Shadow Blood by Scott Jayde

Author:Scott, Jayde [Scott, Jayde]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Vampires
ISBN: 9781480063051
Publisher: Aurora Press
Published: 2012-01-01T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

The room felt heavy and oppressing, as if thousands of people had suffered and died in here—an endless ocean of sadness that threatened to drown me. For a few seconds, I just lingered near the door, watching the motionless figure on the bed, a part of me still not able to process that it was my bonded mate who was lying between the snow-white sheets. Everything felt so surreal. Just a few days ago we had been happy and in love, planning our future together, and now we were caught in a web of tragedy, unable to escape, no matter which way we turned.

Everything I thought I had those past few days—happiness, security—was gone. Fate had taught me the lesson that everything you build can crumble and slip through your fingers when you least expect it. Morganefaire was supposed to be our sanctuary, not a place of suffering and loss. Aidan was the only one I had truly trusted with my life, and now that he was hurt, I felt I had no one I could share my burden with, no one I could gift my heart and my soul. If he died, I would too. My shattered heart wouldn’t be able to mend itself.

Nearing his bed, I wished I could rest beside him and never leave him again, but that wasn’t an option, not with so many people wanting us dead while Aidan grew weaker and weaker. Foolish girl, I thought. If I gave up now, our enemies would win. Aidan was a fighter and about the most caring person I knew. He deserved better than that. I vowed to make him proud and become the strong and determined soul mate worthy of him.

I leaned forward and pressed my lips against Aidan’s feverish temple. He didn’t seem to recognize me in his delirium. My body shuddered at the array of emotions inside me. “I love you with all my heart,” I whispered in the hope he might hear me. It was the first time I told him that I loved him and he didn’t say it back. Always have, always will, I wanted to add but couldn’t. It felt too final.

My vision began to blur, giving way to that delicious haziness that always allowed me to see our bond: the silver thread shimmering and sparkling like tiny diamonds on a band—the proof that he were soul mates—as thin as a single hair, wrapped around our bodies. He was my other half. We were made to be with each other, forever and beyond. So why had Fate decided to take it all away now?

My vision returned again and the silvery thread disappeared, but something else emerged in its wake: a golden cord, the symbol of life, thin and frail now that his body was dying. I touched his hand in the hope that somehow my life energy would pour into him and make him stronger. That’s when I thought I heard the scraping of nails behind me. The air trembled.

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