Scorched Ice (The Fire and Ice Series, Book 3) by Erica Stevens

Author:Erica Stevens
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, vampire, thriller, love, demon, paranormal romance, paranormal, new adult, action and suspense

CHAPTER 16

If someone had told her two months ago she would be standing shoulder to shoulder with a group of vampires outside a member of The Commission’s house, she would have told them they were dreaming. But then, if someone had told her five months ago she’d be mated to a vampire and friends with Hunters, Guardians, and vampires, she would have told them they were insane and run as far from them as possible. Yet, that was exactly where she found herself now.

Sometimes it felt as if years had passed since she’d met Julian; at others, it felt like yesterday. Her life had drastically changed since December. She didn’t regret any of it, but she’d really like a chance to get her bearings instead of feeling as tossed about as a ship on the Bering Sea most days.

Chris and Julian stood resolutely beside her as they all stared at the small log cabin tucked into a clearing in the woods. The cabin was as dark as the night around them. Thick clouds had rolled in to obscure the moon and stars over an hour ago. Movement in the trees drew her eyes when a raccoon ran behind the cabin before slipping back into the woods.

No vehicles were parked in the drive, and both garage doors on the massive bay beside the cabin were closed. She had no idea why anyone would have a garage bigger than their house, but the building stood nearly twice as high. From everything she’d heard about The Commission, the size of it probably didn’t bode well for any unsuspecting humans and vampires.

She actually wouldn’t have minded living in this peaceful little spot Herb had chosen; however, goose bumps covered her skin, and her bones felt like ice. Her soul-deep chill had nothing to do with the climate difference between Pennsylvania and Arizona, and everything to do with the fact she wanted nothing to do with the man who lived here.

The thick pines surrounding the clearing creaked when a breeze blew down from the mountains looming behind the cabin. The eerie sound made the ominous feeling inside of her grow.

“I don’t smell any humans or hear any heartbeats,” Prue said.

“No, but The Commission are like rats. They like to go to ground,” Julian replied. “We may not be able to smell or hear him if he’s in hiding.”

Quinn refused to shudder, refused to let them see how much this place unnerved her, how terrified she was of what they would find, and what such a discovery might do to Julian. The two of them were intricately bound together now. She knew the tightrope he walked every day between killing and keeping himself restrained from doing so. It wouldn’t take much to push him over the edge, and The Commission was the one thing that always rattled him.

“What’s the plan?” Vern inquired.

“You, me, Quinn, Chris, Dani, and Melissa will go to check it out,” Julian said. “Everyone else will be staying here to watch out for any threat.

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