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tingled with life as rejuvenating cells invaded his damaged tissue.
Recent memories suddenly crashed into him. His stomach muscles locked up with the power of it. “Leave it be, Naura. It is too dangerous for you. We go alone.”
His sister’s anger was strong enough, he’d felt her emotions without their mental link.
“ I am more intelligent than most of the males you think to take with you.”
“I cannot risk you being seen. Or worse, captured.”
“Vaulcron allows me to accompany him on occasion to study the humans.”
“Our brother has no regard for the laws. They are in place for our protection as well as the surface dwellers.”
An explosion. The shout of his sister’s name dying on his lips.
Foreign sounds blended with strange accents in a confusing series of events too difficult to piece together.
A different kind of energy emerged. Pleasure, tingling warmth.
Images of Abbie as a child interrupted his flashback to swirl through his psyche in a whirlwind of madness.
“ Happy birthday, Mama.” Pride was evident on her face as she stumbled along, holding a colorful square with small sticks of fire burning on top.
“ Go to your room, young lady .” Her father’s scolding was met with rebellion.
Abbie’s memories danced around without direction. “ Go get the stick, Spot. Good boy.”
“ I can’t accept a gift this extravagant, Bruce .” An older Abbie stared up at a man standing over her.
“ Nonsense. Nothing is too good for my girl.” Hauke watched the guy bend and pull Abbie to her feet before wrapping her in his arms and kissing her.
Jealousy consumed him. He wanted to tear the man’s lips from his face for daring to touch her.
The gulf. A young Abbie’s pain as she swam toward the sandbar. Her grief at the loss of her mother.
A wave took her under. Something about her called to him…a pull too powerful to deny.
He couldn’t allow her to expire, no matter the cost. With his heart in his throat, he sprang into action. The wiry muscles of his teenage body sliced through the water with expert skill.
Gone was the fear of being seen. Nothing mattered but reaching the tiny human before the gulf claimed her life.
Palm to palm. Warmth. Hauke groaned with the release of energy that left his body. It seemed wrenched from his very soul as it poured through his hands into hers.
A spasm racked her small frame. Her lids lifted slowly to reveal hazel-colored eyes. He felt her curiosity as she stared up at him in wonder.
He knew he could never see her again after this day, but her memory would remain with him, always.
Hauke wasn’t sure how much time had passed before Abbie’s moan penetrated his madness. He forced his fangs to retract and released the death grip on her wrists. The urge to take more blood gripped him, but he resisted. Barely.
* * * *
Abbie gazed down at Hauke in more than a little awe. She had just experienced the memory of her drowning all those years ago, through his eyes. It was remarkable seeing it from his point of view with his feelings riding the surface.
“Hauke?”
She felt the instant he closed off from her. The lingering essence of him in her mind disappeared, leaving a void in its wake.
Rejection reared its ugly head, and Abbie’s chest constricted with the knowledge that he didn’t want her. What if giving him her blood had harmed him or disgusted him in some way?
“I’m sorry.” Her voice came out husky with unshed tears. “I only wanted to help you.”
Abbie moved to slide off him. She needed to get to the phone her uncle Tony had left on the kitchen counter.
She could think of only one person to call on besides Tony that had the power to move mountains and hopefully get them out of the mess they were in. Bruce Ortega.
The snarl that suddenly burst from Hauke startled her. She found herself flat on her back with him looming over her before she could suck in a breath.
“I will end his life, Abbie. Do not think to bring him
Recent memories suddenly crashed into him. His stomach muscles locked up with the power of it. “Leave it be, Naura. It is too dangerous for you. We go alone.”
His sister’s anger was strong enough, he’d felt her emotions without their mental link.
“ I am more intelligent than most of the males you think to take with you.”
“I cannot risk you being seen. Or worse, captured.”
“Vaulcron allows me to accompany him on occasion to study the humans.”
“Our brother has no regard for the laws. They are in place for our protection as well as the surface dwellers.”
An explosion. The shout of his sister’s name dying on his lips.
Foreign sounds blended with strange accents in a confusing series of events too difficult to piece together.
A different kind of energy emerged. Pleasure, tingling warmth.
Images of Abbie as a child interrupted his flashback to swirl through his psyche in a whirlwind of madness.
“ Happy birthday, Mama.” Pride was evident on her face as she stumbled along, holding a colorful square with small sticks of fire burning on top.
“ Go to your room, young lady .” Her father’s scolding was met with rebellion.
Abbie’s memories danced around without direction. “ Go get the stick, Spot. Good boy.”
“ I can’t accept a gift this extravagant, Bruce .” An older Abbie stared up at a man standing over her.
“ Nonsense. Nothing is too good for my girl.” Hauke watched the guy bend and pull Abbie to her feet before wrapping her in his arms and kissing her.
Jealousy consumed him. He wanted to tear the man’s lips from his face for daring to touch her.
The gulf. A young Abbie’s pain as she swam toward the sandbar. Her grief at the loss of her mother.
A wave took her under. Something about her called to him…a pull too powerful to deny.
He couldn’t allow her to expire, no matter the cost. With his heart in his throat, he sprang into action. The wiry muscles of his teenage body sliced through the water with expert skill.
Gone was the fear of being seen. Nothing mattered but reaching the tiny human before the gulf claimed her life.
Palm to palm. Warmth. Hauke groaned with the release of energy that left his body. It seemed wrenched from his very soul as it poured through his hands into hers.
A spasm racked her small frame. Her lids lifted slowly to reveal hazel-colored eyes. He felt her curiosity as she stared up at him in wonder.
He knew he could never see her again after this day, but her memory would remain with him, always.
Hauke wasn’t sure how much time had passed before Abbie’s moan penetrated his madness. He forced his fangs to retract and released the death grip on her wrists. The urge to take more blood gripped him, but he resisted. Barely.
* * * *
Abbie gazed down at Hauke in more than a little awe. She had just experienced the memory of her drowning all those years ago, through his eyes. It was remarkable seeing it from his point of view with his feelings riding the surface.
“Hauke?”
She felt the instant he closed off from her. The lingering essence of him in her mind disappeared, leaving a void in its wake.
Rejection reared its ugly head, and Abbie’s chest constricted with the knowledge that he didn’t want her. What if giving him her blood had harmed him or disgusted him in some way?
“I’m sorry.” Her voice came out husky with unshed tears. “I only wanted to help you.”
Abbie moved to slide off him. She needed to get to the phone her uncle Tony had left on the kitchen counter.
She could think of only one person to call on besides Tony that had the power to move mountains and hopefully get them out of the mess they were in. Bruce Ortega.
The snarl that suddenly burst from Hauke startled her. She found herself flat on her back with him looming over her before she could suck in a breath.
“I will end his life, Abbie. Do not think to bring him
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