The Last Oracle by Colvin Delia

Author:Colvin, Delia [Colvin, Delia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Paranormal Romance
Publisher: Firefly Press
Published: 2013-09-06T04:00:00+00:00

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Knowing that Paolo would be able to see them leaving, they decided to wait until his lights went out. It was after three a.m. when Alex and Valeria loaded into the Porsche and pulled out of the driveway with Caleb. Mani would meet them at the airport in Rome. Reaching the road, Alex turned on his lights and drew a deep breath. He wasn’t certain what he expected, Kristiana and Jeremiah standing outside the house with hatchets? He laughed and shook his head.

“What?” Valeria asked, smiling and hoping there was some news that would lighten both of their moods.

“Oh, nothing. I guess I’ve been expecting the goblins and gremlins to be hiding behind every corner and I just realized how ridiculous that was.” They both laughed—although she could sense something was not quite right. She decided it was the eerie moonlight on the country road. Still, it had felt good to laugh, even if there were goblins and gremlins waiting for them. Then she reminded herself that it would only be five hours until it would be daylight and they would be in a major city, boarding a flight with Mani and Caleb.

Alex contemplated his feelings about Kristiana. He hadn’t yet been able to accept that she was the one causing so much of the pain in their lives. Yes, she had a temper. But accepting that she would murder him—or Valeria—was too much. It meant that he had brought the danger into their lives by the choices he’d made, and that was simply too much to accept.

They drove down the dark roads of eastern Italy and Valeria was exhausted—again. She realized that it must be the pregnancy making her want to sleep all the time. She glanced at Alex and saw that he looked tired as well. Perhaps driving five hours tonight wasn’t the best move. Valeria rubbed Alex’s shoulder and he leaned into her hand.

“Hmm—that feels good,” he said.

“Let me know if you need me to drive,” Valeria said. “You look like you need sleep more than I do.”

Caleb leaned forward. “I’ll drive! I’m not tired.”

Valeria and Alex gave Caleb a smile. “Thanks buddy, but I think the authorities would have a problem with that,” Alex said, and then glanced at Valeria. “Why don’t you try to rest? When you wake, if you feel up to it, you can drive,” he suggested.

“I will,” she said as she closed her eyes and leaned her seat back just a bit. They were only a few miles down the road when Valeria put her hand to her forehead and moaned softly.

“Val? What’s the matter?”

“I can’t believe it—I haven’t had one of these since I was a kid,” she said. “The doctor told me it was somehow associated with a migraine.”

“You have a migraine?” Alex said with sudden concern, and she could hear the terror behind his words. He shuddered as he remembered Mani’s report of how she had died in 1907, as if she had been struck by an electrical charge in her brain.

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