Storm_A Paranormal Romance by Jasmine Wylder

Author:Jasmine Wylder [Wylder, Jasmine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-12-26T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Gracie

The ice-cold grips on her arms were like iron. Though Gracie kicked and screamed and cried, they didn’t seem to take any notice. Tears streaked her face as she was dragged out of the pitch-dark underground. She had thought it would be a relief to be above ground again, to breathe fresh air and have natural light. But that was before she was dragged from her cell, changed into a revealing, low-cut gown and then dragged out to face Apep.

The light of a full moon bathed the land in a silvery light. It was so bright that she could see everything in vivid detail. Apep stood in the center of some design carved into the rock, one with curving lines and strange symbols around it. They looked Egyptian, but Gracie didn’t know enough to understand what they said.

“Do we have tears?” Apep asked, his voice amused as she was dragged to stand in the middle of the designs with him. “Come now, this is a great honor.”

The vampires released her, and Gracie immediately tried to run. Her feet hit the ground only twice before Apep’s arms lashed out and wrapped around her waist. She screamed, throwing her head back against his chest, but she could have been a bunny licking his ears for all the response she got. Apep dragged her back to the center of the designs and spun her around. His hands clenched over her wrists, holding her in the spot no matter how she fought against him.

“Light it,” he said over his shoulder.

Guinevere and Typhoon stood right behind him, the anger and hatred clear on their faces; both of them took a torch in a hand and stepped forward. Their jaws were clenched so tight that Gracie was certain they were holding back everything they wanted to say.

“Wait,” she cried desperately as they lowered the torches to the outer ring. “Please! At least tell me what you’re going to do to me. Please. I might only be some human to you, somebody you can drain dry, but I at least deserve to know why you’re doing this.”

Apep grunted, but that was enough for Typhoon and Guinevere to pause. They glanced at her and then him, waiting. Apep stared down at her, his monstrous size making her shudder; even if she had some sort of weapon, what could she do to him?

Knee him between the legs.

She’d hold off on that; wait to see if he would talk first.

To her relief, he did.

“What do you know about Ra?” Apep asked, cocking his head to one side.

Gracie swallowed roughly. Now that there was a lull, she wasn’t certain if she could speak past the lump in her dry throat. She swallowed hard, coughed, and answered in a whisper. “I know that he was the head Egyptian god. He’s supposed to be the sun… or a dung beetle that rolls the sun across the sky… something like that. I know that he’s your enemy. The one story I read was

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