Dangerously Dark by C.J. Burright

Author:C.J. Burright [Burright, C.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance
Publisher: Ravenrock Publishing, LLC
Published: 2017-10-16T16:00:00+00:00

Nineteen

Beyond the reach of Quinn’s dream, back in the church, Zaire crouched beside the pillows his dreamcaster nestled in, still locked in sleep. He brushed a curl from her brow, careful not to wake her. She was so strong. He’d given her his worst, and she broke free, took control. She didn’t need him to survive.

He’d come so close to surrendering, to claiming her. To destroying her.

He fisted his hand, the only way he could stop touching her. No matter how much it burned, he had to leave Quinn. Even if Braden wasn’t part of the equation, even if he took her nightmares as she so sweetly offered, he couldn’t protect her, not as she needed if he stayed. Eventually, a stronger V’alkara or an organized team would hunt them down, requiring him to Change. Ultimately, he’d lose control and slip into darkness, never to return. If he accepted her claim, Quinn would shatter with him.

Before he cast reason aside and stayed anyway, he stood and shrugged into his coat. He’d provided her with all the tools and knowledge she needed. There was nothing else he could do for her. He took the pickup keys lying beside her purse, holding them tightly to silence any jangling. Taking her vehicle wasn’t his first choice, but if he risked Changing for transportation, he’d leave a signal the Crows could follow straight to Quinn. A call to Isaac or Stephanie, and she’d be back to her previous life.

A life without him.

The acknowledgment fisted his aching heart, made him want to destroy the entire world, take it down with him. Zaire clenched his jaw and strode toward the back door on swift, silent feet. He had to be gone before Quinn woke up. Before she persuaded him to alter his plans yet again.

After locking the church door quietly behind him, he trotted down the steps and nearly ran for the pickup parked a few yards away. The itch to turn around stretched tighter with each step away from Quinn, every instinct telling him he was going in the wrong direction. As if he didn’t realize that. Perhaps a greater distance would ease the daggers carving out his chest so he could breathe again.

Zaire lurched to the vehicle and jerked the door open. He gave the church one last look and released a shaky sigh.

Goodbye, dearling.

A blast of fear hit him so hard he remained upright only by clinging fiercely to the doorframe. Quinn’s scream followed on its heels, then raced through his blood with bone-splintering force. Her terror drove an unrelenting drill of agony into his head.

All rational, noble intentions shattered beneath the need of his dreamcaster. In three seconds flat, he was back inside the church. Quinn’s trembling body shielded in his arms, he dove inside her dreams.

He landed on the white sand with a boom that rippled the sky. The silence beneath was complete, still and lifeless. Empty. No Quinn.

Closing his eyes, he tipped up his face up and sent out tendrils of shadows, seeking, tasting, testing for any hint of her.

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