Ignite: Paranormal Romance Series (Burning Moon Book 2) by RK Close

Author:RK Close [Close, RK]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: RK Close Books
Published: 2019-09-24T18:30:00+00:00

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The forest is dark and cold, like a soulless beast. Ordinarily, the woods were home--they called me.

Something was off. I caught her scent before I found her in the shadows of the trees. Olivia was running as if the devil himself, were chasing her. She didn’t move like a vampire, but like a human girl—stumbling and floundering as if possessed by sheer panic. A fight-or-flight reaction where escape was the only option.

Her fear was a bitter scent on the wind. I wanted to help her, call out to her, but I wasn’t really there, only a futile observer in someone else’s nightmare. The very essence of a nightmare was one’s powerlessness. Something hunted her, but I didn’t know who or what the enemy was.

My vision was swallowed by inky darkness before another scene slowly came into focus. Olivia was still running, trying to outdistance herself from the predator. Only, now it was down the deserted halls of a hospital.

She ran in slow motion, looking over her shoulder fearfully. As she passed the fluorescent lights in the hall, they flickered and blinked overhead like an electrical disturbance. Olivia knocked over trays and carts as she fled, trying to place obstacles between her and whatever hunted her.

I watched helplessly as she darted through a door that closed behind her. The door opened of its own accord, and I searched for her. It was a patient’s room, and in the bed, connected to an IV bag and various machinery, was Olivia.

She was so pale. Her skin was paper-thin and her bones protruded like a skeleton covered by a sheer cloth. My heart broke to see her luxurious chestnut hair had fallen out. Her head was mostly covered by a pink bandana, but there was no denying the truth. Olivia was at death’s door.

As if appearing from thin air, a man stood by her bed. They shared words that I couldn’t hear. He bent to whisper into her ear and I could almost read her lips as she told him to go to hell.

The man turned to look toward the door cautiously. I could see his face fully. It was the man from my dream—the one who watched my brothers and me in the woods when we were young.

Could this be Victor, the same man who turned Olivia into a vampire? I watched, furious but helpless, as he bit into her neck. Her feeble attempts to stop him were pathetic and ultimately ineffective. She was far too weak and he, too strong.

Her struggles ceased, and he pulled away to stare down at her still body. Looking cautiously over his shoulder, he carefully scooped her up and cradled her in his arms.

As he walked toward the door and peered down the halls, her lifeless eyes seemed to stare at me. The vampire turned the corner and disappeared, along with Olivia’s cancer-ravaged form.

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