Morganna's Sacrifice (Vampyre Falls: Blended Species Book 1) by Adrianna Dane

Author:Adrianna Dane [Dane, Adrianna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dream Romantic Unlimited LLC
Published: 2017-03-27T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Silence fell between them after Daffyd left. Needing some distance, she walked across the room to study a painting depicting a passionate encounter between a dark-complexioned man and a young woman, her thoughts in turmoil. The man reminded her of Daffyd Angelus.

“Talk to me, Morganna.”

She couldn’t look at him. Not just yet. “I don’t know what you want me to say.” She bit her lip, and remembered how abandoned she had felt, which brought back flashes of pain. It was that unyielding ache of loss that had driven her to Syril for a dark potion. “I don’t know what’s between you and Daffyd Angelus. I don’t know what you want from me.” She turned around and finally confronted him. “I don’t know if I dare trust you.”

Keelan met her look without flinching. There was nothing in his expression that hinted of subterfuge. But he wasn’t the dark elf she had learned to love so desperately. He was now a vampire.

“I would never hurt you, Morganna. You must know that. I brought you here only to protect you. You don’t know what they would have done to you. Romulus is sadistic. His followers thrive on pain.”

“Who is Romulus?”

“He’s Daffyd’s sire. Daffyd broke away from him long ago. He and the others who came to Vampyre Falls were wounded and hunted. They wanted a place to hide and heal. It’s since become a sanctuary for more than just vampires. The strength of the magic here keeps Romulus and his kind at bay. Daffyd has made it his mission to save as many people from becoming Romulus’s victims as he can.”

“And he saved you.”

Keelan nodded. “I was close to death and he healed me. I’ve come to know him, to respect him, and to want to help him.”

“So you gave him your blood.”

“In order to fight Romulus it takes great cunning and strength. My blood mixed with his gives him an advantage. The two of us together gives us even more leverage.”

“And you want to make me like you are. You want to add my faery blood to the mix.”

“No one is going to take from you by force, Morganna. I would never allow that. I’ll find a way for you to stay even if you can’t become one of us. We have a need for a healer as Daffyd said. That alone would provide a home for you here.”

“But I can’t return to my home.”

“Not if you want to live.”

She hesitated a moment before speaking again. “There are things you aren’t telling me. Why doesn’t Daffyd just outright kill Romulus and his followers? Wouldn’t that end all this once and for all?”

“He can’t. There are strict laws even among vampires. As I said, Romulus is his sire. He would be hunted as a rogue by every vampire out there, both good and evil, if he destroyed his own sire, let alone another vampire. Right now, the best we can hope for is to thwart him. To try to remedy the damage and destruction he creates.

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