Fated Desire: A Paranormal Romance Novel (The Twisted Destiny Saga Book 1) by Franca Storm
Authors: Franca Storm
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mahogany table in the center of the room and ease herself onto the table top, as she continued to scan the room. It took him a moment to realize that her attention was focused on a particular area. A wall at the back of the room. Various potions and charms filled the shelves above a wooden cupboard, decorated with golden serpent effigies. Hmm…she is definitely Vazra’s daughter. She’s drawn to the magic.
Luca pulled a massive book from one of the stacks and dropped it in front of her on the table. She jumped in surprise. Ryan’s eyes narrowed as he watched his asshole brother very smoothly brush his body against hers as he stood beside her, flipping through several pages in the book, before coming to a stop and pointing to a specific passage.
“Read, my princess,” he said gently, his mouth way too fucking close to hers.
This isn’t happening.
While the two of them were engaged with that, Ryan strode to the stacks and searched for another book—one Cora really did need to see, more than any other. It didn’t take him long to find it, as it was located in a prominent place, on display at the forefront of one of the stacks.
He walked to the table and placed it down beside the book she and Luca were still looking at. She looked up at him in question and he told her, “The truth about the Vampire Prince.”
“Ryan,” Luca snarled. “I will tell her what she wishes to know about me .”
“I very much doubt that,” Ryan shot back as he took a seat and propped his feet up on the table. He leaned back in the chair, his hands clasped behind his head comfortably.
Cora snatched up both the books and walked away to the steps at the far end of the room.
After a few moments of watching her sit quietly and reading in the corner, Ryan asked Luca, “This may take a while. You got anything to eat? Anything that’s not blood?”
“What do you want?”
“Meat.”
Luca nodded. He fell silent for a few moments, his eyes afire with a red glow and then he told Ryan, “It’s on its way.”
“You can’t even be bothered to actually go to the kitchen and ask? You have to use telepathy?”
“Do you want to eat or not?”
Ryan released a sigh. “Yes. Fine, I’ll let it go. Did you get her something, too?”
“Of course. What do you think of me?”
“I think that you’re a vampire and you may forget that others need to eat to survive.”
“Well, I didn’t. She will eat.”
“What?”
“I ordered…everything.”
Ryan’s eyes widened in surprise. “Well…good. That’s more like it.”
Cora looked up from her books and snapped at them, “Can you guys keep it down? I’m trying to read here.”
Ryan chuckled and said, “Yes, ma’am.”
“Sorry, princess,” Luca said.
CHAPTER 8
Ryan finished the last of the seven ribs he’d devoured and tossed the bone onto the plate in front of him. He let out a satisfied moan.
“Where is he?” Cora’s voice suddenly sounded, cutting through the last two hours of silence that had enveloped the library since Luca had left the room.
“Taking a nap. It’s daytime,” he answered as he watched her walk over to the table that was now covered with a lavish feast.
“Aren’t you tired?” she asked him.
“I’m not a vampire.”
She smiled. “Obviously. I meant…you didn’t sleep last night, because of me.”
“I can go a few nights without sleep, darlin’. Don’t worry about me. But you should get some rest soon.”
She eased herself onto the edge of the table beside him and shook her head. “I don’t think I can sleep right now. Not after everything that’s happened. What I just read.”
“It’s a lot to take.”
“He thinks I am King Vazra’s daughter, the princess of the White Realm.”
He nodded.
“The White Realm king’s first born was offered to him, the Vampire Prince, as part of a treaty—a peace offering to prevent war.”
“That’s how the story goes.”
“It’s not just a story, is it?”
Ryan didn’t
Luca pulled a massive book from one of the stacks and dropped it in front of her on the table. She jumped in surprise. Ryan’s eyes narrowed as he watched his asshole brother very smoothly brush his body against hers as he stood beside her, flipping through several pages in the book, before coming to a stop and pointing to a specific passage.
“Read, my princess,” he said gently, his mouth way too fucking close to hers.
This isn’t happening.
While the two of them were engaged with that, Ryan strode to the stacks and searched for another book—one Cora really did need to see, more than any other. It didn’t take him long to find it, as it was located in a prominent place, on display at the forefront of one of the stacks.
He walked to the table and placed it down beside the book she and Luca were still looking at. She looked up at him in question and he told her, “The truth about the Vampire Prince.”
“Ryan,” Luca snarled. “I will tell her what she wishes to know about me .”
“I very much doubt that,” Ryan shot back as he took a seat and propped his feet up on the table. He leaned back in the chair, his hands clasped behind his head comfortably.
Cora snatched up both the books and walked away to the steps at the far end of the room.
After a few moments of watching her sit quietly and reading in the corner, Ryan asked Luca, “This may take a while. You got anything to eat? Anything that’s not blood?”
“What do you want?”
“Meat.”
Luca nodded. He fell silent for a few moments, his eyes afire with a red glow and then he told Ryan, “It’s on its way.”
“You can’t even be bothered to actually go to the kitchen and ask? You have to use telepathy?”
“Do you want to eat or not?”
Ryan released a sigh. “Yes. Fine, I’ll let it go. Did you get her something, too?”
“Of course. What do you think of me?”
“I think that you’re a vampire and you may forget that others need to eat to survive.”
“Well, I didn’t. She will eat.”
“What?”
“I ordered…everything.”
Ryan’s eyes widened in surprise. “Well…good. That’s more like it.”
Cora looked up from her books and snapped at them, “Can you guys keep it down? I’m trying to read here.”
Ryan chuckled and said, “Yes, ma’am.”
“Sorry, princess,” Luca said.
CHAPTER 8
Ryan finished the last of the seven ribs he’d devoured and tossed the bone onto the plate in front of him. He let out a satisfied moan.
“Where is he?” Cora’s voice suddenly sounded, cutting through the last two hours of silence that had enveloped the library since Luca had left the room.
“Taking a nap. It’s daytime,” he answered as he watched her walk over to the table that was now covered with a lavish feast.
“Aren’t you tired?” she asked him.
“I’m not a vampire.”
She smiled. “Obviously. I meant…you didn’t sleep last night, because of me.”
“I can go a few nights without sleep, darlin’. Don’t worry about me. But you should get some rest soon.”
She eased herself onto the edge of the table beside him and shook her head. “I don’t think I can sleep right now. Not after everything that’s happened. What I just read.”
“It’s a lot to take.”
“He thinks I am King Vazra’s daughter, the princess of the White Realm.”
He nodded.
“The White Realm king’s first born was offered to him, the Vampire Prince, as part of a treaty—a peace offering to prevent war.”
“That’s how the story goes.”
“It’s not just a story, is it?”
Ryan didn’t
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