Hungers of the Heart by Jenna Black

Author:Jenna Black [Black, Jenna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Paranormal, Fantasy, Romantic Suspense Fiction, Vampires, Gothic
ISBN: 9780765357182
Publisher: Tor Paranormal Romance
Published: 2007-12-31T13:00:00+00:00

LILY LOOKED OLDER than she’d looked when they’d first stepped off the plane, Faith realized as they sat together on the bed in Lily’s room. Lily had stopped crying shortly after they’d entered the room, and now looked deep in thought as she idly rubbed one of the rope bums on her wrist.

Faith reached out to still her sister’s hand. “You’ll just make it worse.”

Lily frowned at her wrist, but stopped rubbing at it. “Have you figured out how we’re going to get away yet?”

Faith stifled a sigh of frustration. “I’m working on it, sweetie?’

Lily gave her a narrow-eyed glance. “Do you still think Drake’s going to help us?”

“There’s no one else,” Faith answered, though right now she desperately wished there were. Drake had shown his true colors tonight, proven once and for all that he was just as much a bully as Armand. Which suggested that like Armand, he would always put self-interest first. Try though she might, Faith couldn’t imagine how she could make it worth his while to help her.

“Maybe we don’t need any help,” Lily suggested. “If the vamps are all out hunting, and the mortals are all dead, what’s to stop us from running away right this minute?”

Hope and terror battled in Faith’s chest. Drake had told her that she would find a safe haven in Philadelphia. That wasn’t too terribly far away, and even a vampire as young as she could manage enough glamour to relieve mortals of their cash, so money wouldn’t be an issue. But if Armand should catch them.

Holding on to Lily’s shoulders, Faith peered into her eyes. ‘We can do this,” she said. “We can make a run for it, and thanks to Drake I know where we can go. But I want you to understand it’s a terrible risk. If the Seigneur catches us, there will be hell to pay. He’ll hold me responsible. You have to promise me that if the worst happens, you won’t interfere.”

Lily shook her head. “He could kill you!”

“I doubt he would. And even so, there’d be nothing you could do to stop him, and you’d get yourself hurt in the process.”

Lily blinked rapidly, her eyes shining with tears she seemed determined not to shed. “I don’t want to put you in that kind of danger.”

Faith forced a smile. “You’re. not putting me in danger, sweetie. I’m doing that all by myself.”

“But if it weren’t for me, you wouldn’t be trying to run.”

Actually, if it weren’t for Lily, she’d have run long ago and probably died in the process. But that wasn’t something she could say.

“I have to get away from him,” she said. “It’s not all about you. If I don’t get away now, I’ll be stuck with him for who knows how many centuries?’ She shuddered. “Trust me—I’d be running for it even without you. Okay?”

Lily bit her lip, but nodded.

“And you7promise you won’t make a fuss if we get caught?”

Lily’s chin jutted out stubbornly, but when Faith refused to back down from her demand, she gave another halfhearted nod.

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