Immortals 03 - No Rest for the Wicked by Kresley Cole

Author:Kresley Cole [Cole, Kresley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2006-10-28T16:00:00+00:00

Acceptable? As soon as he’d said it, even before her eyes flashed, he’d known that perhaps that wasn’t the best word to use with a daughter of gods. A fifth of any of his brothers’ charm.

“Then lay out the other reasons you’re indifferent,” he said.

“Talking to you is like talking to a human.”

He snapped, “I wish I were still a human—”

“But you’re not. You’re an enemy to my kind.”

“I’ve told you, not by choice. Or by deed.”

“It disgusts me that you drink blood. You live a parasitic existence.”

It had always disgusted him as well. The only time it hadn’t had been his one hot, rich taste of her. Now he found himself defending the vile act. “I get blood from a butcher. How is this different from humans getting meat from the same? Besides, what living thing isn’t a parasite?”

“Me.”

“Do you eat meat? Drink wine?”

“No, and no. I ingest nothing.”

“How is that possible?” he asked, incredulous, though the kobold had said as much that night at the Pole.

“Just the way I was engineered,” she answered in a tone that made it clear she’d say no more on the subject.

Damn it, he’d have to return to Blachmount and ask Nikolai about this. “Engineered? As in designed?”

She narrowed her eyes. “Don’t I look as if I could have been designed? Do you look at me and think, obviously an accident of nature?”

“No,” he said, realizing he’d insulted her once more. “Not at all. I just—”

“Our kinds are going to war. Did you know that? A war like you’ve never imagined—”

“Yes, the Accession,” he said in a dismissive tone.

“It’s hardly something to wave away.”

“My brother told me you would bring this up as an obstacle between us. He’s assured me the Forbearers will ally with the Valkyrie.” When she began to argue, he cut her off. “Whether the Valkyrie want them or not.”

She pressed her lips together. “You seem quite iron-willed,” she finally said. “Why not use that will to rid yourself of this compulsion for your puny, undesigned Bride?”

“Why would I put time and effort into attempting to forget you when I could spend that same time and effort to win you?”

“Because winning me is impossible. The other option may not be.”

“I have to try.” There was no way to rethink this. “I want you. In my life.”

She tapped her chin. “And by ‘in my life,’ you clearly mean ‘in my bed.’ ”

“I won’t deny that I want both.” He’d had a taste of her passion, and he wouldn’t rest until he’d claimed her. “I constantly think about what it would be like to take you.”

Pink flushed across her cheeks, and she nibbled her bottom lip. That habit of hers never failed to charm him. “But you don’t love me any more than I love you.”

“No, I don’t,” he admitted. She fascinated him, frustrated him. And every hour since she’d blooded him, he needed her, but even he understood that it wasn’t love.

She rolled her eyes. “A hint, Sebastian? If you’re courting a woman, you could pause a nanosecond before declaring that you don’t love her.

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