Wicked Memories (Castle of Dark Dreams) by Nina Bangs

Author:Nina Bangs [Bangs, Nina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Group US
Published: 2013-06-03T22:00:00+00:00

12

Kayla knew she should get up and leave the room. This confrontation had nothing to do with her. But then she’d have to squeeze past Thorn. Besides, this whole thing was like a horror movie. You knew the maniacal laughter rising from the dark cellar couldn’t be good. You knew the idiot woman would go down there to see what it was anyway. You knew the laughter would be followed almost immediately by the bloody knife. But you just had to sit and see it happen.

Resigned, she sat back. This would be ugly, and she’d probably find out things about Thorn she didn’t want to know. Fine, so that was a lie. She wanted to know everything about him. Kayla cursed whichever of her ancestors had enjoyed suffering and passed the stupid gene on to her.

Thorn spoke directly to Ganymede. He ignored Sparkle. “I met Sparkle a long time ago. I didn’t know what she was then, I only knew that I loved her.” Thorn’s eyes were flat, cold, emotionless. “I was twenty-three and believed her when she said she cared. I never asked why a woman like her would be interested in me.” His lips tipped up in a humorless smile. “She didn’t know I was a member of the Mackenzie vampire clan. She didn’t know that in five years I’d become vampire.”

Thorn had just started talking, and Kayla was already confused. She glanced at Ganymede. She couldn’t see any sign of the snarky cat in his eyes. A destroyer lived in them now.

Thorn finally shifted his gaze to Sparkle. “You told me to meet you down by the harbor. My family had come to the village to trade, and I left them that night to be with you.”

Sparkle was pale, but she didn’t look away from him. She said nothing.

“When I reached the place where we were supposed to meet, you weren’t there. A man was there instead. He had a message from you. He said you’d met an old friend and had decided to leave with him. I wouldn’t be seeing you again. You were sorry.” Thorn’s eyes burned with remembered anger and pain. “You. Were. Sorry.”

Kayla feared to breathe. It was so silent in the room that a breath would call attention to her. Sparkle grew even paler, if that was possible. She started to say something, but Thorn held up his hand to stop her.

“I’m not finished.” Thorn took a step back toward the table. “I didn’t get a chance to return to my family and mourn a love that was pathetically one-sided.” He took another step and Ganymede tensed. “Because your messenger knocked me out and sold me to a slaver.”

There was a collective gasp from everyone not named Ganymede. Sparkle put her hand over her mouth, and Kayla noticed that she’d methodically peeled off her nail polish.

Thorn’s eyes were narrow slits of fury. “I have lots of sympathy for demons, because for five years I lived in hell. There were times when I didn’t think I’d see the next sunrise.

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