circle of blood 02 - lovers awakening by R A Steffan

Author:R A Steffan [Steffan, R A]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-11-27T05:00:00+00:00

TWELVE

TRYNN BLINKED AWAKE to find the pale light of morning glowing from behind the curtains. Thank god for that, she thought as she sat up in the rumpled bed. The night had seemed to drag on forever. She had woken often, frightened and restless from half-remembered dream images.

It was a relief to finally rise and face the day.

Padding her way to the bathroom, she showered quickly and brushed her teeth with a disposable complimentary toothbrush from the hotel. As she wandered out into the suite’s living area, she found Snag sitting by the window, staring at the heavy curtain as though he could see through it, miles away. His face held none of the stony neutrality it had the previous day. Instead, it was set in gaunt lines of cold rage.

She glanced around, searching for Eris, a sinking feeling growing in her stomach. After a moment, it became clear to her that he had not returned from his night’s travels.

Spinning on her heel, Trynn rounded on Snag. “Where is he? Why didn’t he return?”

Snag, who barely seemed to have moved since the previous evening, turned his head towards her but did not answer. His eyes glowed, deep in their sockets, and she had to cover a flinch.

“Where. Is. He.” She took a step towards Snag, her fists clenching. “Tell me!”

He remained completely silent, still staring at her with those glowing eyes. It quickly became obvious that she would get nowhere by demanding his help.

Where could Eris have gone? He couldn’t still be hunting during the day, could he? Could real vampires go out in daylight? Eris had made it sound like they couldn’t.

Trynn realized that she didn’t really know anything about these creatures. How often did they need to hunt? How long did it normally take them?

With an uncomfortable squirming feeling in her stomach, Trynn wondered if they killed their prey. Could Eris be a murderer, too? Had she been fetishizing murder last night when she fantasized about letting him bite her?

Suddenly, agreeing to remain with them in their hotel room seemed downright reckless. What the hell had she been thinking? How did she know that she wasn’t their next meal?

The memory of Eris’ lips against her own and the way his mouth had grazed so lightly across her neck made her shiver, her body caught once again in that intoxicating no man’s land between fear and arousal.

But… no. She didn’t really think he’d been keeping her around for an easy meal.

He had been too solicitous. Too concerned for her safety. It had been as though he was terrified she would vanish in the blink of an eye.

But… if he was so worried about her, why wasn’t he here?

Remembering the private email she’d read the previous day, Trynn recalled that the person called Tré had cautioned Eris against doing anything stupid. Don’t be an idiot, the subject line said.

What did that mean? Was Eris likely to make a rash decision and put himself in danger?

It seemed more and more likely, the more she thought about it.

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