Fire by Steffort Angelina J

Author:Steffort, Angelina J. [Steffort, Angelina J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy, Paranormal
ISBN: 9783950441871
Amazon: 3950441875
Goodreads: 55347997
Publisher: MK
Published: 2019-01-22T08:00:00+00:00

15

Interconnected

A whisper was the first thing I perceived. It was distant at first, like the hum that had accompanied me to sleep. Something soft touched my hand. Skin. Another hand. Then, before my inner eye, I saw her, as if she was right there with me.

“You have no idea how much I have missed you these past months,” her voice came through the haze.

I tried to lift my eyelids, but they were still too heavy. Unlike the first time, there was nothing I wanted more than to continue the conversation with the strange collective of angels and human.

Her eyes mirrored pain as she stared at me from behind the haze. Something was going on with her, was I hurting her? I was unconscious, wasn’t I? Was this a dream? Or was she really there, holding my hand? Was she that fearless? Brave?

There was a wave of heat running through my body. Not the pleasurable heat of desire or the wave of energy after feeding. It was a sensation I had never felt before. Right there in my chest, something seemed to burn, warming my cold, demon heart.

I was so focused on the spot, that the touch of her lips on my forehead came as a surprise, and I jerked upright, still fighting to open my eyes, and ripping the ropes on my wrists and ankles as I prepared to defend myself. She was really there, shrinking away from me as my hands grabbed her shoulders. I hadn’t decided if I wanted to talk to her, or end her…or make her repeat that touch to my skin. When my eyes finally opened, she was staring at me, wide-eyed, and looking exactly as she had in my mind.

Before I got the chance to decide what it was that I wanted, the guardian angel attacked me from the side, but I was alert, ready. He didn’t even need to pull my hand off the girl, it was there, waiting to strike when he reached me. He dropped to the floor at the impact and remained still.

The girl tried to comprehend what had happened. Of course, our movements had been too fast for her weak, human eyes. I glanced around, readying myself for the other angels to come at me, but there was no one else in the room but us. The girl and I, and the unconscious guardian angel.

“Is he dead?” she finally asked when she found the angel beside the bed.

Wasn’t she a bright soul? Deliciously shining right at me. How easy it would be to feed…just a little… Her eyes tried to read me, making me self-conscious in my hunger.

“Just knocked out,” I hid my struggle behind a voice I hoped to sound confident.

There was recognition in her gaze. She knew exactly what was going through my mind. The hunger…the uncontrollable ache for energy…the hollow feeling in my stomach… If I could only try a little taste of it and then let go. I didn’t need to kill her….

She didn’t flinch away from my murderous gaze this time.

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