Read Online A Touch of Midnight: A Midnight Breed Novella (Midnight Breed Vampire Romance) by Adrian Lara - Free Book Online
Authors: Adrian Lara
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“He’s still hospitalized, critical. In the time it takes him to come around enough for some private questioning and the requisite memory scrub afterward, Savannah could have already given me everything I need.”
Although Lucan didn’t say as much, Gideon could see the suspicion in the Gen One’s keen eyes. “You’re risking too much, letting yourself get close to this female. She’s a Breedmate, Gideon. That might be all right for guys like Con and Rio, but for any of us?” He glanced to Tegan, then back to Gideon. “We’re the longest-standing members of this operation now. We’re the core. We’ve each been through enough shit to know that relationships, blood bonds, don’t mix well with warfare. Someone always gets hurt in the end.”
“I’m not looking for a mate, for fuck’s sake.” Gideon’s reply was sharp, sounding too defensive, even to his own ears. He exhaled a ripe oath. “And I have no intention of hurting her.”
“Good,” Lucan said. “Then you’ll have no problem when I arrange to have one of the Darkhavens meet the female at her apartment and take her into their protective custody while she’s being brought up to speed on the Breed and her place in our world.”
Gideon bristled, coming up out of his chair to face off with his old friend and the Order’s commander. “Trance her and dump her with one of the Boston Darkhaven leaders? Not a chance. She’s just a scared, confused kid, Lucan.”
“You’re not acting like she’s just a kid. You’re acting like you’re responsible for this female. Like you’ve already got more than a passing interest.”
Christ, did he? Gideon wanted to refute the accusation, but the words sat like cold lead in the back of his throat.
He hadn’t intended to feel anything for Savannah. He sure as hell didn’t expect to feel the sudden, violent spike of possessiveness over her at the mere idea of walking away now, leaving her safety and wellbeing in the care of the Breed’s civilian arm.
Nor could he ever have imagined the day when he’d be standing off against Lucan Thorne over any direct command, let alone a command that Gideon knew in his gut was the right call for Lucan to make. For Savannah’s sake, if nothing else.
Lucan fixed Gideon with a grim stare. “She’s out there right now, walking around with the word vampire on the tip of her tongue. How many people do you think she’ll tell before we have the chance to contain her? She told you, for crissake. What if she tells the police next?”
“She won’t,” Gideon said, wishing he believed it. “I told her I would help her sort everything out. I told her she could trust me.”
“Trust you? She just met you,” Lucan pointed out. “She’s got friends she could tell this tale to, classmates. Family?”
Gideon nodded. “A sister in Louisiana. I don’t know about anyone else. But I can find out. I can take care of any loose threads. I want to be the one to explain everything to Savannah. After last night, I owe her that.”
Lucan grunted, his expression stony, unconvinced.
Gideon pressed on. “I want to know what the sword that was used to slay my brothers is doing here in Boston. I want to know who has it, and why. I should think the Order would like that answer too, seeing how the son of a bitch in question murdered one human to get it and left another near death.”
“We can’t leave her out there on her own, Gid. Her knowledge is a threat to the entire Breed nation. It’s also a threat to her, if the one who killed her roommate somehow learns there was a witness and turns his sights on Savannah.”
Gideon’s veins turned to ice at the thought. He would eviscerate any Breed male who so much as touched her with intent to harm. “I’m not about to let anyone hurt her. She needs to be protected.”
“Agreed,” Lucan said. “But that means day and night, something we can’t enforce so long as she’s living among the human population. And we sure as hell
Although Lucan didn’t say as much, Gideon could see the suspicion in the Gen One’s keen eyes. “You’re risking too much, letting yourself get close to this female. She’s a Breedmate, Gideon. That might be all right for guys like Con and Rio, but for any of us?” He glanced to Tegan, then back to Gideon. “We’re the longest-standing members of this operation now. We’re the core. We’ve each been through enough shit to know that relationships, blood bonds, don’t mix well with warfare. Someone always gets hurt in the end.”
“I’m not looking for a mate, for fuck’s sake.” Gideon’s reply was sharp, sounding too defensive, even to his own ears. He exhaled a ripe oath. “And I have no intention of hurting her.”
“Good,” Lucan said. “Then you’ll have no problem when I arrange to have one of the Darkhavens meet the female at her apartment and take her into their protective custody while she’s being brought up to speed on the Breed and her place in our world.”
Gideon bristled, coming up out of his chair to face off with his old friend and the Order’s commander. “Trance her and dump her with one of the Boston Darkhaven leaders? Not a chance. She’s just a scared, confused kid, Lucan.”
“You’re not acting like she’s just a kid. You’re acting like you’re responsible for this female. Like you’ve already got more than a passing interest.”
Christ, did he? Gideon wanted to refute the accusation, but the words sat like cold lead in the back of his throat.
He hadn’t intended to feel anything for Savannah. He sure as hell didn’t expect to feel the sudden, violent spike of possessiveness over her at the mere idea of walking away now, leaving her safety and wellbeing in the care of the Breed’s civilian arm.
Nor could he ever have imagined the day when he’d be standing off against Lucan Thorne over any direct command, let alone a command that Gideon knew in his gut was the right call for Lucan to make. For Savannah’s sake, if nothing else.
Lucan fixed Gideon with a grim stare. “She’s out there right now, walking around with the word vampire on the tip of her tongue. How many people do you think she’ll tell before we have the chance to contain her? She told you, for crissake. What if she tells the police next?”
“She won’t,” Gideon said, wishing he believed it. “I told her I would help her sort everything out. I told her she could trust me.”
“Trust you? She just met you,” Lucan pointed out. “She’s got friends she could tell this tale to, classmates. Family?”
Gideon nodded. “A sister in Louisiana. I don’t know about anyone else. But I can find out. I can take care of any loose threads. I want to be the one to explain everything to Savannah. After last night, I owe her that.”
Lucan grunted, his expression stony, unconvinced.
Gideon pressed on. “I want to know what the sword that was used to slay my brothers is doing here in Boston. I want to know who has it, and why. I should think the Order would like that answer too, seeing how the son of a bitch in question murdered one human to get it and left another near death.”
“We can’t leave her out there on her own, Gid. Her knowledge is a threat to the entire Breed nation. It’s also a threat to her, if the one who killed her roommate somehow learns there was a witness and turns his sights on Savannah.”
Gideon’s veins turned to ice at the thought. He would eviscerate any Breed male who so much as touched her with intent to harm. “I’m not about to let anyone hurt her. She needs to be protected.”
“Agreed,” Lucan said. “But that means day and night, something we can’t enforce so long as she’s living among the human population. And we sure as hell
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