The Bloodtruth Series (Box Set: Heiress of Lies, The Queen's Betrayal, Trials of Truth, A Heart's Deceit) by Cege Smith

Author:Cege Smith [Smith, Cege]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2014-03-08T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWO

The moment that Angeline’s hand left his, Connor whirled around to find out the reason. Then he felt his entire body being sucked backwards. The unexpected propulsion caused a tightening of his throat and the croak that came out was barely louder than a whisper in a storm.

“Angeline…”

Then the world went black, and Connor wondered if his miserable existence had finally reached its end. He made a mistake bringing Angeline into the portal. He should have tested it first before risking her safety. Foolishly he trusted Malin and his sister to deliver them to the Clan. Now he was lost and so was Angeline. His body felt weightless, and he floated along in the darkness with no sense of his limbs. He heard nothing. He could see nothing. As far as he could tell, he was entirely alone.

If he was dying, his only regret was that he was leaving Angeline to fend for herself with no one to trust at her side. Whether she was somewhere out in the darkness, or if she survived to find the Clan on the other side of the portal, it appeared that she would have to finish the journey without him. Whatever he did in his wretched life, it seemed that he always came up short. He should have been used to it.

The only reason that he knew that he still lived at all was that he felt the hunger begin to gnaw at his insides. Connor spent the last fifty years sustaining his undead life on the blood of animals and rodents. He broke that rule though, hiding his new allegiance to Angeline from a group of vampire assassins, led by his sire Monroe, when they invaded Brebackerin intent on causing mischief for the new queen. Truth be told, he had shattered his self-imposed rule entirely. He fed on a lot of mortal blood in the last twenty-four hours and now his body wanted more of the same.

With the infusion of human blood, his senses were heightened, and he saw crispness in the darkness surrounding him. It wasn’t natural. That was his first indication that he had traveled somewhere else. He wasn’t dead. He was simply lost.

“Hello?” He called out. “Is anyone else here?”

A spark of light flared in the darkness and hurt his eyes. His raised his hand trying to make out who, or what, held the torch that now blazed like a beacon in front of him.

“I know you are there. Are you too much of a coward to show yourself?” Connor needed to draw his companion out into the open. The thought worried him just a bit. Things that lurked in the dark weren’t usually things that he wanted to meet out in the open. There were things that even a vampire feared.

“Coward? I think not.” The voice slithered across Connor’s mind. The words weren’t spoken out loud. Connor felt a pang of annoyance. Usually his ability to read other people’s thoughts was his advantage. If the person playing with him in the darkness knew that he had that ability, he lost a distinct advantage.

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