Something in the Shadows by Elle Beaumont

Author:Elle Beaumont
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Midnight Tide Publishing

She had not returned by the time the sun began to brighten the sky. Wanting to go and look for her, Tommaso was forced to retreat into his blacked out chambers, and be consumed by his day slumber. When he woke with a gasp that night, it was to find Manette still not home, and a newfound worry began to fill him. What if something had happened to her? He should have followed her into the night, rather than let her go.

Not taking the time to feed, Tommaso grabbed Manette’s shawl and headed for the front door. He would track her down if it were the last thing he did. Perhaps she had gone to Miriam’s and was simply avoiding him…

He never made it to the door. A voice called to him from the darkness of the sitting room, and brought him to an abrupt halt. A shiver of dread coursed through him as, slowly he turned to stare at the male seated casually in the tall armchair.

“Alkaios…”

“Darling, did you think you would be allowed to leave me without so much as a word?”

“I thought perhaps you were too busy to care,” he responded slowly, trying to keep his eyes on Alkaios while he also kept an ear open for the chance of anyone else in the house with them.

The other man hissed in displeasure. “You know very well that is not true, nor was it ever.” He stood, straightening the jacket over his frame.

In the blink of an eye, Alkaios was suddenly before him, a hand to his throat and thrusting him back against the wall, pinning him there. With a grunt he hit the door frame with his elbow and the wood splintered beneath the action.

Green eyes nearly glowed with anger as Alkaios leaned in close enough that his breath fanned out over Tommaso’s lips. “I dedicated hundreds of years to you, showing you this world, and all that is open to us in it, and how do you repay me and my love?”

His words were a growl, and his hand tightened around Tommaso’s throat. Had he need of air, he would have been gasping for it. Instead, he only winced at the tightness, and feared the possibility Alkaios may tear his head clean from his shoulders.

“I wanted something new,” he rasped brokenly.

“New,” Alkaios spat the word out. “I gave you new every night. You wanted that girl, and you threw away our lives for it.” He pulled Tommaso away from the wall only to thrust him back against it, causing his form to indent it.

Tommaso would have fought, but there was no point. Alkaios was ancient compared to him, and his strength far surpassed his own. All he could do was hope that once he was tired of raving over his upset, he would release him.

“Yes, I did.” There was no sense in denying it. “And I would do it all over again, just for a chance at the happiness she and I had.”

A real sense of

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