Conception by Sarah McCarty

Author:Sarah McCarty [McCarty, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: Fantasy, Romance, Vampires, C429, Extratorrents, Kat
ISBN: 1419953990
Publisher: Elloras Cave
Published: 2005-08-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

If this was heaven, she wanted to give hell a try.

Eden bit back a moan as another searing pain sliced through her skull. She buried her face deeper into the softness of the pillow, jerking back into the pounding of her headache as her skin screamed in agony. She froze in place, panting as the wave of dizziness swept over her, afraid to move. Afraid to find out what else was going to hurt. But mostly she was afraid to open her eyes and see where she was. What she was.

“You could not be anything other than what you were born to be.”

The pain fell behind a cloud she recognized. “Deuce?”

The mattress dipped. His arms came around her. Her bracing was instinctive but unnecessary as he pulled her against his naked chest. There was no pain and her headache was now only a memory. She nuzzled her cheek into the soft dusting of hair. His scent surrounded her, wonderfully comforting. She inhaled more, taking it deeper into her. There was something so intriguing about the way he smelled. She touched her tongue to his flesh. Tasted.

“Who else would be in your bed?”

She wasn’t going there. “Turn on the light.” Muscle stretched under her cheek. A double click and then brightness against her lids. “Thank you.” She took a deep, steadying breath and ordered. “Give it back.”

“What?”

She cautiously cracked an eyelid. “My pain.”

Even this close, he looked good. All that golden skin and rippling muscle with that sexy dusting of hair was pure eye candy.

“You know that is not possible.”

“Not only is it possible, I’m demanding it.” She didn’t really want to experience that god-awful pain again, but to let someone else suffer it for her was more horrendous.

“It is not the Chosen way for a woman to make demands.”

“I’m not Chosen.” Eventually he’d catch onto that. She cracked her other lid. The view just got better for having the whole picture. Damn, he was big.

“You will accept my caring for you as I see fit.”

“You really need to get rid of that tendency to spout orders.” She rubbed her head. “How long was I…sleeping?”

“Three days.”

Three days? She took a breath and risked tilting her head back. She couldn’t prevent her gasp. “You look terrible!”

He did. His face was haggard and worn, with dark circles under his eyes that were almost as black as the pupils.

He rolled her to her back, propping himself above her with one elbow. His hair fell about her, curtaining her off from anything but him. “Your conversion was not as easy as we had hoped.”

Considering they’d worried she’d die, “not as easy” must translate into something pretty bad. She touched the deep lines of strain carved beside his mouth, her eyes burning with tears. He’d gone through hell for her.

“I’m so sorry.”

“Your tears are uncalled for.”

“I’m not crying.”

His smile could only be called indulgent. Weary, but indulgent. “Though you have not let your tears fall does not make them any less real.”

She bit her lip, gathered her courage, and asked, “Did it work?”

His thumb brushed her cheekbone.

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