Night Child by Lisa Kessler

Author:Lisa Kessler
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Lisa Kessler, Night Child, Night series, demon, shapeshifter, Paranormal, Fantasy, Romance, series, Mayan, Mythology, Yucatan, Gods, Reincarnation, archeology, forbidden love, secret identity, End of the World, sacrifice
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2014-04-04T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Issa tensed. “Questions?”

“Like we did on the way to New York.” She smiled, and he could refuse her nothing. He prayed she never discovered her power over him. “I’ll start. Did you force that copilot to cooperate?”

“Yes.”

“Even when you’re in animal form, you can control people’s minds?”

“Yes.” He glanced toward the door, listening to the pilots’ minds. He’d been sure the copilot would have no memory of a jaguar in the plane. The man would remember Issa in his human form as Muriah’s companion to Cairo. But it didn’t hurt to be watchful. Satisfied, he focused his attention back on her. “Our minds are still aware within the animal’s body. It is slightly more complicated in animal form, but as long as I make eye contact with them, I can manipulate their thoughts.”

He left out that the infusion of the blood from the God of Chaos gave him the extra power to force the pilot to turn around and meet his eyes. Issa crossed his arms. “My turn.”

She stiffened in her seat. “All right.”

“Why do you consider your gift to be a curse?”

“Remind me not to play this game with you anymore.” She glanced out the window. “It hurts. When I touch something really old, the images flood my head, and I can’t control them. As more and more flow in, my head feels like it’s being compressed in a vise.” She hesitated and finally met his eyes again. “I’ve started having nosebleeds, and sometimes I black out. That’s why I always wait until I’m safe and alone in my house.”

He took her hand. “If you have to touch the vessels, I will keep watch. I wish I could shield you from the pain.”

She pressed her lips together, then gave his hand a squeeze. “Your face is better.”

He reached up to touch his cheek. “Apep’s blood.”

“You drank his blood?” She frowned. “It didn’t poison you?”

He smirked with a gleam in his eyes. “Is that your question?”

“I’m impressed.” She thought about it. “Okay, yeah, that’s my question.”

“His body is flesh. The blood lust overtook the jaguar’s senses. I was not poisoned, but his blood infused me with more power than any mortal’s ever has.”

“You liked it.”

He did. But he also worried that admitting it would make him more of a monster in her eyes. He shouldn’t care. But he did. “You talk often of your mother. Tell me about your father.”

Muriah sighed. “Can I take a pass?”

“You made the rules.” He settled back into the couch. “I remember no pass.”

“Fine.” She swallowed, and her voice dropped a couple of notches. “My mother could communicate with the dead. It freaked him out. He left us.” She crossed her arms and shifted. “Next question. You said something about love before. That you’d never risk your heart again.”

“You did not finish answering my question.”

“You asked about my father, and I told you, end of story.”

He rubbed his chin, struggling to find the best way to learn more about her. First, he would have to answer her question.

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