My Lord Immortality by Alexandra Ivy

Author:Alexandra Ivy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2012-11-19T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Sebastian discovered himself floundering beneath her serious gaze. How the blazes did he answer such a question?

That he was a scholar? A student of philosophy who until the past few weeks had preferred to observe life from a distance rather than tossing himself in the messy business? That he was an immortal vampire? A dark, passionate monster who could destroy her with ridiculous ease?

Or that he was a gentleman who was growing increasingly enchanted with her sweetness?

In the end he made a cowardly attempt to prolong the inevitable.

“I have not lied to you, Amelia,” he said in careful tones. “I am truly Sebastian St. Ives.”

A faint frown tugged at her brows. “But you have revealed nothing else.”

“What do you wish to know?”

Her gaze searched his face, as if seeking to discern whether he could be trusted or not.

“You will answer my questions?”

“To the best of my ability.”

There was a long pause before she firmly pulled herself from his grasp and crossed her arms protectively about her waist. Sebastian experienced a pang of loss without her warmth next to him. With an effort he battled the urge to swoop forward and return her to where she obviously belonged. Perhaps it would be for the best not to have his head clouded with the passion she always inspired.

“You know Mr. Ramone?”

He gave a reluctant nod of his head. “For a very long time.”

“Did you follow him to London?”

“I did,” he admitted.

She sucked in a steadying breath and he could feel the struggle being waged within her heart. She had said that she needed the truth, but Sebastian realized that deep within her she dreaded what that truth might mean.

Perhaps she already suspected that he was not precisely what he pretended to be.

“Did you follow him because you suspected that he was a vampire?” she demanded in commendably steady tones.

“Because I knew that he was dangerous and needed to be watched,” Sebastian hedged.

She tested his vague words, clearly not satisfied with his brief explanation.

“Is that what you do? Hunt vampires?”

He swallowed a rather hollow urge to laugh at her absurd accusation. Whatever her lovely sense of wit, he was quite certain that she would fail to find the humor in the situation.

“Not at all,” he assured her. “As I said, I am a scholar, nothing more.”

“But . . .”

“Amelia,” he swiftly broke into her confusion. “Following Mr. Ramone was only part of the reason that I traveled to London.”

She stilled, seemingly caught off guard by his confession. Once again her tongue peeked out to dampen her lips, revealing the unsettled nerves that she was so desperately attempting to disguise.

“What was the other part?”

He took a cautious step closer to her. He wanted to be nearby because of the very real possibility that she might suddenly feel the need to bolt.

“You,” he said softly.

Her eyes widened in shock. “Me? Why?”

“I knew that you possessed the amulet.”

A gasp echoed through the air as Amelia hastily clutched the amulet about her neck. She did not even seem aware of the protective motion, although Sebastian noted it with a sense of satisfaction.

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