Immortal Sins by Amanda Ashley

Author:Amanda Ashley
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, mobi
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Published: 2009-06-06T16:00:00+00:00

Rourke paced the shadows listening to the footsteps of the night watchman as he made his way from one end of the museum to the other. He had no trouble tracking the man’s whereabouts.

Pausing near the back entrance, he wondered idly what it was like to be an old man, to endure the aches and pains of age, to have one’s health and vigor slowly slip away. He could no longer remember what it had been like to be mortal, to be subject to physical ailments, or to endure injuries that didn’t heal almost immediately.

At midnight, the old man went down into the basement to have a bowl of soup and a cup of coffee. Moments later, Rourke slipped into the museum. He could have entered the building earlier. He could have hypnotized the watchman and sent him away. Now, making his way toward the wing where Ana Luisa’s painting was displayed, he wondered why he hadn’t done so. Was it because he was in no hurry to shoulder the responsibility for Ana, or because he didn’t want to divide his time between Karinna and Ana? Or because, deep down, he knew that, in freeing the wizard’s daughter, he would have to face the wizard again?

Muttering an oath, he turned a corner and entered the wing where Ana waited. He stared at the painting for a moment, thinking how lovely she was, remembering how a few drops of her blood had scorched his tongue. He moved closer to the painting. Was she aware of his presence, or was she deaf and blind to the world around her?

Taking a deep breath, he called her by name.

“Ana Luisa, come to me.”

There was a sharp crack as the glass broke in two. Rourke stared in wonder as Ana fell to the floor at his feet, a lovely young woman clad in a flowing white gown.

He knew a sharp stab of fear as she lay there, unmoving, and then, with a shake of her head, she sat up.

She stared up at him for several seconds, her expression blank, and then she frowned. “Jason?” Her voice sounded dry, rusty with disuse. “Jason, is it really you?” she asked in Romanian. “Is the nightmare finally over?”

“Aye. Come, Ana,” he said, answering in her native tongue, and taking her by the hand, he lifted her to her feet. “We must go, quickly.”

She didn’t argue, but when she tried to follow him, her legs gave way. With a little cry, she stumbled and fell.

Muttering an oath, he swept her into his arms and transported the two of them to the apartment where Karinna waited.

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