Shadow on the Crystal by Brittany Kingston

Author:Brittany Kingston [Kingston, Brittany]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Vampires, Paranormal
ISBN: 9781897559628
Publisher: Eternal Press
Published: 2011-05-04T23:00:00+00:00

Shadow On The Crystal

Fearful that the man called Santez might have seen her fall, she turned, but both men were too busy to notice. Kirtling her skirt, Katherine ran to her horse and mounted.

Without looking back, she kicked her mare into a full gallop for home.

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“Father!” Katherine’s horse skidded to a halt outside the house. “Father!”

Unfortunately, it wasn’t John Browning who came through the door first, it was Samuel Pleasance. He tore the reins from her grasp. “Temptress!” He seized her by the arm and dragged her to the ground.

“Father, come quickly.”

“Harlot!” Samuel’s expression was a mask of hatred as he breathed his hot breath into her face.

“Father!”

John Browning strode from the house and walked over to feel the horse’s neck. “You have her all a-lather. It is almost dark, she could have stepped in a hole and broken a leg. Whatever were you thinking, Katherine?”

“Father, please. You must listen to me.”

John could not make himself look upon his daughter’s face. “Get inside at once.”

Katherine wrenched free of Samuel’s grasp and stood before her father and brother.

“Come with me father, Thomas. Whisper has the vampire on the forest track. He is fighting for his life.”

Samuel stepped between them. “Can you see now that I spoke the truth? The girl raves. She has been with those gypsies and now she tries to turn your mind from her wilfulness.”

Katherine pushed him aside. “No, father. Listen to me. All the butchered stock, the murders—it was a vampire called Santez. Whisper has him cornered. Quickly, we must help him!”

John’s brow creased. “Vampire?”

Katherine looked from her father to her brother. Even Thomas stared at her as though she’d gone mad. It was clear Samuel’s poisonous tongue had already been at work against her.

Samuel grasped John’s arm, his voice derisive. “The girl is full of fancy, John. She lies to take your mind from what she has done. She has been alone with that...that filthy gypsy. She has disgraced you, John, and dishonored me. Must you let her get away with such wilfulness? I assure you, I want no wife who behaves so.”

John sighed and gestured to his daughter. “Into the house, girl. Do you wish Samuel to reconsider his offer?”

She wanted to say yes, but the plea in her father’s eyes silenced her. She stormed up to her room and slammed the door. How could she have been so stupid? Of course, Samuel would have lied to her father. She should have returned straight away. Should have. Her mind and her emotions were in chaos. Please, God, please do not let the vampire kill Whisper.

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