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Today's teaser is from my upcoming release, Caressed by Shadows (Rulers of Darkness #4).
~ Pink
danced across the horizon as the sun rose. Sonya closed her eyes and released a
deep sigh. She had been waiting for what seemed like an eternity to feel the
warmth of the sun heat her skin. Her vampire senses screamed for her to go to
ground, to find a dark sanctuary when the damn rays could not reach her. But
she would not hide. It was time. She had achieved her mission, killing all the
wolf shifters, and now she would join her family. That is, if se were accepted
into Heaven. She harbored a demon within her. It craved blood, it murdered, and
it destroyed without discrimination. Today, it would meet its end. She would
face the sun and greet death.
“Beautiful
morn.”
Sonya
snapped to attention. On instinct she pulled her hunting knife free of its
sheath strapped to her thigh. In one
fluid movement, she came to her knees and spun around to face the source of the
voice.
A
small girl, with her long blonde hair in matching braids stood just out of her
reach. The child smiled, laughter lighting her dark brown eyes.
Sonya
searched the forest with her sense. She did not hear anyone, our scent anyone.
The child was alone.
“Where
are you parents?” Sonya asked.
"Far away."
"Far away."
Sonya
frowned and slowly lowered her dagger. “I’m waiting.”
“For?”
“The
sunrise.”
The
young girl turned to look at the horizon. Moments of silence passed. Finally,
she shook her head, sending her braids waving over her shoulders.
“You
think that is wise, vampire?”
Sonya’s
grip tightened on her blade, her eyes narrowed. “What is your purpose, girl?”
Sonya demanded.
The
child turned back and smiled. Her pupils dilated, the black consuming the
bright green of her irises.
A
witch! She was member of the Shaw tribe, an extremely powerful race of witches.
And she was gifted. Sonya had seen her kind before. She was a seer and she was
having a vision.
“My purpose,” she began, her voice deepening an
octave, “is my own and will be revealed in due course.” Her eyes flicked back
to either normal, innocent green. ~
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