guess.”
Annabelle huffed and rolled her eyes, and Genesis stared right into mine. “I’ll take this lovely gem off your hands, Annabelle. Name your price.”
The vampiress hissed, “I have no price. She is mine now.”
“How so?”
“I can’t tell.”
“Oh, so you forcefully took her from her blood-sire?”
Annabelle’s lips curved into a wicked smile. “Yes. Yes I did.”
Genesis clicked his tongue and said, “Bad, bad, Annabelle. Always getting what you want. Well today I’m not letting you get what you want.” He paused. “I am taking Lily with me.”
“Why’s that?” Annabelle asked.
“You will break her in your hands.”
Break me? What did he mean? Annabelle would break me? Whatever it was it didn’t sound good.
Priscilla and Annabelle exchanged knowing glances before Annabelle rose from the bench and floated in the air. Her power streamed off her like a hundred green rivers, glittering and sparkling with the rays of the sun.
Genesis unleashed his own aura, a prickly sensation of white thorns and daggers, like a rosebush. It twisted and gnarled around Annabelle, squeezed her and crushed her aura as if it were a bubble to burst.
Annabelle closed her eyes, and her aura broke through the thorns, but the vines wrapped themselves around her again, this time stronger and thicker. She grunted with the effort, sweat beading down her forehead, and planted her heels firmly into the floor. The vine-like aura pushed down against her, clenched her powerfully.
I wanted to help Genesis—help him rid this monster so badly. But something inside me, something dark and twisted, told me otherwise, whispered almost seductively to help Annabelle instead.
No! No! I didn’t want to help her.
“Lily,” Annabelle panted. “Help. Please.”
I shook my head, wanting to see the bitch destroyed.
“If you don’t help me, you’ll never see your precious Sang again,” she growled.
At that moment something fiery awakened inside me, and I concentrated all my pink energy into long sharp needles that flew at Genesis’ aura and sliced through the vines, freeing Annabelle and letting her power spill into the church like a tidal wave, overcoming Genesis.
I wanted Sang. I wanted to see Sang. So badly. And no one would get in the way of that. Not even this kind vampire.
My aura protected Priscilla and Annabelle in a warm cocoon as her energy flooded us, surrounded us in a thick and powerful force that stifled Genesis and left him powerless. My power sucked the aura out of him as if it were blood.
I dropped my concentration and breathed heavily as Priscilla caught me in her arms and glared at Genesis.
Annabelle walked toward the cowering vampire, steps echoing throughout the church. “Never disobey me again,” she snarled. “Now your territory is mine.” She kicked him in the stomach, and he rolled onto his back.
His lips quivered. “Ye-yes, your Majesty.”
Annabelle went out the door. “Good.”
Priscilla followed with me in her arms bridal-style. I was so embarrassed. She tucked me into the car, and Annabelle stepped on the gas, squealing the tires.
“You did well, Lily. Extraordinary well.”
“What do you mean?” I asked.
“You canceled out his power, and I won. Champagne tonight. You like champagne don’t you?”
I didn’t know what to say. My thoughts were all jumbled up again. “I like champagne, but what did we do to him?”
“We asserted our power,” Priscilla answered while smoothing my hair.
“And why did you have to do that?” I snapped.
Annabelle said, “Just one tiny step in my plans, Lily. Just one tiny step in my plans.”
Chapter 16
Darius was naked, his thick chocolate hair cascading down his shoulders to his knees. He was like some ethereal being come to whisk me away into another land, another time. We were in a candle-lit room with a crimson velvet bed and pillows, the black curtains drawn back to reveal the silver glow of the moon shining in.
I ran to him and
Annabelle huffed and rolled her eyes, and Genesis stared right into mine. “I’ll take this lovely gem off your hands, Annabelle. Name your price.”
The vampiress hissed, “I have no price. She is mine now.”
“How so?”
“I can’t tell.”
“Oh, so you forcefully took her from her blood-sire?”
Annabelle’s lips curved into a wicked smile. “Yes. Yes I did.”
Genesis clicked his tongue and said, “Bad, bad, Annabelle. Always getting what you want. Well today I’m not letting you get what you want.” He paused. “I am taking Lily with me.”
“Why’s that?” Annabelle asked.
“You will break her in your hands.”
Break me? What did he mean? Annabelle would break me? Whatever it was it didn’t sound good.
Priscilla and Annabelle exchanged knowing glances before Annabelle rose from the bench and floated in the air. Her power streamed off her like a hundred green rivers, glittering and sparkling with the rays of the sun.
Genesis unleashed his own aura, a prickly sensation of white thorns and daggers, like a rosebush. It twisted and gnarled around Annabelle, squeezed her and crushed her aura as if it were a bubble to burst.
Annabelle closed her eyes, and her aura broke through the thorns, but the vines wrapped themselves around her again, this time stronger and thicker. She grunted with the effort, sweat beading down her forehead, and planted her heels firmly into the floor. The vine-like aura pushed down against her, clenched her powerfully.
I wanted to help Genesis—help him rid this monster so badly. But something inside me, something dark and twisted, told me otherwise, whispered almost seductively to help Annabelle instead.
No! No! I didn’t want to help her.
“Lily,” Annabelle panted. “Help. Please.”
I shook my head, wanting to see the bitch destroyed.
“If you don’t help me, you’ll never see your precious Sang again,” she growled.
At that moment something fiery awakened inside me, and I concentrated all my pink energy into long sharp needles that flew at Genesis’ aura and sliced through the vines, freeing Annabelle and letting her power spill into the church like a tidal wave, overcoming Genesis.
I wanted Sang. I wanted to see Sang. So badly. And no one would get in the way of that. Not even this kind vampire.
My aura protected Priscilla and Annabelle in a warm cocoon as her energy flooded us, surrounded us in a thick and powerful force that stifled Genesis and left him powerless. My power sucked the aura out of him as if it were blood.
I dropped my concentration and breathed heavily as Priscilla caught me in her arms and glared at Genesis.
Annabelle walked toward the cowering vampire, steps echoing throughout the church. “Never disobey me again,” she snarled. “Now your territory is mine.” She kicked him in the stomach, and he rolled onto his back.
His lips quivered. “Ye-yes, your Majesty.”
Annabelle went out the door. “Good.”
Priscilla followed with me in her arms bridal-style. I was so embarrassed. She tucked me into the car, and Annabelle stepped on the gas, squealing the tires.
“You did well, Lily. Extraordinary well.”
“What do you mean?” I asked.
“You canceled out his power, and I won. Champagne tonight. You like champagne don’t you?”
I didn’t know what to say. My thoughts were all jumbled up again. “I like champagne, but what did we do to him?”
“We asserted our power,” Priscilla answered while smoothing my hair.
“And why did you have to do that?” I snapped.
Annabelle said, “Just one tiny step in my plans, Lily. Just one tiny step in my plans.”
Chapter 16
Darius was naked, his thick chocolate hair cascading down his shoulders to his knees. He was like some ethereal being come to whisk me away into another land, another time. We were in a candle-lit room with a crimson velvet bed and pillows, the black curtains drawn back to reveal the silver glow of the moon shining in.
I ran to him and
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