Page 60 of Eternal Craving

“I’m being hunted by those who hate our kind.”

“Perhaps you’d better be going, then.”

She turned and started to walk away.

“Close the door on the way out,” I rasped.

Jacob wailed. Sunaria dropped a small object at his feet, and he stopped crying.

“How am I supposed to take care of him?” I whispered.

She paused and looked back at me. “Be his father.”

I sighed. “I have to get to my sister.”

“She’s safe.”

“You know where she is?”

“I’ll show you. She gave me something to give to you that will prove she’s safe.”

“Why should I believe anything you say?”

Sunaria stepped closer. “Because you belong to me.”

“The hell I do.” I stared into those perfect, almond-shaped eyes of hers, so very close to surrendering to the spell she’d cast. “When they come for you, I’ll tell them where you are.”

She gave me a bitter smile. “I’ve watched over you all your life.”

I pointed to the door.

“This is not how I saw our reunion. You were supposed to run into my arms, tell me that I’ve haunted your dreams.”

“Those would be nightmares. I want my life back!”

“Without me, you would have no life. I love you.”

I couldn’t help but laugh.

Sunaria turned away from me, and suddenly she was gone.

Jacob was distracted by the metal box she had given him. I eased it out of his hands and pried it open, immediately recognizing Salvador’s medal, the crest of his old regiment emblazoned upon it.

My thoughts turned to Alicia.

I’d just managed to sabotage any chance of finding her.

I started to follow Sunaria, but as I walked by the mirror hanging above the fireplace, a terrified moan escaped my lips.

Chapter Twenty-Five

Darkness enveloped the manor.

After searching for answers in almost every book I owned, I braved a look in the mirror again. With my hand tracing where my reflection should be, I kept expecting the view to change. Unable to shake off the dread, I smashed the mirror with my fist.

Jacob wailed.

I brushed off glass fragments from my hand and licked at the small cuts.