Prophecy: Dark Moon Rising by Felicity Heaton

Author:Felicity Heaton [Heaton, Felicity]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Romance, Gothic, Paranormal, Vampires
Amazon: B0035LDO2C
Published: 2012-07-02T13:10:18+00:00

Chapter 16

“Walking alone?” Prophecy said when she fell into step beside him. The dawn was still at least two hours away. The sky was a dark veil above them and the air had a chill about it that she felt in her bones.

“Yes,” Caden said and clasped his hands behind his back. He looked over at three men who were walking in the same direction as them and at the same pace, only ten metres away. The men looked over at them. Caden turned his attention back to her. “I suppose you’re going to tell me that I’m foolish with all these vampires around me, but I grew a little tired of Tiberius’ company. He’s pleasant to talk to but looks at me like I’m his next meal.”

She smiled. “Because humans normally are. And no, I’m not going to call you an idiot for walking alone. These men wouldn’t dare harm you.”

His brows rose into a curious look. “Because you’d kill them?”

She laughed and he shuddered. She wondered if it was her laugh or the cold affecting him.

“No,” she said and paused. He swallowed noisily enough that she heard it over the night song of the insects. “They’re not mine to command.”

“Whose are they?” He moved a little closer to her and she got the impression that he’d presumed they were Caelestis.

“They’re Tenebrae. Venturi is their lord.” She looked across at the three men. They stared at her. She recognised the tallest one as the one who had reported to Venturi about their castle being safe still. He had an air about him that said he was in command of the group.

“Let me see,” Caden said and moved around her so she was between him and the three Tenebrae. “There are three master vampires here?”

She nodded. “Valentine, Venturi and myself. There is also a master werewolf and a Venia.”

“And Venturi would kill these men?” He glanced across her at them. He smiled. “But only because their actions would upset you?”

She ignored what he’d said and stared at the gate house in the distance. When they approached the gravel path that led back to the main entrance of the house, the three Tenebrae broke away and walked inside. She led Caden around the mansion to the small garden that had become her haunt since Arkalus had been defeated.

Holding an arm out by her side, she smiled inside when the dew dampened petals of the roses brushed against her fingers as she passed. Their soft fragrance filled the air. She stopped when she reached the fountain and sat down on the little stone bench near it.

She watched two Aurorea guards walk past the entrance to the garden. They looked over at her and then moved on.

“Would they kill me?” Caden sat next to her and then shook his head in answer of his own question. “Valentine would kill them wouldn’t he? I’m his quarry, after all. It is our destiny to fight to the end of one of us.”

“No offence, but I’m siding with Valentine.

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