Bound by Night by Larissa Ione

Author:Larissa Ione [Ione, Larissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, General, Paranormal, Fiction
ISBN: 9781476700175
Publisher: Pocket Books
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

Nicole stood in the bright, early-morning sunshine outside the Daedalus lab grounds, Riker at her side. The sunglasses on her face were borrowed from katina, the top borrowed from Benet, whom Nicole felt bad about thinking was a skank. The sneakers were actually new, given to her by a female named

Caris, who had shyly handed them over with a quiet whisper of “Good luck.”

Nicole hadn’t the heart to say that it was Neriya and Riker who needed the luck, because truly, they were the ones Nicole was putting in danger with this plan.

“I hope to hell this works.” Riker, dressed in jeans and an olive-drab long-sleeved T-shirt under a matching trench coat that concealed weapons, slid her a sideways glance.

“It will.” She tugged the jacket of Riker’s that she’d failed to return more tightly around her. “It has to.”

Riker studied the building looming before them with detached calculation. They hadn’t spoken about what happened in her room, and now, she supposed, there was no point. The chances that both of them would come out of this intact were pretty slim. He could be caught and killed, and she could be arrested for any number of offenses. If not for the deaths of the vampires in the lab she was responsible for, then for breaking into the lab in front of her and conspiring with vampires to do it.

Then there was the uncertainty of her fate if, by some miracle, this did all go down without a hitch.

“We won’t kill you,” Riker said, and there went his mind-reading thing he claimed not to have again.

“I know,” she said, and she meant it. Riker wouldn’t let anyone harm her. “But you can’t let me go free, either.”

“True. But we can keep you with us. You’ll be safe.” katina had said something similar. Nicole smiled sadly. “keep me. Like a pet. Or a slave.”

His head whipped around, and although she couldn’t see his eyes through his sunglasses, she felt the weight of his burning stare. His jaw was clenched so tight she was surprised she didn’t hear the crack of teeth.

“I don’t think I can live like that,” she murmured.

Then you’ll know how all the captive vampires feel. She could practically hear Riker speak the words, even if he had the decency not to say them out loud.

“Before we go inside, I just want to say that I’m sorry for everything my family has put you and your people through.” She started walking, not wanting him either to reply with some lame it’s okay bullshit that wasn’t true or to cast her apology back in her face by accusing her of too little, too late.

He walked with her, a silent shadow at her side.

She sensed that he wanted to say something, but she was thankful that he kept quiet, his demeanor shifting from sort of affable to deadly, focused warrior the closer they got to the building.

As suspected, entering wasn’t a problem. The security guy at the front desk knew her and

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