Immortals 06 - Dark Desires After Dusk by Kresley Cole

Author:Kresley Cole [Cole, Kresley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pocket Books
Published: 2008-05-19T16:00:00+00:00

Holly believed he’d had sex with Imatra, and Cade didn’t know if he should try to convince his female

otherwise. Holly had been bang-on with that “you’re lying about something” crack.

They passed another car accident, crawling at a snail’s pace. The drive from Memphis to northern Michigan

was eight hundred miles—they’d gone ten miles in the last hour.

The palpable tension continued to build between them. She wasn’t icy toward him, merely indifferent as she

worked on her warrior code.

She was just letting him know how inconsequential he was to her. Kind of like the first time they’d met. He

could play that game. He would ignore her right back.

He called Rök and checked in. “What’s doing?” he asked in Demonish.

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“We’ve followed the lead on the vampires,” Rök said. “Tonight, we strike.”

“Good news.” Holly would be that much safer. “Hey, how long does it take to teach someone how to block

mind reading? Could Holly learn in a couple of weeks?”

Demons had the ability naturally. Other Lorekind could be taught.

Rök gave a scoffing laugh. “Try a couple of years.”

Once they hung up, Cade was left to his thoughts. I’m ignoring her. That stance lasted until she pinched her

forehead, looking miserable. “You all right?”

She shrugged.

“Let me guess? Carsick—with a headache?”

She cast him a surprised look.

“You’re carsick because you’re reading when we’re stopping and starting. And your head hurts because

you’re still trying to use your glasses when your vision has changed.”

“I can’t concentrate without my glasses.”

“Look, let’s knock off early tonight. I saw a sign for a mom-and-pop motel in a small town not far ahead.”

“But we’ll get behind schedule.”

“None doing. At this rate, we’ll get to the bridge just after midnight and be forced to wait around anyway.

Besides, we’re near Chicago, and I have some gear I need to pick up tomorrow.”

“What kind of gear?”

“You’ll see…”

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You’re a masochist, aren’t you?” Holly asked when he suggested more training.

“We can work with the sword tonight,” he said. Though Cadeon had gotten two adjoining rooms at the motel,

he insisted on lying on her bed. With his back against the headboard and his legs stretched out, he surfed

channels, while she reconfigured anything not bolted down.

“You think I’ll need to know how to use a sword before I get changed back?” She could swear he was

watching her rather than the pay-per-view he’d been so delighted to find here.

“A lot of factions in the Lore carry them.”

“Okay. Fine, let’s sword fight.”

“Good. Be right back.” He rose and exited the room, returning a couple of minutes later with his sword and a

broom. After snapping the end off the broom, he tossed the handle atop the bed, presumably for later sparring.

Then, with grave formality, he unsheathed his sword.

“How old is that thing? Have you had it carbon dated?”

He looked aghast, as if she’d insulted his grandmother. “Hey, no disrespecting The Sword. Besides, it’s only

three or four centuries old.”

“Only? I would think that technology has improved since then. Why wouldn’t you get a new one?”

“I’m on my way to, remember? Try to keep up, halfling.

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