Kerrelyn Sparks - Love at Stake 2.5 by E. Sari Harmingtyas

Author:E. Sari Harmingtyas [Harmingtyas, E. Sari]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2010-10-20T00:34:03.532000+00:00

Pierce slanted a worried look at Maggie who sat in the passenger seat of the SUV he'd

borrowed from the Dallas coven. She'd hardly spoken the entire trip, except to read Ian's

directions or consult the map of Texas in her lap. Something was bothering her, he could feel

it, but he didn't know what.

He checked the rearview mirror. For the last twenty minutes, they'd traveled alone on this

Farm Road. "How much farther to go?"

She picked up Ian's directions. Thanks to a full moon and her superior Vamp vision, she was

able to read. "We should be coming up on County Road Three any minute now. Once we turn

right there, we'll be on the O'Callahan ranch."

"Great." Pierce reached between the bucket seats and opened the small ice chest. "We'd better

eat first."

"Okay." She retrieved a cold bottle of Chocolood.

He opened a bottle of synthetic blood type O. "Cheers."

She didn't respond, just sipped her Chocolood and gazed out the window.

What the hell was wrong? Pierce guzzled down half his bottle, then plunked it into the

cupholder. "Maggie, are you disappointed that I turned out to be a rodeo cowboy from

Texas?"

"No. I—I'm very happy for you."

"You don't sound happy. I thought you'd like an Irish boy. I'm the sort of guy you could take

home to meet your parents."

"Except that my parents died over a hundred years ago. And they would never approve of

anyone who's undead. Even me."

"I'm sorry they rejected you. You—you never told me how you were transformed."

She sipped from her drink, refusing to look at him. "Here's the turn." She pointed at a narrow

road up ahead.

"I hope you can tell me sometime." He hoped her transformation hadn't been a violent one.

He wanted her to be able to trust and love. But he could wait till she was ready. That was one

good thing about being a Vamp. He could wait a hundred years if he needed to.

He turned the SUV onto the County Road. Ian had been right. Once he sat behind the wheel,

his driving skills had come back. He looked around the countryside, and a surge of pride

swept through him. They were now on O'Callahan land.

"I was a volunteer with the Salvation Army," Maggie whispered. "We went into a bad area by

the docks, and I got separated from the others. Night fell, and I was lost."

Pierce turned toward her. "You were attacked?"

"It was more like—" She gasped.

He looked forward and flinched. Something had dashed into the road. He stomped on the

brake.

Maggie screamed. They screeched to a halt just as a large animal leaped into the thick brush

on the right.

Pierce sat still for a while, waiting for his heart to stop pounding. "What the hell was that?"

Maggie took a deep breath. "I thought you were going to hit it."

He eased the SUV forward and spotted movement by a large oak tree. "Look! There it is!"

He'd seen the wolflike animal run on four legs, but now, it reared up on its hind legs and

howled at the moon.

"It's huge," Maggie whispered.

The shaggy animal dropped to all fours and loped away.

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