The Jaded Hunter by Michelle M. Pillow

Author:Michelle M. Pillow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: vampire, dark fantasy, epic, immortal, vampire romance, gothic romance, dark paranormal romance
Publisher: The Raven Books

Chapter Ten

Time rolled by slowly in the cave home. Jaden slept throughout the day in Tyr’s bed, keeping with his vampiric schedule. Tyr rested on his couch, leaving her alone in his room. During the long nights, they didn’t speak. Silence was marred only by the subtle shuffle of Jaden’s feet, the crinkling page from some old book Tyr read, and most predominately by the popping wood burning in the fireplace.

After Jaden’s plea for death was again denied, Tyr carried her protesting to the bed. Her anger at his refusal lasted only a moment before he waved his hand before her face and forced her into a deep sleep. He had then sat across from her, watching her in her slumber. He examined the soft glow of orange on her skin as it faded to becoming shades of darkness. And when she finally awoke, he was still there watching. She’d hardly spoken since. The part of her soul that glistened normally in her expressive eyes was dead.

Jaden suppressed a yawn, staring blankly at the licking flames. Nothing seemed to catch her attention, but in truth, she felt herself most inclined to stare at the little arrangements of history nestled into Tyr’s walls. Her mind reeled with her past, her uncertain future, her confusion over her captor and his motives. He had seen her in her weakest moment, the point where her fragile sanity broke into a thousand shards. No one had ever seen her brought low. She was mortified that it had been him. He now knew her weakness. The question was, would he exploit it? Sighing again, deep and long, she closed her eyes.

Tyr had watched her silently from his chair for most of the night, leaving to disappear out of the side entrance of the cave when he could take no more of her stillness. The questions he needed answered swam in his head, trying to find their way out from his brain. He suppressed them, as he suppressed any tenderness for her. He couldn’t allow himself to be weakened by her. She was his assignment. Somehow things had gotten messy, but she was still a duty he must perform. He wouldn’t risk his very existence for a mere slip of a human, no matter how alluring the package.

Occasionally over the long silence, Tyr coerced her into eating. A few times Jaden got up to relieve herself, or to take a quick bath out of a chilled water basin he retrieved at her request, or to change her clothing. For the most part, he let her be, knowing she had a lot on her mind. And what were a few days to a creature that had lived so many? Even with the thought swimming in his head, Tyr was impatient.

He sorted the facts slowly in his mind. If she collapsed when confronted with the result of her actions, then surely she was not in league with her uncle. Though an angry woman by nature, she didn’t have a heart for pure cruelty—and Tyr had seen the numerous faces of pure cruelty.

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