Ravaged Souls (Age of Vampires Book 6) by Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti

Author:Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti [Peckham, Caroline & Valenti, Susanne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dark Ink Publishing
Published: 2024-04-29T00:00:00+00:00

Our journey onwards was punctuated by a tense silence. Asking for Odin’s help was one thing, but getting it was another. He wanted us to fulfil the prophecy and head to the mountain with the ring, but he hadn’t made it clear if Erik and Magnar would be set free before or after we’d upheld our end of the deal.

I felt jittery. Like there was a storm brewing but I had no idea if I was going to get caught in it or not.

I needed to tell Julius the rest of the story about his mother. But I really didn’t think he’d appreciate an audience of Belvederes for that conversation. He deserved the privacy he’d require to take on the burden of that grief. It wasn’t fair of me to hold onto the secret though, and the weight of it was hanging heavily on my heart.

Fabian was sitting in the front with Miles, directing him towards the house of the girl he used to love. It was funny to think of someone holding a grudge against him for a thousand years, but I could understand why. I’d hate him forever too if he turned me into a monster.

I glanced at Montana guiltily as that thought crossed my mind, but her situation wasn’t the same. She’d had no other option. Though that led to beg the question, if I was mortally wounded would I accept immortality as a solution?

I chewed on my lip as the answer came to me and I was a little ashamed to even think it after agreeing to it for Montana. But I knew in my heart it was right. I wouldn’t want to live a life as a vampire. Not if there was any chance that I could be stuck that way.

I wished to live and love, grow old, have children...die. I didn’t want to be frozen in one place forever. Never being anything more than what I was at this very moment. My heart twisted with unexpected pity for the Belvederes. None of them had asked for this.

I glanced at Julius as he snoozed in the seat beside mine and wondered if I should tell him about that decision, but I realised he wasn’t the one I needed to convince. He wouldn’t be the one trying to turn me if anything were to happen. The vampires were the ones who needed to know how I felt about it.

“Is something bothering you, Callie?” Clarice asked gently and I noticed her looking at me.

“No,” I replied instantly then regretted it. “Well, sort of,” I admitted.

Montana turned to look at me too and I dropped my head, backing out on the idea.

“What is it?” Clarice urged. She reached out to lay a hand on my shoulder and I didn’t even recoil from her touch. The vampires didn’t repulse me like they used to and I realised I wasn’t afraid in their presence anymore either.

“I think it might be rude to say it,” I muttered.

“Well now you have to tell us,” Warren said with a teasing smile like he expected me to say something embarrassing.

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