Carnal (Her Dark Desires #1) by Lola Taylor

Author:Lola Taylor
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 11

THE AIR DROPPED IN temperature until frost began to form on the vegetation around us, slicking the blanket with a fine white sheen.

Frost…

I looked at him sharply. “You’re the one who was in my room the other night. And who left that message on my windshield.”

Hector looked between us, eyes narrowing. They shone with red, through that could have been my imagination.

Damien smiled, eyes sparkling as if he found my revelation amusing. “Very good, Sally.”

“Why are you following me?” I said.

“You… arouse me.”

That sent shivers through me, but they were far from the pleasant ones Hector gave me. “Stay away from me.”

“No can do,” Damien said. “Once a paranormal’s caught my attention, I’m like a dog with a bone. I can’t stop chasing it.”

“What are you?” Hector growled.

Damien’s smile was pleasant enough, but the same coldness that had taken to the air lingered in his eyes. He sized Hector up with clear loathing. “Someone a lot more powerful than you, incubus.”

An orange glow began emanating from Hector’s whole body, and wisps of flame curled around his fingertips. “I’m no ordinary incubus.”

Quicker than I would have thought possible, Hector hurled a dagger made out of fire at Damien, who leapt out of the way with a hiss, narrowly missing it.

I gasped, staggering back. Hector’s eyes swirled with fire. He looked like a demon straight out of hell.

“Get in the car!” he yelled. “I’ll cover you.”

I didn’t hesitate. Running as hard as I could, I jerked the door open and climbed inside. My hands shook so hard, I was having a hard time buckling my seat belt when Hector opened the driver’s side door and sat down. Reaching over, he snapped the belt home, then cranked the key. The engine had only roared to life when he yanked the gear back into reverse, then jammed it into drive. The tires spun for a few seconds, pitching up dirt and gravel before the car shot off like a bullet.

I held onto the doorframe as we hurtled through several potholes before at last swerving onto the empty highway and gunning it down the road. “What was that?”

“I don’t know,” he growled, eyes glued forward, though he kept glancing back at the rearview mirror. “I couldn’t get a lock on his signature, which means he’s a hybrid.”

“No, I meant where did your fire powers come from? Incubi don’t have those kinds of abilities.”

His grip tightened on the steering wheel. “It was gifted to me from Erys, when she died.”

“You were there?”

“She died in my arms.”

My heart broke at the pain in his voice. “You said you could tell Damien was a hybrid because of his shifting signature?”

He glanced at me. “You know him?”

“It’s a long story.”

“We have about ten minutes.”

Fair enough. I gave him the truncated version of my alley encounter with the homeless vampire, how Damien had swooped in like a dark prince and saved me, and the subsequent eerie messages that led me to believe he could be stalking me. Hector’s hands fisted around the steering wheel so hard I feared he may break it when I told him how the D.

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