Kaldor Saga [3.10] - Destinies in Darkness, Part 1 by Scarlet Hyacinth

Author:Scarlet Hyacinth [Hyacinth, Scarlet]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Vampires
ISBN: 9781610340908
Goodreads: 9685332
Publisher: Siren Bookstrand
Published: 2010-12-02T00:00:00+00:00

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Eric put on some house clothes and started cleaning up the room a little to waste some time. He knew that Keenan thought there was some assassin out to get him. Somehow, he doubted that his early morning visitor wanted to murder him.

Nevertheless, it wouldn’t hurt to be cautious. The closest thing he had to a weapon in the house was a pan in the kitchen. Why would he take the chance with Keenan just a minute away?

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He felt his vampire enter rather than hearing him. Keenan came in through the window and nodded at him. Eric smiled, abandoning his task, and went to the door.

“Who is it?”

The answer made him feel irritated and uncomfortable at the same time.

“Mrs. Harper. Please open the door, Mr. McAllister.” Eric groaned. What could his landlady possibly want to tell him at this hour?

“My landlady,” he mouthed to Keenan. His lover nodded, looking a little amused. Eric cracked the door open and faced his landlady. “Yes?” Mrs. Harper was a middle-aged woman, but you wouldn’t have guessed it from her aspect. Her life prematurely aged her, and Eric always felt some sort of compassion for the woman. Despite the fact that she was a bitch, Eric guessed that there had been some pain in her life to make her so bitter.

He’d once tried to ask her about it, but it only resulted in Mrs. Harper raising his rent and badgering him about the most insignificant issues. He abandoned any thoughts of good deeds regarding his landlady after that day.

The woman observed him critically through narrowed eyes. “Can I come in, Mr. McAllister?”

Eric suppressed a grimace and opened the door a little further. “It’s a little messy. Is this an urgent issue?”

Mrs. Harper gave Eric an ugly look and nodded. “Yes, it is, and a rather unpleasant one as well. I’d prefer we didn’t discuss it in the hallway where everybody can hear.”

Eric sighed, already knowing what issue Mrs. Harper wanted to discuss.

Just like Keenan said, he’d been excessively vocal last night. Such an early visit seemed a bit excessive, though. The woman had to be furious to knock at his door at five in the morning. For all she knew, Eric’s lover could still be here.

Knowing he didn’t have a choice, Eric opened the door fully, making a sign toward Keenan to hide. He hoped that his vampire had enough sense to do as he was bid.

“Please, come in, Mrs. Harper.”

The woman made her way inside and scanned the room. Eric felt himself flush. Despite the fact that he’d picked up the clothes and arranged things around a little, the scent of sex lingered, unmistakable in the air.

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He bit his lip, avoiding the scrutiny of Mrs. Harper. The woman sat down gingerly on the only chair available, close to its edge as if fearing the contact of the furniture.

“I suppose you know the reason of my visit, Mr. McAllister,” she said in a stern voice.

She got right to the point.

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