Savage Yearning (Corona Pride Book 1) by Liza Street

Author:Liza Street [Street, Liza]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-03-07T16:00:00+00:00

Twelve

Dristan knew he wasn’t imagining this new distance between him and Laura. She seemed lost in thought as she stared out the window.

“Talk to me,” he said.

“I can’t. There’s too much going on. We need to find Juan.” Her voice sounded thick with emotion.

He wouldn’t push her, not with her brother missing, but a part of him couldn’t help but wonder if his fears would come true—that she’d go back to how things had been now that she’d “scratched her itch” with him.

She reached over and took his hand, and he felt immediately better. There really was too much going on—she wasn’t going to drop him again.

“You said you wanted to check with his human friend?” Dristan asked.

“Yes. I don’t know her last name, though.”

“Ohhh,” he said, drawing out the sound. The friend was a “her.” That was why Laura hadn’t said who the friend was to Marlana. Juan had a human girlfriend. Always risky, and Marlana—actually, most of the pride—would not have been happy.

“Don’t pretend to know what you’re talking about,” Laura said. “Have you ever dated—really dated—a human? As in gotten close, been emotionally vulnerable?”

“No. Have you?”

“There was never any need,” she said. “Everyone pushed me at Mateo.”

Dristan had never really appreciated how hard that must have been for Laura, and probably Mateo, too. Their entire relationship, if one could even call it a relationship, they’d been constantly breaking up. The break-ups were never explosive or dramatic, and there’d been so many of them that they stopped being a surprise.

What a strange, fucked-up situation.

“Well, let’s head into town and find out who this friend is,” Dristan said.

“Yeah.”

He drove because the roads could be icy and he didn’t trust her Acura. Laura punched the power button on the radio, and classic rock started blaring. When Laura didn’t turn it down, Dristan shook his head. Seemed like she didn’t want to talk. Not about last night, not about Juan, not about whatever her mother had said to her outside.

Dark clouds had gathered overhead, so Dristan turned on his headlights. While he was at it, he switched off the radio; he wasn’t in the mood for screaming guitars. Not when Laura was so quiet. Not when fucking bloodsuckers were threatening their territory and their pride.

The town of Belnedge was quiet, none of the shops on Main Street were open yet. Dristan’s deli, on one of the side streets, wouldn’t open until lunch. They passed a police cruiser, and Dristan wondered whether the local law enforcement would ever become aware of the vampires in their midst.

Supernatural secrets were being threatened because of these bloodsuckers.

Their pride was threatened, too. He grimaced. They had to find Juan. Looking over at Laura, he asked, “How do we find the girlfriend?”

She stared out the window. “Madison in math class, that’s all I know.”

“Is there school today?”

“It’s only six; it won’t have started yet.”

“Well, do you have a plan? Come on, Laura—I get that you’re shutting me out because of last night and everyone’s fucking ‘expectations,’ but I’m trying to help you find your brother.

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