Vampire's Embrace by Joey W. Hill

Author:Joey W. Hill [Hill, Joey W.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781942122791
Publisher: Story Witch Press
Published: 2018-11-14T18:30:00+00:00

If she’d followed her preferences, she would have simply returned to the hospital, told Tracy she’d like a job and asked if there was a flat she could share with someone until her first paycheck, when she could find more permanent accommodations if needed. But if she did something that close, Alistair would find it necessary to come and retrieve her. Whether it was wobbly thinking or not, she hoped if she got on a train and took it much farther away, maybe he’d simply tell The Mistress she’d abandoned her duty to her family.

If a promised InhServ candidate refuses, the family’s loyalty to the vampire world must be questioned, as to whether the existence of vampires is a secret that will be safe with them anymore. If the Council deems it is not…

But she’d been delivered as promised. Surely that meant her family would be considered innocent if she’d cut and run…afterward. No fault of theirs. Maybe. Their three centuries of loyalty surely would be taken into consideration. Right? And her brother, like Sher, would be more than willing to step into her place. That would be a balm on it, too.

She’d thought to protect Jim from it, but knowing he understood this in a way she didn’t, never would, combined with her desperation, was making her rationalize her need to protect him. Even as she was pretty sure she was wrong and the guilt of that could crush her if she thought of it too much. She just couldn’t go back. She couldn’t.

You don’t decide your crimes, Nina. I do.

The way he’d said that had made her shiver. His compulsion to come find her might not be the only reason she thought it wise to put distance between them.

She refused to think about it more. That day on the beach, she’d survived a machine gun and the worse possible face of humanity she could have ever imagined. Since then, there had been times she’d gone numb so she didn’t have to feel anything. She’d gotten better at it than she’d realized. She could shut it all down. It wasn’t so hard, really. She’d been the only one in the family who hadn’t accepted the situation. Her brother would be fine if he had to serve. Better at accepting it than her, at least.

They wouldn’t kill her family. They wouldn’t. She refused to believe that.

She was headed for Sydney. It was a good distance from Brisbane and Alistair’s beautiful Victorian home outside it. There’d still be a position for her at the hospital there. They’d been sorry to see her go and had assured her she’d always be welcome.

When she’d accompanied Mrs. C to the market, Nero had given Nina an unexpectedly generous amount of money. Not his money for his daughter’s gifts, which was a separate handful of folded bills. Money from Alistair for items Nina might want or need. That generous allowance was probably part of what had inspired Mrs. C’s unpleasant comments. And he’d never asked for it back.

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