Nalini Singh - Guild Hunter 2 by Archangel's Kiss

Author:Archangel's Kiss [Kiss, Archangel's]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2010-10-20T00:36:23.609000+00:00

burn, every break, every brutal slice.

Because while angels might be predators, it was the archangels who sat at the top of the food

chain.

28

“Have you come to play at last?” A smile tinged red. “You’re late.”

“Run,” a broken word. “Run, Ellie.”

The monster laughed. “She won’t run.” A satisfied smile as he lowered his mouth to Ari’s

throat. “She likes it, you see.”

Something wrapped around her body, an invisible hand that touched her in her most private

place. She went to scream. But her mouth didn’t open, her throat didn’t vibrate . . . because her

body did like it. Horrified, she began to claw at her skin, trying to rip it off in a futile attempt to

stop the insidious, terrifying pleasure. Warmth bloomed between her legs and her young mind

couldn’t take it. Whimpering, she scratched harder. Blossoms of blood appeared under her nails

as welts rose on her arms.

The caress—the scent—stopped. “What a pity you’re too young for that. We would’ve had such

fun.” He wiped off a drop of blood from his mouth, held out his finger. “Taste. You’ll like it.

You’ll like everything.”

Reaching home as night fell, Raphael saw Elena standing on the cliff edge below his stronghold,

her eyes on the tiny lights that dotted the caves lining the gorge. The wind raised her unbound

hair off her face as she turned back to the view after watching him land behind her, the whitegold silver under the moonlight.

“Did Galen tell you what Lijuan sent me?” she asked as he came to stand beside her.

“Of course.” He’d heard Galen’s report of her reaction, but now found himself watching her

face. The line of her profile was clean, her lips the only hint of softness—his warrior, he thought,

reaching out to brush a single strand of hair teasing her cheek.

Her lashes came down as she blew out a breath. “I understand the stakes. Part of me is violently

glad you did what you did.”

“Then?”

“Part of me wishes I’d never learned anything of this world.”

He spread his wings, protecting her from the wind that had shifted direction, keeping his silence

as she stared down at the river that crashed so far below.

“It was inevitable, wasn’t it?” she said at last. “From the instant I was hunter-born, it was

inevitable I’d know of blood and death.”

“There are some for whom it’s not inevitable.” His wing brushed hers. “But for you, yes.”

The moonlight caught the shine of her cheek and he realized his hunter was crying. “Elena.”

Enfolding her in his wings, he tugged her into his embrace, his hand on her hair. What would

bring her to tears? “Did your father do something to hurt you?” If Raphael could have killed the

man without destroying Elena, he would have long ago.

She shook her head. “He came for me.” It was a raw whisper. “Slater Patalis was drawn to my

family because of me.”

“You can’t know that.”

“Iknow . I remembered.” Her eyes were rain-coated diamonds when she looked up. “ ‘Pretty

hunter,’ ” she said in an eerie singsong tune. “ ‘Pretty, pretty hunter. I’ve come to play with you.’

” Giving a little scream, she fell to her knees.

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