Mackenzie Vampires 1 Master of Ecstasy

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that? Did shewant it to be more than that?
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Yes. And that was the most frightening admission she'd ever made.
Blythe slowly returned her Freeze-frame to her pocket, almost afraid to move too quickly, afraid that she'd
lose him. She stepped around the frozen figure of the vampire to stand in front of him. He seemed bigger,
larger in ways that went beyond the mere physical. Deliberately she stared at his face.
"You can relax, vampire. I'm not going to say yuck." She smiled up at him and hoped her smile told him in
some way the wonder she felt.
"Tell me what ye see." His voice was harsh with the remnants of the violence he'd just experienced,
demanding with his need to know what she saw.
And underlying everything, Blythe felt his uncertainty.That was what moved her. She knew her eyes
glistened with her own emotion as she reached up to slide her fingers along his clenched jaw.
"You're beautiful, vampire, in any form." Blythe put her finger across his lips to stop him from rejecting the
unmanly description of him as beautiful. "Shush. This is my time to speak, and I'll use any words I want." She
took her finger from his lips and tapped him firmly on his chest. "And you'll be quiet and listen."
His eyes widened, and Blythe almost laughed. She'd bet not many people had ever talked to him that way. But
she'd braved a whole herd of bittyfluffs tonight. Next to that, facing him was nothing. She studied his stoic
expression. Fine, so it wasn't "nothing."
She exhaled slowly, letting her emotion go. Her description had to be clinical, not colored by her feelings for
him. He had to believe she told him the truth, not what she thought he wanted to hear.
"Your face is more angular now. Knife-edged cheekbones. Your eyes are larger, elongated, and a little
slanted. Your pupils are so big that your eyes look black." She offered him a small smile. "If the eyes are the
windows to the soul, then your windows are wide open and letting in the breeze."
She tilted her head to try to get a better perspective on him. "Your nose looks about the same; maybe the
nostrils are a little more flared. Your mouth..." She needed exactly the right words here. "Your mouth looks
larger, but not in a bad way. The lips are fuller, probably to accommodate your enlarged canines. I can't see
your fangs the way I could see them on the others. I guess if you snarled at me they'd be exposed."
"Dinna tempt me, woman who cannot follow directions." His voice was starting to sound more normal.
Blythe offered him her complete smile. "All in all, you're quite a yummy package." She gazed directly into
his eyes. "I officially invite you into my mind to check on the truthfulness of what I just told you."
He shook his head. "I trust ye on this."
Blythe had never expected his trust on something so important to him. "You've given me a wonderful gift,
vampire." Standing on tiptoe, she kissed him. It didn't matter that death surrounded them, that he still clutched
a bloody sword, or that small pink fur balls crowded around them. She kissedhim , the vampire and the man.
With an inarticulate growl, he dropped his sword and gathered her to him. Lowering his head, he touched her
lips gently with his, then deepened the kiss.
This was no searing passion, but a thank-you, and somehow a branding more real than all the heart-pounding
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excitement of his previous kisses. It confused her just when she'd started to think she understood what Darach
MacKenzie was all about.
He released her, then drew his hands over her shoulders and down her arms as though to assure himself she
was really there. "I wish ye to turn your back while I finish this. Then we'll go home together."
She didn't question him. Turning her back, she wondered what he was doing. No, she probably didn't want to
know.
"We may leave now." He moved to her side.
Blythe looked over her shoulder at the clearing. The vampires were gone, including the one she'd paralyzed
with her Freeze-frame. "How did you do that? Where did they go?"
"I returned their bodies to the elements. 'Tis what they would wish." He guided her along the path as her
faithful bittyfluffs followed behind.
She stopped to stare at him. "If you can make them disappear like that, then why do you bother fighting them
with your sword? Even a gun would make more sense. I'm not good with dates, but I seem to remember that
some kind of firearm existed in this time. Wouldn't it be a lot easier and safer to skip the first step?"
Darach paused as they came in sight of the horse. It snorted and stared walleyed at the herd of bittyfluffs. "We
must wait a moment to assure Arnora that the pink creatures willna harm her." He looked down at a bittyfluff
that had planted its round pink bottom on his foot. "What are they? I took them from your mind, but they're
passing strange. I dinna understand how ye could fear such as these."
Blythe sighed. "They're bittyfluffs, and it's a long story."A story that she wouldn't be around long enough to
tell . The truth of that thought made her really... No, she didn't want to think about what it made her feel. "You
haven't answered my question about the vampires."
He stared over her shoulder at a past only he could see. "They were all warriors. We believe that only those
who die bravely in battle earn what ye would call heaven. The Valkyries choose the bravest of the slain and
escort them to Odin's Hall,Valhalla . 'Tis a promise all in my clan have made to each other, that we will allow
each to die as a warrior. I would wish such a death for myself."
Blythe nodded and glanced away. When she looked back, Darach wore his human features. He led her toward
the horse.
"Methinks we should walk back. The bittyfluffs will follow ye, and they wouldna be able to keep up with
Arnora." He offered her a smile. "Ye understand that they willna leave ye. Ganymede will be verra angry
when he realizes he must take all the bittyfluffs with him when ye leave."
When ye leave. The words hung between them. Darach's smile faded, and Blythe met his unwavering gaze. [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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