ask.
“Jackson knew you were special, unique. It made him believe he wasn’t your father.”
“What?” Although everything pointed to this, her belly dropped and her mind reeled.
“He believed your mother’s rapist was your biological father,” Ronan added softly.
Her breath died. She crumpled. Ronan easily caught her in his arms and tugged her close, holding her as emotions that were all human twisted her heart and squeezed until it bled.
“But DNA tests would have proved him wrong,” she croaked.
And revealed far more than any vampire would have allowed. She guessed it wouldn’t have been the first time nightwalkers had had to destroy evidence—right along with mother and baby.
“Your mother would never have agreed to a DNA test,” Ronan confirmed. “And Jackson never confronted her with his accusation. But she was all too aware of his private opinion, knew he’d grown resentful and bitter by the thoughts eating at him inside.”
“Poor Mum.” She’d been trying to protect her from her own father all these years. “It all makes so much sense now,” she whispered.
Ronan’s arms tightened around her. Only when she registered his shirt was sticking to his chest, her cheek, did she realize she was crying again. And yet, somehow she didn’t much care. She needed his strength, his blood-bond perception. Hell, she just needed him.
“I’ll always be here for you, my darling,” he murmured, his lips brushing her scalp.
She shivered with longing, with need—imagining a life without him producing an odd rush of sensations within. “And I for you,” she said huskily. She looked up, a smile pulling at her lips. “My place is with you now.”
His eyes flashed, hinting at red. “You know.”
What?—that she’d ignored what she’d felt from the moment she’d met him? Or that love at first sight really did exist?
“Both,” he murmured huskily. “I just had to stick around until you admitted it to yourself.”
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The Bewitching Hour by Vivi Anna
The Vampire’s Desire by Alexis Morgan
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The Secret Vampire Society by Lisa Childs
Taken by the South Wind by Anna Hackett
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ISBN: 978-1-4268-5071-4
Her Dark Lord
Copyright © 2010 by Mel Teshco
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“Jackson knew you were special, unique. It made him believe he wasn’t your father.”
“What?” Although everything pointed to this, her belly dropped and her mind reeled.
“He believed your mother’s rapist was your biological father,” Ronan added softly.
Her breath died. She crumpled. Ronan easily caught her in his arms and tugged her close, holding her as emotions that were all human twisted her heart and squeezed until it bled.
“But DNA tests would have proved him wrong,” she croaked.
And revealed far more than any vampire would have allowed. She guessed it wouldn’t have been the first time nightwalkers had had to destroy evidence—right along with mother and baby.
“Your mother would never have agreed to a DNA test,” Ronan confirmed. “And Jackson never confronted her with his accusation. But she was all too aware of his private opinion, knew he’d grown resentful and bitter by the thoughts eating at him inside.”
“Poor Mum.” She’d been trying to protect her from her own father all these years. “It all makes so much sense now,” she whispered.
Ronan’s arms tightened around her. Only when she registered his shirt was sticking to his chest, her cheek, did she realize she was crying again. And yet, somehow she didn’t much care. She needed his strength, his blood-bond perception. Hell, she just needed him.
“I’ll always be here for you, my darling,” he murmured, his lips brushing her scalp.
She shivered with longing, with need—imagining a life without him producing an odd rush of sensations within. “And I for you,” she said huskily. She looked up, a smile pulling at her lips. “My place is with you now.”
His eyes flashed, hinting at red. “You know.”
What?—that she’d ignored what she’d felt from the moment she’d met him? Or that love at first sight really did exist?
“Both,” he murmured huskily. “I just had to stick around until you admitted it to yourself.”
Don’t miss the other spooky and sensual NOCTURNE BITES, available at www.ebooks.eharlequin.com and wherever eBooks are sold. Titles include:
Vampire’s Tango by Michele Hauf
Time Jumper by Connie Hall
The Prophecy by Nina Croft
Lured by Lori Devoti
Moon Marked by Linda Thomas-Sundstrom
His Magic Touch by Cynthia Cooke
The Bewitching Hour by Vivi Anna
The Vampire’s Desire by Alexis Morgan
Moon Shadow by Jenna Kernan
The Secret Vampire Society by Lisa Childs
Taken by the South Wind by Anna Hackett
Wind Kissed, Fire Bound by Anna Hackett
After the Kiss by Michele Hauf
Darkness of the Wolf by Bonnie Vanak
Wild, Tethered, Bound by Stephanie Draven
Looking for more paranormal romance? The sizzling and spine-chilling books of Silhouette Nocturne are available at www.eHarlequin.com or your local bookstore.
Interested in writing for Nocturne Bites? Send your submission to [email protected]
ISBN: 978-1-4268-5071-4
Her Dark Lord
Copyright © 2010 by Mel Teshco
All rights reserved. Except for use in any review, the reproduction or utilization of this work in whole or in part in any form by any electronic, mechanical or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including xerography, photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, is forbidden without the written permission of the publisher, Harlequin Enterprises Limited, 225 Duncan Mill Road, Don Mills, Ontario, Canada M3B 3K9.
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of
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