Year of the Boar- Tica by Heather Heffner

Author:Heather Heffner [Heffner, Heather]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

~Khyber~

I ducked out of the girl’s bedroom later and slipped as quietly as a shadow down the hall. Rafael’s bedroom door was open at the opposite end, and I could see a glowing television screen behind the rack of surfboards. I turned to slip through the kitchen.

She was waiting for me at the table, a cup of tea in her hands.

I bowed my head, strangely embarrassed. Customs and cultural practices changed throughout the ages, and in this place and time, it was definitively taboo to stay in a young unmarried girl’s room for long.

“Ms. Dominguez, I must apologize. Truly, nothing happened—”

Ana Dominguez cocked her head, short dark hair falling across her face. “How is she doing?”

I quieted my excuses, intrigued by the fearlessness sharpening her stare. “Better. She is readying herself for the fight ahead.”

Ana nodded, as if she expected as much. “Sit.”

I did as she asked, amused at feeling like a young misbehaving boy again. However, the words that left her mouth were the furthest thing from a lecture:

“I know what you are.”

I looked up slowly, my unseen wings unfurling. My alert posture changed something inside of her. There. Now I saw her fear. I was a young man in his early twenties no longer. I’d shown a glimpse of the dangerous predator that lay inside me, pondering whether to attack or disappear.

Ana took a deep breath. “You are not the first paranormal being I’ve encountered, vampyre. I’ve believed in the spirits since I was a young girl. The intentions of some were so dark that I fled Peru.”

I nodded. “I suspected as much.”

“I don’t mean you harm.” Her gazed dropped to the tabletop, and she blinked back tears furiously. “Indeed, I think you are the only one who can help me.”

I waited quietly, although my muscles were still poised for flight. “What do you want of me, mortal woman?”

She looked up. Her fearlessness had returned. “Help me save my daughter.”

I paused, weighing her proposal for an instant. “You know what that will take.”

Her callused fingers gripped the tea cup. “I’m willing to give it.”

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