Awakened Knight: A Novella of the Knights of Darkness by Viktoria Karlyle

Author:Viktoria Karlyle [Karlyle, Viktoria]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: White Candle Publishing, LLC
Published: 2024-02-02T00:00:00+00:00

Jessica picked a bottle of cabernet with an ornate castle on the label, opened the bottle, and poured their glasses. She took hers to the window and looked out over the lights of Vegas. She was starting to see it through a different lens these last two days with Roman, but something felt off. She couldn’t put her finger on it, yet something was definitely weird about their whole situation.

This entire thing was so out of character for her, and she felt really off balance—which in and of itself was odd. Jessica always considered herself fairly grounded and in control; this was like flying wildly around the sky.

What the hell is taking him so long in there? Jessica’s nerves were quickly inching up. Something is wrong here, she thought.

Roman finally reappeared from the bathroom and stopped when Jessica made eye contact, blurting out his next words.

“I’m a vampire. I’m 300 years old. You’re… we… we’re…” He trailed off, probably from seeing the look on her face.

Jessica was dead quiet for a few heartbeats and then started laughing sardonically. Roman at first appeared relieved, starting to smile with her, but then must have realized there was zero mirth and a hundred percent malice as his face dropped.

“You know what? I fucking knew it.” Jessica slammed her glass down on the table, surprised it didn’t break, and ripped her robe off. She aggressively shimmied into each article of clothing as she came across them, muttering to herself while once and awhile looking at Roman and saying something like “asshole,” “piece of shit playboy,” or “cowardly cocksucker.”

Roman appeared to have lost the ability to speak. He just stood there watching her collect her things and hearing everything she said, not just the insults hurled directly at him.

“Jessica… I—”

“Save it. Don’t speak to me. ‘I’m a vampire?’ Really? How stupid do you think I am? Don’t answer that. Clearly, you think I’m an idiotic plaything to distract you while you’re in this hellhole.” She walked to the door and turned around, looking at him stunned to silence over her shoulder. “I don’t ever want to see your face again.” And with that, she walked out the door, pissed that she couldn’t slam it.

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