Kiss of Darkness by Heather Graham

Author:Heather Graham [Graham, Heather]
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Fantasy, Vampires, Romance: Modern, Contemporary, Fiction, Love stories, General, Romance - Contemporary, Romance - Fantasy, Fiction - Romance, Suspense, Romance - Suspense, American Light Romantic Fiction, Occult fiction, Romance & Sagas, Romance: Historical, New Orleans (La.), Women psychologists, Students & Student Life, College students, College teachers, Transylvania (Romania), Historical romance, Education
ISBN: 9780778323433
Publisher: Mira
Published: 2006-08-31T08:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 11

For an instant, terror filled her. It couldn’t be…

There had been so many years when she had run, when she had spent her days and nights in hiding. There had been years when she had thought she had managed a real escape. Then she had finally realized that she would never live in peace if she didn’t face the truth, and become a hunter. And still, no matter what pretense of confidence and assurance she had cultivated, there had still been the awful and absolute fear, the horror….

She bolted up to a sitting position, all thoughts of exhaustion gone, ready to defend herself. But she wasn’t being attacked. Not physically, at least.

Bryan MacAllistair was seated in the huge wing chair that flanked her bed. She had no idea how long he had been there. He could have been there when she entered the room; she had never so much as glanced around.

She hadn’t seen him. Worse, she hadn’t even sensed his presence!

She fought for control.

Swinging back a lock of hair, she clasped her arms around her knees and stared at him, slowly arching a brow. “What the hell are you doing in my room?”

He smiled grimly and queried, “What were you doing in mine?”

“Trying to find out who you are,” she said flatly.

He lifted his hands. “My credentials speak for themselves.”

“Your credentials are bullshit.”

“I beg to differ. I’m not entirely sure about yours, however.”

“My diploma is at my office,” she informed him dryly.

“And I imagine it’s completely in order,” he said pleasantly, then stood, walked over and sat on the foot of her bed.

“What were you doing at the hospital?” he demanded.

“I knew the girl,” she said indignantly.

“So you dressed up like the cleaning woman to visit her corpse?”

“What were you doing at the hospital?” she demanded.

“I went to kill a vampire,” he said bluntly.

She swallowed, staring at him. No, gaping. “You’ve been listening to your own lectures too long, Professor.”

“Get off it.”

“What?”

“Don’t try to turn your psychology on me. You know what’s out there.”

“I…”Who the hell was he?

“You know that’s what the girl has become,” he said. It wasn’t a question; it was a statement. “You know it, and your buddy the cop knows it. How you know it would make an entertaining story, I’m sure, but the truth is, you both know exactly what’s going on.”

She let her lashes fall. Then she sighed. “There has been vampire activity in the area before,” she told him. She felt a chill. She forced herself to think, rather than feel. “So how do you know the truth of what’s going on? Who the hell are you? Where did you come across a situation like this before?”

“All over the world,” he said curtly. “We’re dealing with the here and now, though, and that’s what matters.”

“I see. So…have you taken it on yourself to rid the world of vampires?” she asked, genuinely curious despite all her suspicions about him.

“I don’t think any one person can rid the world of vampires. Like all other creatures, they have an instinct for survival.

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