Aidan’s hands itched to strangle the woman. He had known Marie from the moment of her birth—sixty two years ago—and they had never exchanged a cross word. And he suddenly wanted to strangle her. He sh...
I heard her voice first. She responded to something Joanna Masci said to her. That note in her voice turned the key, unlocking something deep inside of me. I felt it like a terrible wrenching inside....
He nearly forgot he was crouched at the base of a tree only a few hundred feet from the shack belonging to Hans and Heidi Romanov. Mikhail managed to suppress his urge to laugh. This time Raven broke...
Little one. He put a wealth of love in his summons. Relief.
She sent back as sarcastically as she was able. She had enough problems without Mikhail treating her as if she didn’t have a brain.
She instructed softly.She ached for the touch of his fingers, the sight of him, and that gave him satisfaction. She was already missing him--just as he was missing her.
He warned. Jacques sent them both a look of reprimand and extended his hand to Raven with Old World gallantry. She took it and allowed herself to be pulled to her feet. Mikhail rose beside her, his ar...
Gregori suggested, clearly not understanding why Mikhail did not do the obvious. Gregori put a small edge in his tone. He sighed when Mikhail did not respond. Mikhail was well aware that Gregori thou...
Gregori pointed out.
Ma cherie? She was up to no good, he was certain of it. Gregori's hand went to the back of his neck, massaging deeply. So,are you? Gary asked.Am I what? Gregori was distracted. Why had he ever talked...
Cara mia,Julian was implacable in his pursuit. He ruthlessly applied more pressure. cara mia.He sent the imperious command, his entire focus bent on finding her mental channel. He did not stop until...
There was the merest quiver in her voice. He wasn’t altogether certain that didn’t fall under the heading of misleading her, but she’d been through enough.
Savannah's voice was low and compelling, soft, seductive, not in the least concerned with his insistence that she see that he was a killer. That he would always be a killer. He could feel it, in his m...
Mikhail was as gentle as he knew how to be. Raven closed her eyes, panic welled up. Her words were wrapped in sorrow, in acceptance. Not of the sanctuary of the earth, but of inevitable death. She wa...
Mikhail rubbed his face over hers and kissed her damp hair.She touched her tongue to a bead of sweat, smiling up at him tiredly. I think I would always recognize you, Mikhail, no matter how damaged my...
It was a command, and Raven felt compelled to obey it.She forced her mind to go blank, to be a slate wiped clean. It hurt, sent darts of pain through her head, made her stomach clench. He was not goin...
Kidding. She pressed her body back into his. Maybe you were, but that might be just what we need to do. We could recruit them. They don’t like Whitney any more than we do. Are you crazy? Even if they...
You’re safe with me, Blythe, he whispered. I swear to you, I’m only yours. For good or bad, I’m with you.
You. Your soul. What's inside you. You shine from the inside out. Your so bright, Blythe. I get close to you and the darkness just recedes. The world I live in slips further away, and I can see there'...
You think to protect Jacques by leaving him here with me as my bodyguard.You see too much.More than you know. Her eyes softened, warmed. You think you are going to do something I will be unable to acc...