Vampire, Vampire by Heather Killough-Walden

Author:Heather Killough-Walden
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: vampire, paranormal romance, paranormal, vampire romance, novella, vampire short story, heather killoughwalden, vampire novella, vampire compilation
Publisher: Heather Killough-Walden

Chapter Sixteen

Anna turned a slow circle and then sat down on a stone beside the tree. She thought about her powers and her need for blood. She glanced at Christopher as he worked, unable to do anything but notice the grace of his body, the finely tuned musculature that flexed and stretched beneath his armor. He had always been beautiful.

Anna licked her lips as desire spiked inside of her. She caught a glimpse of his throat beneath his thick black curls and her fingers curled into fists in her lap. If I feel like this, she thought, I wonder… how he’s feeling?

Eventually, one of them was going to have to feed. The knowledge gave her both a thrill of anticipation and a shudder of fear. They stood a better chance of opening the right portal if Christopher fed from her. It would leave her weak and drained, but it would make him strong – and he could take them home, provided that the enemy was nowhere nearby.

Portals remained open for a certain amount of time, and people could unwittingly follow travelers through. Travelers could also be tracked through portals with certain kinds of magic. It was probably how Christopher had eventually found her in Wolfen Down – no matter how many times Rafe had moved them.

“Rafe,” she whispered, again feeling a little overwhelmed.

Across the small clearing, Christopher stilled, one hand poised over the fire pit, a make-shift log clutched tightly in his strong fingers. “What of him?” he asked, something nasty flickering in his gaze.

Anna shook her head, taken aback. “Nothing.”

Christopher watched her for a moment, his silence wrapped around him like a shroud. And then he looked down, tossed the log in the pit, and dusted his hands. He stood, his gaze still trained on the ground.

“Why did you agree to marry him?”

He’d asked the question so softly, if Anna had been human, she might not have heard him.

“What?” she asked as if she hadn’t.

Christopher’s gaze cut to her, spearing through her from a good ten feet away. That lightning was back, that ominous glow in the darkness of his pupils. The air between them was charging up. “You heard me, Anna.”

Anna hesitated, her mind stalling. What is he talking about?

And then she remembered – Rafe forcing her to take his hand in marriage in exchange for Christopher’s life. She felt a wave of something wash over her; it was hot and prickly. It was a warning, and she caught it only a split second before Christopher’s power surged out from him, at once angry. No – furious.

She stood, only managing to come to her feet before he was on her. He’d moved so fast, his form had almost blurred. Anna inhaled a gasp and stared up into the galactic depths of eyes that shifted menacingly into red.

She’d never seen them like this before. Not in hundreds of years.

She was a ragdoll in his grip as he spun with her, knocking her off balance to back her into the massive oak tree beside her.

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