The Nightlife Moscow (Urban Fantasy and Paranormal Suspense) (The Nightlife Series Book 5) by Travis Luedke

Author:Travis Luedke [Luedke, Travis]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2015-01-20T06:00:00+00:00

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Chapter 18

Aaron finally closed his eyes and lay back against the couch. Blessed rest. No one blew anything up, no one shot at him, and no one tried to cut his head off. His overlapping aches and pains began to recede as he floated on a haze of exhaustion. Then a bastard fallen angel found the light switch and ruined his peace.

He sensed her standing before him, and slid an eye open – the one that didn’t hurt. Her aura glowed intensely as she went down on one knee and touched his torn shoulder. As her power flowed down into his body, he caught another flashing glimpse of her alien-inhuman face. Though unsettling, the benevolent concern she showed him came as a welcome comfort. In seconds his pain drifted away under Urvashi’s magical touch.

She truly was his angel, fallen or otherwise. When she let go of him, she visibly sagged, her aura far weaker, and for the first time ever, he saw her wince in pain at her own injuries. How fascinating. The great Urvashi wasn’t indestructible after all.

Her breath came labored, as if she had finished a heavy workout. “Healing takes a lot out of me. Though you are weak, and I’d rather not burden you further, I must ask for blood in return.”

Aaron nodded and held out his right wrist. “It’s the least I can do.”

She smiled at him. Damn, the woman looked tired. He’d never seen her look so … human, frail. The battle and injuries had drained her bigtime. Baring sharp little fangs, she bit down hard on his wrist and sucked from him for a couple minutes. He could feel the drain on both his blood and aura, but she’d given him so much of herself, it felt like he got the better end of the deal.

Looking refreshed, she licked his wrist once and then cleaned the rest of her meal off her lips. She stood up and turned her attention to Ivan.

Aaron cringed at the sight of the man-beast he had considered a friend. Urvashi kneeled at his side, and touched the gore of his broken face with her fingertips. The woman looked sad, damn near crying. Aaron had never realized that his master might actually have some emotional attachment to these wolves. Her power flowed through Ivan, but it was different this time. Aaron felt her forcing her will onto him.

She wasn’t healing him.

Suddenly Ivan’s body started vibrating, quivering. Like flipping a switch, he changed under Urvashi’s hand. The man-beast reformed into a wolf, and a blood-curdling howl of pain echoed off the walls of the room. She stood up quickly and the wolf whined and nipped at her hand, then slipped free of the shreds of Ivan’s clothing and body armor before backing away on shaky legs. The creature was in pain, but, the bloody wreck of a man-beast was completely gone. This clean, new wolf padded over to the corner of the room and settled down on its haunches with a slight whine.

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