Legacy (Endlessly Book 2) by C.V. Hunt

Author:C.V. Hunt [Hunt, C.V.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-08-16T00:00:00+00:00

11 unfamilar voice

The next day people began to leave. All the usual thoughts and noises died down throughout the afternoon. I stayed in our apartment. All through the afternoon I monitored Jason’s and Cory’s thoughts, but found nothing out of the ordinary.

When Ed pawed at the door, and I didn’t even notice, Verloren caught on. He let the cat in, and Ed leapt into my lap. I yelped in surprise, as my mind lost its hold on other people’s thoughts.

Verloren sat beside me and soothed Ed. “Where are you today?”

“Listening. Making sure Jesse isn’t up to something.”

“Maybe we should go and stay at the beach tonight,” he suggested. “You might relax if we put some distance between ourselves and him.”

“Good idea,” I said. “With the warm weather I won’t have to worry about getting too cold.”

Verloren set Ed on the floor, kissed me below my ear and whispered: “I’d never let you get cold.” He bit into my neck and raced through my thoughts.

I gasped and felt my cheeks flush. He broke from the bite, kissed me, and I tasted my own blood. Though I was hungry for more than a kiss, I broke away. “You’re still trying to distract me.”

“Is it working?” he asked.

I nodded.

“Good.”

He stood and tried to pull me up from the sofa. I tugged back. I wanted him on the sofa, but he wanted a trip to the beach. I let him win.

It was a nice day even though the sun wasn’t shining. The overcast sky looked as if it might let loose a downpour at any second. I liked the clouds. Though Verloren still had to wear sunglasses on cloudy days, he suffered less. This was especially true at the beach where clouds blocked sunlight that would have reflected off the water. Sunny days at the beach are a vampire’s nightmare.

We left the compound and walked through the forest. A light breeze raised scents from the earth. Smells of decaying wood and blossoming flowers mixed in a dance of life and death. As we passed textured sword ferns I ran my fingers over them and lost myself in the subtle forest sounds.

At the beach Verloren seemed content to sit in the sand and watch me fly. I dipped low, and pretended to run across the waves. “Look,” I called. “I’m walking on water.”

He laughed.

When Verloren lay back I knew the sun was too much for him, but soon he found relief in the waning day. As the sun set the clouds disappeared. The sky turned deep pink then orange. Evening fell.

Several broken rocks jutted feet above the waves. I flew to shore, scooped up Verloren, and carried him out to a rock. He laughed the whole way there. We stood on the rock, hand-in-hand, facing the shore.

“Not a sight people usually see,” I shouted over the sound of crashing waves.

No, it’s not.

The last sunlight bathed the cliffs in orange. It cast deep shadows between them, making the cliffs appear to be aflame.

Verloren looked at me. I could barely see his eyes behind the sunglasses.

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