Shadows on the Soul by Black Jenna

Author:Black, Jenna [Black, Jenna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Fantasy
ISBN: 9781466810501
Google: -L0y2IgdSvYC
Amazon: B0099S4CL2
Barnesnoble: B0099S4CL2
Goodreads: 567357
Publisher: Tor Books
Published: 2007-01-02T07:00:00+00:00

IT WAS A BEAUTIFULLY warm spring night, but Jez shivered and hugged herself as she stood rooted to the sidewalk, waiting for Gabriel to emerge from the subway.

She knew it would be only Gabriel who emerged. And she couldn’t say she felt bad to think the vampire who’d grabbed her was going to die. It was the how of it that made her insides want to curl up in a ball and hide.

She’d seen, and felt, the madness within her maker for the few moments before she’d mustered her mental forces and somehow managed to block him out. She didn’t want to know how he felt as he killed the guy, and she certainly didn’t want to know what he did to him before he died.

Tears pricked at her eyes, and she blinked rapidly to keep them from falling. The vamp who’d grabbed her deserved everything Gabriel was going to do to him. She didn’t know who he was, but he’d made it very clear what he was planning to do to her when he got her to their unknown destination. And he’d also made it clear he wouldn’t be the only one doing it.

No, he had not been alone, and Jezebel hoped Gabriel had enough sanity and self-control to ask some questions before he …

She swallowed hard, her ears straining for any sounds that might leak out of the tunnel. But whatever Gabriel was doing, he was being quiet about it.

Her knees felt weak and wobbly, so she went to sit on the front stoop of a charming little bookstore, locked up tight for the night. She wrapped her arms around her legs and hoped her feeble glamour was strong enough to shield her from the mortals who prowled the city streets at night. This wasn’t a particularly bad neighborhood, but there weren’t many streets in this city that felt safe for a lone woman at this time of night. The last thing she wanted right now was a fight.

She didn’t know how long she’d been sitting there hugging her knees before Gabriel finally emerged from the tunnel. She looked up and met his eyes, seeing that familiar dead expression, the one she hadn’t seen for a while now. Her heart thumped unhappily, and her throat constricted.

Without a word, he came to sit on the step beside her. She drew in a deep breath, noticing against her will that there was no scent of blood on him. Of course, he didn’t have to make someone bleed to make him hurt a whole hell of a lot.

She blinked away tears and fought to stop more from coming.

“Are you all right?” Gabriel asked softly. “Did he hurt you?”

She shook her head, sniffling. To her surprise, he put his arm around her and drew her close to him, giving her comfort. She’d thought he’d moved beyond her reach, emotionally.

Feeling like a helpless victim, and hating it with all her might, she snuggled closer to him. Tears leaked from her eyes one by one, though she tried to stop them.

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