The Originals: The Loss by Julie Plec

Author:Julie Plec
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HQN Books
Published: 2015-04-08T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

“I STILL THINK you should go in force,” Lisette said, resting one foot on the side of Elijah’s desk. Her injuries from the battle had been even worse than he had originally thought. Like any vampire she had healed quickly, but Elijah still found himself watching her, checking on her, marveling at her strength as if he hadn’t seen the same kind of supernatural recovery thousands of times before.

“Bringing an army of vampires to meet an army of werewolves is more likely to start a war than an alliance,” Elijah disagreed.

Lisette laughed, tossing her strawberry-blonde hair back behind her shoulders. Elijah caught himself staring again. He could still see her lying lifeless in his arms, and he wanted to replace every shred of that memory with the sight of her now, vibrant and vivid and full of energy. “Every vampire here follows your orders,” she assured him. “No one would step out of line. They would just stand there. Looking...impressive.”

“They would look intimidating,” Elijah said. “The werewolves don’t want to be swallowed up by a stronger force. They’ll want to know their voices will be heard.”

“Well, then, if you feel so strongly about it, leave the army at home. But you should have at least one person there to watch your back. Me, for example.” She grinned, raising her pale eyebrows to make her face look especially innocent.

Elijah smiled in spite of himself. He would have loved to have Lisette’s company during his visit to the wolves, but he wouldn’t be able to concentrate with her there. When she was in harm’s way, Elijah couldn’t think about anything else.

He stood impulsively, then leaned down to kiss her on her forehead. When he stood again, she was staring up at him, her gray eyes looking larger than ever in her surprise.

“I will not risk you on this mission,” he told her firmly. “And I need you here to keep an eye on things while I’m gone.” He didn’t expect to Klaus and Vivianne to come home anytime soon, but he was concerned that there had been no word from Rebekah.

Lisette rocked her chair back down onto the floor and stood. “You can count on me,” she answered, as if she wished she were saying something else.

He stepped closer to her. “I do count on you,” he said, then touched her chin lightly, tilting it up so that her mouth met his. She retuned his kiss, reaching up to hold both sides of his face, keeping it close to her own.

He couldn’t remember the last time a kiss had felt so natural and yet so thrilling. There was an ease in the constant friction between them that he couldn’t begin to explain. The feel of her mouth on his was like coming home.

He rested his forehead against hers, feeling more at peace than he had since long before the morts-vivants came to the bayou. “Stay here,” he repeated, but this time he was asking her rather than commanding her.

“Come home soon,” she replied, and that he recognized as an order.

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