Vampire's Ghost by Tami Lund

Author:Tami Lund [Lund, Tami]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-05-17T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Last night, as I’d taken my leave after informing her about the gala, I’d thought, poor Kartina, because I knew how uncomfortable she’d be with having someone fix her hair and put makeup on her face. I also knew she’d hate to wear something as feminine and form-fitting as any one of the formal gowns I—not Jules—had picked out for her.

Tonight, however, I thought, poor Drake, because how the hell was I going to survive this evening?

My attraction to Kartina had reached obsessive levels when she’d done nothing more than throw on a baggy shirt and a pair of leggings.

Tonight, she was as exquisite as a queen, which was most certainly not easing my fixation on the woman.

I’d selected dresses in varying shades of black and brown because I’d expected she would want to be as unassuming as possible, despite having to wear something that, no matter what color it was, would put her on display. Me being me, however, I’d tossed in a few brightly colored gowns as well, because, yes, I now had fantasies tied up in the red one I’d chosen.

And then she’d appeared at the top of the stairs, wearing a strapless, pale pink dress with an uneven hem that flared slightly before draping to mid-calf. Her footwear was high-heeled, with one strap around her toes and one around her ankles, in the same color as the gown. Her nails were iridescent pink. She clutched a matching handbag, and her only jewelry was a pair of shoulder-skimming earrings I was certain were diamonds.

Her hair was pulled into a deliberately messy bun at the base of her neck, with tendrils curling enticingly around her face. They looked lighter than they had the last time I saw her. Had the stylist added highlights?

And her face, that lovely, cherub face I’d already found so incredibly intriguing, was practically glowing. I was reminded of when I’d caught my first glimpse of her smile and I’d thought she looked like an angel. At the moment, she was clearly nervous, and yet she appeared still more angelic, with face powder that obviously had glitter in it, smoky eye makeup, and a lip gloss with almost no color but loads of shine.

“Absolutely exquisite,” I murmured, staring up at her.

Her eyes widened slightly. How in the world could she not realize how incredibly breathtaking she was?

I heard a giggle and tore my gaze away from the vision to glance at Sasha, who leaned over the railing a few feet away, smirking at me.

“Told you he’d be speechless,” she said.

“I spoke,” I replied. Although she was right— for a long moment, I had been speechless. And I was both excited and dreading having this woman on my arm for the duration of the evening.

“Barely,” Sasha replied.

I was a twelve-hundred-year-old Viking turned vampire, living with three human women, and not a one was remotely afraid of me.

Funny how that wasn’t at all emasculating.

When Kartina did not attempt to walk down the stairs, I whispered out of the side of my mouth, “Has she ever worn heels before?”

Sasha snickered.

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