Templar Vampires 03 by Tempting Darkness

Author:Tempting Darkness [Darkness, Tempting]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Though he had to be in agony, Lucian didn’t betray a hint of pain as he walked with her down the street. In fact, Jessica had to practically run to keep up with his fast pace as he led her to a pub he’d spied the night before. Nor did he complain about the way she clutched at his hand, squeezing it hard enough to turn her own knuckles white with the force of her hold.

True to his word, as soon as the sun had set, they’d quit the warehouse. In fact, Lucian was the one who woke her just before the warehouse was engulfed in almost complete darkness.

Jessica had barely come fully awake before he was dragging her toward the window and hefting her out.

Now that they were out in the open, Jessica felt the same sense of vulnerability take hold of her as this morning. She glanced over her shoulder at their rental car, wishing to God they were already driving away in it. But then she thought about Lucian being in the throes of bloodlust, and knew they needed to delay their escape long enough for him to feed.

Jessica fought her revulsion at the idea of Lucian drinking blood, something she felt every time he’d done so while they were in captivity. She’d seen Lucian drink blood from a cup, had witnessed him taking it from dead rats, she’d even seen him lap it up from the floor after Stephan tossed a cupful at him. Yet she’d never had to watch him drink from a human. Just the idea of him doing that made her skin crawl. It brought her back to the times when Stephan had bitten her.

Her body still hurt from the things he’d done to her. She was still weak from the blood he’d robbed from her, even though Lucian had given her some of his to help heal her. It had only done so much. It couldn’t take away all the hurt—or the memories of what had been done to her.

The sting in her side told her the injury that should have killed her wasn’t completely mended. Nor were the bite marks that ringed her neck. Most of them were scars now and would act as a constant reminder of her time at Penwick. How she would explain away those marks to people once she returned to her life, she just didn’t know. Nor could she think about that now.

Not with the possibility of being caught and taken back to Penwick looming over them like a dark cloud.

Jessica must have been squeezing Lucian’s hand because he squeezed back and smiled at her—a tense grin, devoid of humor.

“Easy, Jessie. We’ll be away from here soon.”

“I hope so.” She shivered as a gust of cold air blew over them. “I feel as if they’re going to jump out at us from every shadow.”

Lucian obviously didn’t need to know who they were. “From what I can sense, Stephan’s men aren’t near. I’ll take care of my business as quickly as possible and we’ll be on our way.

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