Night's Pleasure by Ashley Amanda

Author:Ashley, Amanda [Ashley, Amanda]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Paranormal, Suspense, Occult & Supernatural, Fiction
ISBN: 9780821780626
Publisher: Zebra
Published: 2009-01-27T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Three

For Savanah, the next few days passed like something out of a fairy tale. She was the princess, and Rane was the wizard, the big bad wolf, and the handsome prince, all rolled into one.

They spent their nights cuddling on the sofa, swimming in the pool, or stretched out under the stars, sharing bits and pieces of their pasts. They went to bed just before dawn. Some nights they made love, some nights, overcome by severe bouts of grief, Savanah cried herself to sleep in Rane’s arms, only to wake late in the afternoon, alone. Several times, she had been tempted to peek into Mara’s lair, but so far she had restrained her curiosity.

While Rane rested, she passed the time reading, working crossword puzzles, or playing computer games. It was a strange life. Sometimes it seemed as if they were the only two people on Earth; sometimes she felt like she was in limbo, caught between two worlds; sometimes it all seemed like some sort of fever dream from which she would eventually awake, and she would find her father waiting for her at home, a cup of coffee in his hand, a smile of welcome on his face as he asked about her day.

She thought of him often. At those times, the need to avenge his death burned hot and bright within her, along with a knife-edged sense of guilt for spending her days and nights with Rane when she should be out hunting for her father’s killer.

After ten days and nights in the cabin, Savanah thought she might go stir-crazy if she had to spend one more day cooped up.

She confronted Rane when he appeared the following evening. “I have to get out of here. I need to go out to dinner or a movie, something. I need to see other people. I’m beginning to feel like we’re the last two living souls on the planet.”

Watching her pace the floor, Rane couldn’t help muttering, “Only one of us is living.”

She whirled around to face him. “You had to say that, didn’t you? As if I could forget.”

He regarded her thoughtfully for a moment. “I thought you had come to terms with that.”

“I have.”

“You just don’t like to be reminded?”

“Well, if you must know, it doesn’t thrill me.”

“You’d rather I was mortal?”

“Well, of course.”

“I guess I can’t blame you,” he replied, “since I’d rather you were Nosferatu.”

Savanah stared at him, somewhat taken aback by what he had said. It had never occurred to her that he wished she was anything but what she was. Thinking about it now, it seemed perfectly logical. She recalled telling Rane that her parents had been happy together even though they were nothing alike. But the differences between herself and Rane were more than differing points of view on religion or politics or where to spend their vacation. She was a mortal female, subject to sickness and death; he was a Vampire, ageless and virtually immortal. She lived by day, he lived by night.

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