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in his gut.
Jenny liste ned to Carson for a few minutes, but her eyes, however, were trained on Luke. He was shaking, and her skin stung with the intensity of emotions radiating from him. She knew the vampire that they were up against was powerful and relentless.
A few moments later, Carson rejoined them.
Before he could speak, Jenny’s said, “I know who can help us.”
Both Luke and Carson’s eyes snapped to hers.
“We have to go to the Hidden City,” Jenny swallowed nervously. It had been a long time since she’d been back. “And we have to speak with Queen Aine.”
Carson’s brows knitted together. He pressed his lips tightly together as he studied her a moment. “How are we supposed to get into the Hidden City and gain an audience with the Faerie Queen?”
Jenny took a deep breath. “She’s my mother.”
Chapter 7
C urtis lay flat on his back on the bed. His long legs hung off the edge, and his heavy boots scrapped the floor. It was darker now that he’d blown out the candles and he lay still and quiet in the darkness. But inside, he felt ripped apart. Tormented. At war. A tempestuous energy rolled through him.
It wasn’t just about Emily though. Everything that had once made him human, everything tied to his humanity, wholly rejected the thought of what he had become and what Samuel wanted him to do.
His vampire instincts, on the other hand, were salivating over the thought of Emily’s blood. He could still smell her. The sweetness lingered in his nostrils. He sucked in a deep unnecessary breath to steady himself.
Kill Luke. That’s what Samuel wanted. And he wasn’t really sure how he felt about it. There was a small part of him that resented Luke. He saw how Emily looked at him. He would always come second to Luke in Emily’s eyes. But he was pretty sure no matter how much he hated that fact, he couldn’t kill him.
But his blood commanded him to act. He felt the compulsion to obey his maker humming in his veins.
Curtis sat up and pressed his fingers into the corner of his eyes next to his nose. When he removed them and opened his eyes, the sudden presence of a woman in the shadows caused him to nearly jump out of his skin.
“Who the hell are you?” Curtis shouted.
“Shhh, please, keep your voice down,” she whispered back earnestly. She moved closer to the bed, her dark hair was long, straight and thick as it brushed the sides of her pale slender face. There was something oddly familiar about her. “My name is Vanessa.”
Curtis narrowed his eyes. H is jaw clenched and he lowered his voice. “What do you want?
She spoke quickly. H er black eyes glimmered with desperation. “Emily is in danger. We all are. If Samuel breaks the curse, he’ll become much too powerful. He doesn’t just want to just break the Curse though. He wants a war.”
“What curse?” Curtis asked. The conversation with Emily replayed in his mind.
“He needs her blood to break the Curse. You have to help her.”
“What can I do?” h e asked helplessly.
“Help her escape. But it has to be soon. Go. Talk to her. There is a secret passage behind the bookcase in the room she is being kept. You must find it and take her through it. It leads into an abandoned subway tunnel. She must make it to the Hidden City . Tonight. ”
“Here,” s he handed him a small slim black cell phone, no bigger than a credit card. He looked at her questioningly.
“Tell her to cal l her wolf. He must meet you,” she told him.
“Her wolf?”
His mind flashed to the previous night, the hulking gray wolf that stopped him from killing Emily, with Luke’s gunmetal gray eyes.
The wolf had protected her.
Saved her .
From him.
His stomach rolled with revulsion. And he suddenly understood why Samuel wanted him dead. Luke was made to protect Emily.
“Luke,” Vanessa said simply, her eyebrows quirked and she cocked her head examining the puzzled expression on Curtis’ face. “I’m
Jenny liste ned to Carson for a few minutes, but her eyes, however, were trained on Luke. He was shaking, and her skin stung with the intensity of emotions radiating from him. She knew the vampire that they were up against was powerful and relentless.
A few moments later, Carson rejoined them.
Before he could speak, Jenny’s said, “I know who can help us.”
Both Luke and Carson’s eyes snapped to hers.
“We have to go to the Hidden City,” Jenny swallowed nervously. It had been a long time since she’d been back. “And we have to speak with Queen Aine.”
Carson’s brows knitted together. He pressed his lips tightly together as he studied her a moment. “How are we supposed to get into the Hidden City and gain an audience with the Faerie Queen?”
Jenny took a deep breath. “She’s my mother.”
Chapter 7
C urtis lay flat on his back on the bed. His long legs hung off the edge, and his heavy boots scrapped the floor. It was darker now that he’d blown out the candles and he lay still and quiet in the darkness. But inside, he felt ripped apart. Tormented. At war. A tempestuous energy rolled through him.
It wasn’t just about Emily though. Everything that had once made him human, everything tied to his humanity, wholly rejected the thought of what he had become and what Samuel wanted him to do.
His vampire instincts, on the other hand, were salivating over the thought of Emily’s blood. He could still smell her. The sweetness lingered in his nostrils. He sucked in a deep unnecessary breath to steady himself.
Kill Luke. That’s what Samuel wanted. And he wasn’t really sure how he felt about it. There was a small part of him that resented Luke. He saw how Emily looked at him. He would always come second to Luke in Emily’s eyes. But he was pretty sure no matter how much he hated that fact, he couldn’t kill him.
But his blood commanded him to act. He felt the compulsion to obey his maker humming in his veins.
Curtis sat up and pressed his fingers into the corner of his eyes next to his nose. When he removed them and opened his eyes, the sudden presence of a woman in the shadows caused him to nearly jump out of his skin.
“Who the hell are you?” Curtis shouted.
“Shhh, please, keep your voice down,” she whispered back earnestly. She moved closer to the bed, her dark hair was long, straight and thick as it brushed the sides of her pale slender face. There was something oddly familiar about her. “My name is Vanessa.”
Curtis narrowed his eyes. H is jaw clenched and he lowered his voice. “What do you want?
She spoke quickly. H er black eyes glimmered with desperation. “Emily is in danger. We all are. If Samuel breaks the curse, he’ll become much too powerful. He doesn’t just want to just break the Curse though. He wants a war.”
“What curse?” Curtis asked. The conversation with Emily replayed in his mind.
“He needs her blood to break the Curse. You have to help her.”
“What can I do?” h e asked helplessly.
“Help her escape. But it has to be soon. Go. Talk to her. There is a secret passage behind the bookcase in the room she is being kept. You must find it and take her through it. It leads into an abandoned subway tunnel. She must make it to the Hidden City . Tonight. ”
“Here,” s he handed him a small slim black cell phone, no bigger than a credit card. He looked at her questioningly.
“Tell her to cal l her wolf. He must meet you,” she told him.
“Her wolf?”
His mind flashed to the previous night, the hulking gray wolf that stopped him from killing Emily, with Luke’s gunmetal gray eyes.
The wolf had protected her.
Saved her .
From him.
His stomach rolled with revulsion. And he suddenly understood why Samuel wanted him dead. Luke was made to protect Emily.
“Luke,” Vanessa said simply, her eyebrows quirked and she cocked her head examining the puzzled expression on Curtis’ face. “I’m
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