Mercy's Danger: Montgomery's Vampires Trilogy (Book #2) (Montgomery's Vampires Series) by Sloan Archer

Author:Sloan Archer
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2015-01-24T05:00:00+00:00

12

Robert wanted to give Leopold a courtesy call to let him know we’d be home soon.

The sun had gone down about an hour ago, so Leopold’s night would just be getting started. It was about 8PM.

We didn’t want to ambush our host in case he had company of the female persuasion (a very likely possibility considering his penchant for mortals curvy and perfumed). My tour of London had been swell enough, so an unfettered view of Leopold’s pasty physique intertwined with another’s was not necessary or desired. Nor was a firsthand view into Leopold’s nocturnal feeding habits—what I dreaded most.

According to Robert, Leopold liked getting his blood straight from the source, like humans “picking fruit right off the tree and eating it while still in the orchard.” Mm-mmm, fresh as can be. I couldn’t make the connection between suckling sweet Florida oranges in the sunshine and slurping blood out of a human’s neck by the pale moonlight, so I just let that one go. There were some quirks of vampirism I would never understand.

As promised, Robert had left his phone in the car during our London tour. I’d left mine behind as well, which really meant that I’d forgotten it in the bedroom back at the house. I should have guessed something was amiss by the way Robert’s cell chimed and vibrated with implicit irritation the instant he powered it on. The phone seemed cranky: Hello! Don’t you know people are trying to reach you? Check your damn messages!

But I was accustomed to Robert’s urgent phone buzzing. It came with the territory when your boyfriend was a CEO. It was only when Robert made the classic panicked Oh Shit! motion (body starting, one hand clamping down on my thigh and the other white-knuckling the cell against his ear) that I knew our date was about to cease being perfect.

“What?” I whispered. “Who it is?”

Robert plugged his ear so he could hear the voicemail. Our efficient driver silenced the radio, which had been emitting a soft jazz number. I stopped chattering so Robert could listen. He swallowed hard and rubbed the back of his neck.

“Please no . . .” I sighed.

Why, I ask? Why did I always have to be surrounded by so much drama? Surely other people didn’t lead lives as chaotic as mine or else the world would be in a constant state of anarchy. Was it me? Was it the vampires I associated with? It wasn’t like I was out looking for it. I didn’t need to when it came to me readily enough. What was it?

I would have been okay with our date ending imperfectly, but apparently even that was asking for too much. As we crossed the gate into Leopold’s estate, it became clear that we were entering a shitstorm of the greatest portions.

The car swerved sharply, nearly plowing us into a ditch. And then from the front seat came a gasp: “Oh my God! OH MY GOD!”

“What is it, Ma . . .” For the life of me, I suddenly couldn’t remember the man’s name.

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