The Claimed (Sin Hunters) by Piñeiro Caridad

Author:Piñeiro, Caridad [Piñeiro, Caridad]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: FIC027120
ISBN: 9781455505401
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
Published: 2012-04-24T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER

17

Rafael still could not believe that Mike was dead. No one was supposed to have been hurt. Maya had promised that their only interest had been in Adam Bruno, but his fellow cadre member had died protecting Victoria.

Victoria, he thought, as he parked and rushed across the street to her home. She had been angry with him for his absence at the compound and his very public challenge. Had he also detected a bit of mistrust in her posture?

He had to make things right with her, but as he neared her yard, he sensed it—the pulse of immense Hunter power. Too great a mass of energy to be just Victoria alone.

Was one of the other Quinchus with her? he wondered, approaching the gate to her yard, but as he did so, he heard voices.

A man and a woman. Victoria. Christopher? he thought, his temper rising swiftly.

He marched to the entrance to the fence closing off her backyard, but paused as the voices became more distinct, along with the uniqueness of their life forces. Their energy pulled at him with its strength, arousing not just desire, but ever greater anger and guilt.

Christopher, he confirmed. A Shadow Hunter.

On the night one of their own had died at the hands of the Darkness, Victoria was apparently sleeping with the enemy.

Rage bubbled up within him. At Victoria. At himself.

He had betrayed his people, but Victoria had betrayed them as well. Fists clenched, he reached for the gate, intending to seek revenge for Mike. For himself.

But as he laid his hand on the wood, the sweetness of her was carried on a sea breeze to him and her life force sang within him. So caring and so pure.

Despite his rage, he could not destroy such beauty. But he would not let the Shadow savor it either. He would have it for himself, Rafael thought.

And he knew just the person who could make that possible.

Maya. She owed him for messing up tonight’s plan. Besides, she wanted the tainted Shadow Christopher for her own and Rafael knew she wouldn’t stop until that was accomplished.

Just as he wouldn’t stop until he had Victoria beneath him, calling out his name. Sharing her energy and Equinox with him so that the clan’s future would be secured.

Racing away from the scene of her betrayal, Rafael planned what he would do and imagined how he would suck the life from the Dark One who had ruined Victoria.

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