Immortal Kiss (Skeleton Key) by Liliana Rhodes & Skeleton Key

Author:Liliana Rhodes & Skeleton Key [Rhodes, Liliana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jaded Speck Publishing LLC
Published: 2016-06-18T18:30:00+00:00

I stood up and started walking towards the main hall. I didn't need to see him leave, I know which direction he went. I wasn't going to let him shut me out. I needed answers. Now.

As I entered the main hall, I spotted him entering the other wing. His body was tense with anger. I could've caught up with him, but I was too frustrated from everything I had already been through the night.

"You can't just walk away like that," I said. "Things happened tonight that I need answers to. You have to tell me. How can you expect me to stay here if you're going to be like this? How can I trust you if all you do is run away?"

He spun around on his heel and glared at me.

"How dare you question me!" he roared. "Who told you to not to go back? Who told you it was dangerous?" He paused as stepped closer to where I was standing. "All I've ever done is try to protect you, try to keep you safe, and what did you do? You went behind my back. You went against what I said. You died that night!"

"No, I didn't," I said. "You saved me." Slowly the realization of what happened in the past sunk in. That night wasn't just the night he became a vampire, it was the night he lost his love. I felt awful for making him relive that. "I'm sorry, Julien. How could I know? There's just so many things going on right now. Between my mother and now being here with you, there's been so many crazy and unexplainable things. I don't understand it. I don't see how all of it could be real. You have to realize that no normal person would ever understand what happened. But I'm trying to." Our eyes met as he came closer. "I just need a little bit more."

He lowered his head so our foreheads touched, then wrapped his arms around me as he pulled me in close.

In a blink we are on the ballroom balcony overlooking the wooden area. He didn't say anything, but his eyes revealed his sorrow. He pointed to a small clearing to the side of the balcony leading to the castle's entrance.

"It happened right there, just not here, it was in France. After what happened, I commissioned the oil painting, then locked my memories of that night away. Even though it was real to you, it wasn't. You weren't really in the past.

"That night haunted me. I couldn't stop myself from seeing it, so I locked it away. I locked up my memories in the room."

"But how?" I asked.

"I don't know," he said as he looked down. "I don't really understand how it happened, but that old gypsy woman came back the next day."

Julien shook his head, then met my gaze. His eyes were filled with sadness.

"I will tell you everything you want to know. I will answer all of your questions, but only this one time." He cupped my face in his hands.

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