Immortal Craving by Kendra Leigh Castle

Author:Kendra Leigh Castle [Castle, Kendra Leigh]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy, Romance, Vampires, Fiction / Romance - Erotica, Fiction / Romance - Paranormal, Fiction / Romance - Contemporary
ISBN: 9781455511662
Publisher: Forever
Published: 2013-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

chapter THIRTEEN

FOR THE FIRST TIME since he’d reawakened into this new life, Tasmin slept deeply and without dreams.

It didn’t last.

“Wake up. Wake up!”

He breathed in sharply as a bright shock of pain burst through his arm. Tasmin’s eyes flew open, his teeth bared in a half snarl even before he knew what was going on.

The look on Lily MacGillivray’s face immediately erased any thought of retaliation. Pale light shimmered up the arm she’d touched him with, then vanished.

“What is it?” he rasped, his voice rough from sleep. Lily’s blue eyes were wild, and there was an otherworldly look about her that was more than a little unnerving. For a moment he thought she meant to attack him because of the woman still curled in his arms. Then she spoke, and he realized how insignificant the sight before her must seem.

“We’re leaving. Everyone. Now. The Ptolemy have the town surrounded.”

He blinked slowly, trying to understand the implications of what she was saying. “The Ptolemy…”

“They’ve already massed against us. They’re all here. Do you understand what I’m saying? Hundreds. Maybe a thousand. I don’t have the numbers to fight a strike like this, and my allies are too far away right now. We have to get out.”

Tasmin sat up, the quick movement jostling Bailey awake. He held her tighter, just for a moment, trying to imprint what she felt like on his memory in case he never held her again. The night she’d given him had outdone any of his expectations, putting years of dark and heated dreams to shame. And now this.

It seemed that even one night of blissful solace was too much to ask.

“What—Lily?”

Bailey’s voice was soft, muddled. Not caring that they had an audience, Tasmin brushed her hair aside and pressed a kiss to her forehead.

“The Ptolemy are massing to attack. The Lilim are evacuating. We have to go.”

The fog cleared from her eyes immediately.

“Oh. Oh my God.” She shifted her gaze to her friend. “Lily, how are you going to get everyone out of here? And I… I can’t…”

“Any way we can.” Lily looked grim. “It’s the middle of the night. I don’t have time to get Vlad here, or Sammael. If we leave everything behind, we have the advantage of being able to shapeshift—most of us should make it through.”

“You can shift?” Bailey asked. “I didn’t think—”

“I can,” Lily interrupted, looking nervously at the door. “I’m not great at it yet, but Ty’s been helping me. I haven’t been able to that long. I was waiting to show you until I was consistent, but I’m not going to have that luxury.”

And now Tasmin could hear it, the quick patter of feet, the low and frightened voices. Outside, there was a mournful howl, and then another.

“The wolves,” Tasmin murmured.

“This is their element,” Lily said. “It’s snowing like hell right now, too, which is an advantage for them. And it’s going to hold the Ptolemy back just enough… I hope… to let us get out. They don’t know this area like we do.

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