The Alpha by Annie Nicholas

Author:Annie Nicholas
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Publisher: Lyrical Press, Inc.
Published: 2010-06-20T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

The sound of the front door being kicked in and Sugar’s distressed high-pitched voice startled Spice from a deep sleep. She jumped out of bed and reached to wake Eric only to find him already gone. Grabbing a dirty t-shirt and jeans from the floor, she got dressed while stumbling down the hall to investigate the noise.

Sugar’s voice came from the basement and Spice ran by the front door, which hung from one hinge. Oh God, someone had broken in and was attacking her twin.

She glimpsed sunlight peaking over the horizon. Thin smoke wafted in the air and made her cough. What the fuck? “Sugar!”

Taking the stairs two at time, she ran past Sam and Tyler’s empty bedrooms to the open door of Daedalus’s man-cave. She saw Sugar ahead as she ran through the doorway following someone. If this was some sort of sex game she’d kick both their asses. Then the time dawned on her half-asleep brain, what was a vampire doing up during the day?

A smoke trail led to Daedalus’s room, and anger boiled in her chest as she heard her little sister’s sob. Someone had hurt her twin. She stomped the rest of the way into the room, then stopped in stunned silence.

Eric placed a limp Daedalus in his coffin and allowed Sugar to give him a quick kiss before closing the lid. “He’ll be all right. We just got the timing wrong.” He chuckled. “Maybe he’ll have a tan after this.”

Sugar smacked his arm. “It’s not funny.”

Crossing her arms over her chest, Spice fumed. “Can someone explain to me what the hell is going on?”

Her sister twisted around, tears stained her cheeks and soot smudged her nose. She wiped it on the sleeve of her housecoat. “The sunlight caught Daedalus on the way in the house. I freaked when I saw his head burst into flames.” She glanced at the coffin. “He’ll heal in his sleep. We just needed to get him inside.”

“That explains the smoke.” A flaming head? Cool. “Is it always this exciting around here?” The adrenaline still coursed in her bloodstream which made her shout the last question. Everything seemed under control. No one had broken in, Sugar appeared physically fine, and Eric was accounted for. She took a few deep breaths, and her heart rate slowed.

Blood drops on the floor led to the shiny black coffin. “Why is he bleeding?” She pointed to the trail.

“What?” Sugar spun around and reached for the lid, but Eric took her hands.

“It’s from me.” He glanced at Spice.

In three steps, she was at his side and examining his body. A large blood stain spread across the back of his shirt. She grabbed the bottom of it. “Off,” she ordered as she pulled it over his head.

He groaned when he lifted his arms. Four deep lacerations crossed his back from the right shoulder to left hip, one next to the other.

“Oh my God, something attacked you!” She leaned in for a closer look. “I can’t see in this light.

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