Sacrifice (Forever series, book 10) by Eve Newton

Author:Eve Newton [Newton, Eve]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Writer's Edge Publishing
Published: 2014-08-12T00:00:00+00:00

He stares after her, wondering why she left so abruptly. Mind you, as he feels the stares of Sven and his crew, it becomes apparent why she fled. It would have held more weight if she had stayed, but he can’t blame her. He sighs and turns to leave himself. He wants to go and see his mother and find out why she hasn’t come up with the Vampire-destroying goods yet. He pushes open the door to her bedroom and enters the gloom. The curtains are pulled back against the light and she is reclining on the bed.

“Mother,” he says to her stiffly.

She sits up and he sees the damage he did to her, but he doesn’t feel sorry about it. He asked her for her help in getting to Xerxei and she refused and handed her off to that beast instead. It is because of her that he has to endure this Sven nonsense.

“Xane,” she says hoarsely, as half her throat is still missing. She looks like she is healing up though. “How did the soiree go?”

“Perfectly until Sven threatened my wife,” Xane says sourly.

That gets Xanthe’s attention and she sits up straighter. “And?”

“And nothing. She stopped me from killing him,” he replies.

“Hm, maybe she has more brains than I thought,” she mutters and Xane takes offense on Xerxei’s behalf. She is as quick as a whip. Most of the time. “Where is she now? I thought she might want to see me in my current state and perhaps add to it,” she adds nastily.

“It’s not her style,” Xane says shortly. “And she’s gone. She had somewhere else to be.”

“Of course she did,” Xanthe says.

“Which brings me to my visit,” Xane says. “The reversal for her disease. What is it?”

Xanthe regards him with her one working eye. “I told you I haven’t found it yet,” she says.

“Did you even bother to try? It seems to me that you have lost all interest in helping me secure my future with her and would rather see her fucked and with child by the prodigal son,” Xane sneers at her.

“Yes, I tried. Tiamat wouldn’t hear of it. I fear She wants to keep Her daughter as she is so that she doesn’t interfere…”

“With what?” Xane snaps at her as she pauses.

“Her plans,” she replies shortly.

“What are you hiding?” he asks, coming up close to her.

“Nothing,” she says and then sits back against the pillows. All this talk has worn her out, but Xane isn’t finished with her yet.

“Do you even have a remote idea? Something that we could try and see?” he presses.

“Oh, I have my suspicions,” she says and closes her eyes.

Xane holds onto his temper at her reticence. “And they would be?” he asks through gritted teeth.

She opens her eye and says, “I’m not in a very giving mood, my son. Perhaps once the rest of my body heals, I may share with you then.”

“If you want a body to heal at all, I suggest you tell me right now,” Xane says to her.

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