Mercy of These Bones

Four years ago, Mathias Larsen broke siring laws to save a lover’s life. Four months ago, that lover turned on him, leaving him for dead. Now Mathias has followed her path of death to Las Vegas, straight to the last vampire who wants to see him: his sire. The man he left for a woman who stabbed him in the back. Edmund has found love again with a nightclub owner, the very human Darby Bell. He doesn’t want to believe Mathias’s warnings, but a murder that hits too close to home gives him no choice. While he struggles to keep Mathias and Darby safe, emotions run high as old love collides with new. But the clock is ticking. The vampire Assembly is coming to town, the local police are alerted to Mathias’s nocturnal activities, and passions are flaring high. Time is running out. By the time death strikes again, all bets are off.

Vivien Dean · Urban

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98 Chs

Chapter 13

“Don’t pay any attention to your second opinion of me,” Mathias said. “The first is always the right one.”

Darby stared at both of them for a long moment before shaking her head. “Two minutes,” she repeated. Pivoting on her heel, she marched out of the room, slamming the door shut behind her.

Edmund stared at the door, wondering where in hell everything had gone wrong. The last thing he had ever wanted was to hurt Darby or ruin the relationship that they had. He’d protected her for a year, making sure she was focused as she realized her dream, denying his own desire because he knew it wasn’t something she needed at that time. And now what? Because he hadn’t bothered to spill the details of his past, she was going to kick him to the curb?

“I honestly thought you two were at least shagging,” Mathias said.

He actually sounded apologetic, but Edmund didn’t want to hear it. “Come on,” he muttered. “We better get out of here. Darby doesn’t make threats. She makes promises.”

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