Kassandra Lyall - Preternatural Investigator 2 - Raven Mask by Winter Pennington

Author:Winter Pennington
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9781602821828
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2010-08-31T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Two

There weren’t any lights on when I woke. Lenorre didn’t have a clock in her room, so it was impossible to tell what time it was. I crawled out on my side of the bed and flicked the switch just inside the bathroom door. My jeans were where I’d left them on the marble countertop, my cell phone still in the back pocket. I pressed the button on the side to illuminate the screen. It was twenty minutes till four. Lenorre was still awake, somewhere.

My stomach rumbled, letting me know why I’d woken. I was hungry. I put the jeans back on the counter and snatched a dark green robe from the hook on the wall. Lenorre had enough robes to dress a small army. If it had been my apartment I would’ve walked to the kitchen wearing nothing but my undies and a T-shirt. As it was, others lived here, and I didn’t know quite a few of them. Walking around half-naked in front of strangers just isn’t my thing.

I headed for the main room beyond the labyrinth of hallways, doing a little better at finding my way without getting lost. Every one of the many hallways in this place looked nearly identical to me. I followed a map in my head—forward, left, forward, right. Lights burned along the stone walls, making my shadow dance as I walked by. A spill of bright light at the end of the last hallway told me I’d made it to the main room all by myself. Point for me.

I heard voices speaking softly and stopped, eavesdropping.

“Her power is intriguing,” Eris said.

“It is not her power that intrigues me,” Lenorre replied almost idly.

One of them rose from her seat. “Her beauty, then?” Eris’s voice came from farther in the room.

Lenorre laughed lightly. “It is her,” she said with emphasis. “Need there be any more reason than that? You are drawn to her for your own reasons. Must I explain my reasons to you? Perhaps you should be searching the depths of your own feelings instead of trying to penetrate mine, Eris. Why are you drawn to Kassandra?”

I leaned against the wall, listening, trying not to make any noise. Which was hard to do, since vampires hear as well as any lycanthrope. I didn’t want to participate in the conversation, but I was curious as to what they were saying about me.

After a long moment of silence Eris responded. “I do not know.” Her tone was thoughtful. “She is a complex and passionate creature, unlike the women that fall at my feet begging for a nightly embrace.”

I didn’t know how I felt about being called a creature.

“Kassandra would not throw herself at anyone’s feet.” Lenorre sounded mildly amused. “Unless it is what she desired.”

“I have noticed. She’s quite capable of taking care of herself, isn’t she?”

“Yes. Dare I say,” Lenorre put a little faux-awe in her tone, “that you have gained a certain amount of respect for the woman you once deemed my pet?”

Eris laughed then.

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