Vamped Up by Miller Kristin

Author:Miller, Kristin [Miller, Kristin]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Paranormal, Fiction
ISBN: 9780062105219
Publisher: Avon Impulse
Published: 2011-12-06T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

“Living long enough to transition into an elder is a privilege, not a guarantee.”

Elder Baylor, 750 year-old vampire, oldest male on record, whereabouts unknown

EVE PINCHED HER eyes tight, focusing hard on Lilith’s touch. Her perfectly soft hands covered her own, stroking small circles around the heart of Eve’s palm with her thumbs. It tickled like a feather’s caress.

Eve stifled a laugh.

“You’re not trying and it’s very frustrating.” Lilith dropped the connection. “Perhaps you do not know how little time there is or how much work you have left to do.”

It was no wonder she’d given up trying to tap into this energy Lilith spoke of. Eve’s legs had gone numb from sitting pretzeled on the floor, and her hands ached from being held out, grasping Lilith’s for such a long period of time.

Eve let her shoulders slump. “We’ve been at this for hours and I’m just not getting it. Maybe we should try something else, or a different position—like sitting up on the couch, for starters.” Those cushions looked rather lonely. Eve tried to stand up but Lilith tugged on her arm, pulling her back down.

“This is the way it must be. To draw on your powers you will not always have a couch, a chair, or a nice room like this one to channel in, but you will always have an uncomfortable floor to sit upon.”

Well wasn’t that profound.

Lilith brushed a fire-red lock of hair over her shoulder like a beauty queen from a forgotten age. Eve tried fluffing life back into her own hair, but it was too flat to be saved. “You will get it if you keep trying. You have to focus all your energy on our connection. You must feel my energy run through you in order to warm the amulet and use it the way we need.”

Eve sighed and readjusted her knees, pulling them tighter. Man, she was going to have bruises on her backside from this. “Fine, but I’m telling you, I don’t feel any different.”

Lilith’s eyes closed, her eyelashes settling lightly on the curve of her cheek. “You will.” She stretched out her arms. Eve filled Lilith’s hands with her own, feeling Lilith’s delicate fingers wrap around and curl over the sides.

Eve listened to the familiar sounds of her apartment, letting her senses drift past the numbness of her body. The buzz of the city outside her window soothed the ache in her arms. The hum of her refrigerator lulled her mind while the ticking of the clock mounted on the kitchen wall matched the soft pitter-patter of her heart. When those sounds began to merge into one hypnotic rhythm, her shoulders grew heavy like lead. Her neck lolled downward to her chest. Her breathing slowed until she felt as if her body was asleep while her mind was still awake. She let herself drown in the deep waters pulling her toward complete relaxation.

The amulet warmed against her chest . . .

Lilith squeezed her hands ever so slightly. “It’s already inside you, Eve,” she whispered, her voice warm like honey.

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