Incarnation by Emma Cornwall

Author:Emma Cornwall [Cornwall, Emma]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, General, Historical, Paranormal, Fantasy
ISBN: 9781439190357
Publisher: Gallery Books
Published: 2011-12-31T13:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 16

As we made our way through the crowd, Edward said, “Lady Blanche has told me something of your unorthodox origins. It is hardly any wonder that you feel confused. Please believe that I will help in any way I can.” The smile he bestowed upon me should have made my heart flutter, had I still possessed an organ capable of such a response. Instead, it merely stiffened my suspicion of him.

No doubt Delacorte was popular with the female acolytes who would vie for his attention. No doubt as well that he found it easy to make use of human women when that urge was in him. But a halfling born of blood and desperation, incarnated by the great Mordred himself, risen from the grave to claim her place in the world of man and vampire alike—that was an entirely different matter.

With grim amusement, I girded myself to make use of his vanity and folly. Seeing him with such clarity as I did, I had no doubt that he was exactly what I had first thought him to be, a vicious, violent boy whose vanity blinded him to all reality.

It was almost too easy.

“Be honest with me,” I said.

He frowned as though the idea was foreign to him, but then answered as though amused. “Of course.”

“What do you think of Lady Blanche?”

He would have been wiser to answer at once, to swear his devotion and his loyalty, but instead he hesitated and I saw the calculation behind his eyes. Finally, he said, “She is magnificent, of course. You are most fortunate that she has taken you under her wing.”

“I am indeed, yet I cannot help but worry . . .”

“About what?” He ducked his head a little, moved a little closer, inviting my confidence even as he plotted my seduction.

“She must have told you that Mordred incarnated me just before he disappeared.”

“I believe something was mentioned to that effect. . . .”

“Did she tell you that I am linked to him?”

This was new indeed, vital news that he could carry to Lady Blanche. But first he had to know more. “Linked? How?”

“Don’t ask me to explain it. I only know that he exists still and . . .” My voice trembled with feigned fear and excitement. “He is still incredibly powerful. I can feel it.”

I leaned a little closer. He had fed recently; his breath smelled coppery. I only just managed not to recoil. “What if he comes back. Do you think he will be very upset?”

Edward lurched back a little as though I had stung him. “Comes back? Do you really think he could?”

“How could I possibly know? It is all so . . . strange. But if he did, wouldn’t he be upset?”

“What do you mean, upset? Why would he?”

“You don’t think Mordred would consider that Lady Blanche had . . . overstepped herself?”

His eyes darkened with alarm. “He might . . . it’s possible. Do you think he would?”

“I’m far too inexperienced to know, and yet the brief time I spent with him .

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