A Vampire's Salvation by Alexis Morgan

Author:Alexis Morgan [Morgan, Alexis]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2011-05-13T14:00:00+00:00

Cord was awake long before darkness fell. He’d slept better than he had the prior night, but still had some problems with the silence. He’d paced the floor a few times, once again having to practice taking full steps and ranging around the room in random patterns. Eventually he’d leave the limitations of prison life behind, but it would take time.

He stared up at the ceiling. Livi had been stirring around up in the loft for some time. Was she staying up there because she didn’t want to wake him or because she wanted to avoid him?

No, his Livi wasn’t afraid of much and especially not him. She’d take on his entire clan single-handed if that’s what it took to clear his name once and for all. He liked that about her; in fact, there was a whole lot about his chancellor that he liked, maybe even loved.

He’d always known there was a surprisingly strong connection between the two of them, but he’d never let himself name what it was he was feeling for her. Gratitude for all her visits and caring had been part of it, but it had grown to be so much more than that.

When the top step creaked, he threw back the old afghan his grandmother kept on the back of the couch and sat up. It was tempting to meet Livi at the bottom of the steps, but he didn’t want her think he was about to pounce. Not yet, anyway.

Her smile was a bit shy. “Oh, you’re up. I wasn’t sure and didn’t want to wake you.”

“I’ve been awake for a while.”

She came closer to where he sat. “Trouble sleeping again?”

“Not as much. Mainly it was because tonight promises to be eventful.”

He stood and stretched, taking pleasure in the way her eyes followed his every move. Truth was, he added a few more moves just to bask in her approval a bit longer.

“Want some breakfast?”

“You stay.” She started for the kitchen. “It’s my turn to cook.”

He followed her anyway. “I’ll make the coffee.”

After he set the coffee to brew, he zapped a pack of blood in the microwave. Normally, he’d take it in the other room, but Livi didn’t seem to be bothered by watching a vamp feed. It fact, the whole scene felt surprisingly comfortable. Cozy, even. Definitely a far cry from eating slop at a battered and scarred table with two dozen other inmates.

Livi plunked a plate down in front of him. “I don’t know where you were just then, Cord, but it wasn’t a good place.”

He shook off the effects of the memories. “Sorry, I was just thinking about how weird all of this is. You know, in just two days going from swinging a pickax to sleeping on my grandmother’s couch.”

Her soft green eyes looked at him with sympathy as she came around the counter to where he sat. She brushed her fingers over the short stubble of his buzz cut.

“I imagine the memories will hit you at odd moments for a while to come.

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