Fateful (The Fateful Vampire Series #1) by Cheri Schmidt

Author:Cheri Schmidt [Schmidt, Cheri]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance
Published: 2011-04-06T22:00:00+00:00

The pressure on her mouth is what drew Danielle from her sleep. Also noticing her bed was tipping as if someone else was in it, her eyes burst open and she tried to scream, but it was muffled by the hand previously placed over her lips. Instinctively, she tried to fight but she was held down by strength far beyond her own. She searched for a face to see who was holding her down. “Shhh, Danielle, it’s me, Ethan.” He leaned over her, his face lit by the moonlight filtering in through her windows. His eyes were mostly closed, therefore protecting her from his nighttime magic. “Are you going to scream again?” he asked gently.

She shook her head.

Ethan slowly removed his hand. “I’m sorry,” he said. “I knew it would frighten you when I woke you, but I had to make sure you didn’t wake the rest of the house.”

“I waited but you never came, so I went to sleep. How long does it take you to hunt?”

“That depends on where I go hunting. I wanted to make sure the curse was well satisfied before I got near you like this. I went hunting for something bigger than a deer.”

Her eyes enlarged. “What did you go hunting for?”

“You don’t need to know that,” he replied curtly.

“Just tell me, I’m curious.”

“No.”

“Please?” she begged.

“Fine. Black bear,” he said grimly.

Danielle gasped louder than she should have.

Ethan plopped his hand over her mouth again. He hushed her with a reproving look on his face this time. “Are you going to behave, or should I just leave?” He didn’t appear to be in the best mood after hunting.

Danielle mumbled under his palm in reply. He rolled his eyes and lifted his hand again.

“I’ll be good, I promise, but I didn’t think there were any bears around here,” she said in her most hushed voice.

“There aren’t. I had to go to France to get one. There are some big cats here, but they’re not natural to the area, and...I just decided bear was better,” he replied flatly.

She covered her own mouth this time while she gasped loudly again. He went to France for dinner? And ferocious cats weren’t good enough? “So that’s what took you so long,” she said, feeling staggered as she tried to imagine this.

Ethan nodded.

Then she wondered how the man who killed a bear for dinner had gotten into her room. “Did you come in through my window?”

“No, you’d locked that.”

“Sorry, I thought you’d changed your mind.”

He sighed, like he didn’t really want to talk about how he’d gotten in, but said, “I found an unlocked window on the main floor... Danielle, are you really ready for this? If you’re not—”

“Yes.” She pushed the curious thoughts out of her head, trying to focus on the real reason he’d come. “I’m ready.”

“Are you certain?”

“Yes, Ethan, please.”

“All right, sit up…or maybe you should stand…and close your eyes.” He seemed slightly unsure of himself.

Danielle slid her legs out from under the warm covers, set her feet on the floor, stood, and then closed her eyes submissively.

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