Harlequin Nocturne May 2018 Box Set by Shannon Curtis

Author:Shannon Curtis
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781488097836
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 21

Zane skidded as he rounded a bend, emerging into an antechamber. A pot lay overturned on a stove, its contents foul and smoking. A baby’s blanket lay on a table, and the roar of lycans echoed from the corridor beyond.

He stepped beyond the chamber and paused at what he saw. A long hallway stretched toward a door that was now shut, a fire extinguisher wedged between the handle to prevent it being opened from the other side. Vampires were pounding on the door, yelling, but as yet, the door held.

Harris leaned against a cell door, blood streaming down his face from a cut above his eye, and his arm badly broken.

At his feet lay three vampire guardians, necks twisted at awkward angles. Harris lifted his gaze, and recognition flared when he saw Zane.

Zane didn’t hide his confusion. Harris shrugged, then winced, holding his arm. “They came to kill the prisoners.”

Zane’s eyes widened. Harris had stopped his own kind from killing werewolves. He shook his head, still confused. “Why?” Why did this vampire guardian stand—at his own peril—between his own kind and the lycans?

Harris smiled weakly. “My grandmother was a redhead. A sweet little old lady. She made great cakes.” He wiped at the blood on his forehead, and it took Zane a moment to realize he hadn’t reacted to the sight or scent of blood. “She was also a lycan.” Harris moved his head in the direction of the door he leaned against. “They wanted to start with her.”

He moved a little so that Zane could peer through the slide window. A young woman with hair that looked like it could have been a burnished red-brown underneath the grime and oil was chained against a wall. She lifted her head, a familiar set of green eyes stared back at him. Caleb’s daughter.

“She’s a scion,” Zane said. He reached for the door handle, then hesitated. He was going to free her. Her and the rest of the werewolves in here. As soon as they saw a vampire, though, all hell would break loose, and after what Harris had done, he didn’t deserve to die.

Harris sighed, resigned, as he realized his intent. “You know, this is becoming a habit. Wait,” he said, as Zane reached for him. “Give the girl my jacke—”

Zane snapped his neck before he could finish the sentence, and he gently lowered Harris to the ground. He pulled Harris’s jacket off him, grimacing at the fluidity of the broken arm in the sleeve, and then yanked the door open, breaking the lock.

“You’re Caleb’s daughter,” he said, to put her at ease as he strode in and pulled the chains from the wall. He slid Harris’s jacket over the girl’s trembling shoulders.

She nodded. “Rory—Aurora.”

He smiled. “Your dad’s here. Help me release the others, then you can find him.”

She nodded, then stepped toward the door. She stepped over Harris, then turned to look down at the unconscious vampire. “He saved me,” she whispered, her brows drawn together in confusion.

Zane nodded.

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