Vampire In Waikiki 04 - Love's Blood by A.J. Llewellyn

Author:A.J. Llewellyn [Llewellyn, A.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781611245370
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

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I had to choose my words carefully. "I...I don't know."

He said something unintelligible. I heard scratchy, indistinguishable chatter on the other end of the line, and I paced the roof frantically, searching the darkened streets below me. I saw no sign of activity. I heard no sounds of close human breathing. Tem could be anywhere. Officially, seventy miles long, the underground city, I believed, was more than that.

The cell phone turned silent after the man I was speaking to abruptly ended our call.

I tried desperately to tune into Tem. It alarmed me that I couldn't sense him at all. I sat back on the roof, taking deep breaths, trying to focus. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw an old ghost flitter across the street and was shocked.

It was the ghost of an old Chinese man, his queue of long hair flying over his shoulder.

This old man has been with me many, many years in Hawaii. I must have carried him with me. This was not a good sign. He always meant immediate trouble and, in that second, I sensed a trap.

The devil wanted me to hunt for Tem so he could capture me. Okay, bring it on. I had no way of knowing where Tem was and no way of outsmarting the ultimate bad guy. I listened for a few more seconds and then made my decision. I prepared to fly down to the street, but something stopped me.

I couldn't fly. I almost choked on my own manic laughter. There would be only one reason I couldn't fly. Tem had to be dead.

This thought alone sent me into a state of panic and I hurled myself from the roof. I hurtled toward the ground. It was a fast sixty feet below me and I almost landed flat on my face, until unseen forces picked me up and I hovered a few inches from the ground. Tem was in my mind, his face covered in blood.

He shook his head.

::Tem?:: I telepathed to him.

::Trap.::

::Yes, I know.:: My feet touched the ground and I waited.

Tem hesitated.

::I love you, Tem. I will come and get you.::

::Don't let them take the baby.:: I watched his shaky hand wipe at his nose. His eyes when I saw them were haunted, hunted. He hadn't escaped and he'd tried desperately to stop me from flying from the roof.

::Tem, your love is so strong you can stop me from flying?::

I could hear him breathing and I thought my heart would shatter into a million pieces. Out of nowhere, a trap door, one of countless in the city, opened and Tem's last words ripped into me.

::Div, don't come here. Please!::

I stepped forward carefully and peered into the opening. The devil expected me to rush right into his trap, but I'd experienced these before. This was a booby trap. Long, lethal bamboo spikes stuck straight up and waited for me to plunge to instant death.

Stepping back again, I waited and the door closed with a tiny pop.

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