When Marsala uses a witch and black magic to discover Curry’s whereabouts, he and Chansey are left with no choice. The newly engaged couple is forced to relocate away from their families at the new compound in Savannah, which causes some major changes in the plans for their upcoming wedding.
Relocating to Savannah might have saved Curry and Chansey from being discovered by Marsala, but it doesn’t stop her attempts to reach Curry or her efforts to harm Chansey through the use of black magic. As Marsala closes in, Curry faces the decision he never wanted to make. Will he keep Chansey human or condemn her to eternity as the thing he hates most?
As Curry waits for his hand to be forced, a newly turned vampire arrives at the Savannah compound in need of help. Not only is she a fledgeling in transition, she brings reports of escaping from a vampire cult still in possession of her sister, a human. Any attempt to save the captive human from a cult of vampires puts everyone in jeopardy. Can they risk entering a large cult to save one human being? And is so, how could they possibly do it successfully?
Love will grow. New mysteries will arise. A battle will ensue. A Blood Jewel will be found.
Chapter
6 Excerpt
(Curry’s
POV)
The next song was ‘Steal My Heart Away’
and I asked Chansey to dance with me. I led her onto the dance floor and cupped
my right hand around hers as my left hand rested gently on her waist.
Before the vocalist began to sing the
lyrics, he announced, “This next song is dedicated to Chansey from Curry and he
says that every day you steal his heart away. Happy Birthday.”
Her face lit into a smile. “Thank you for
making me feel so special. How did you manage to pull that off without me
knowing?”
“Lairah, the eternal roadie, knows the
band. She suggested I bring you here after dinner because she thought you might
enjoy the music.”
She nodded and said, “She was right.
These guys are great.”
“Lairah definitely knows music,” I agreed.
“I...”
I couldn’t finish my sentence because
there was something terribly wrong. I heard the whisper of a female voice as
she chanted. I turned to my family to see if they heard it as well. None of
them appeared phased by the soft sound of evil murmuring, which meant I was the
only one hearing it.
Chansey was panicked by the look on my
face. “What’s wrong, Curry?”
I felt myself break into a sweat,
something I hadn’t done since I was human. My heart started racing and my head
began to painfully pound behind my eyes as my vision began to blur.
“You’re scaring me. What’s happening?”
Chansey demanded.
And then it happened without any warning.
Twenty-two years without feeling her presence and I suddenly felt her again. It
was Marsala.
My vision was worsening as the chanting
became louder. I reached for Chansey’s arm. “Don’t ask me why because there’s
no time, but I need you to take me to Sebastian.”
She did as I asked and didn’t question
why she had to lead me toward my family and I wasted no time getting to the
point, “I think Marsala is here. I don’t know how, but she has done something
to me. I have an excruciating pain behind my eyes and I can’t see, but I hear
her voice chanting something. It began as a soft whisper, but it’s grown
louder. It feels like it’s getting closer and it’s beginning to drowned out
everything else.”
I barely heard Sebastian ask, “What is
she saying in the chant?”
I listened to the repetitive
cycle and then repeated it for Sebastian.
“I use the bark of this white
thorn tree,
To give my eyes freedom to cross
the sea,
I use this spell to conjure the
one I love, yet cannot find,
And like a nail, I drive my eyes
into his mind,
So I may see what it is he sees,
Do you hear me coming?
Soon, it shall be.”
I felt the slam of someone’s hand over my
eyes. “Shut your eyes, now!” Sebastian roared at me. “Don’t open them. Someone
is helping her use Black Magic to find you. She is using a spell to bind
herself to you so she may take your vision as her own. That’s why you can’t
see; she’s stealing your sight. She is trying to find you by identifying your
surroundings. We need to look around the club to see if there is anything that
would clue her to where you are.”
“Do you think this means she is close?” I
asked, begging it to not be so.
“I don’t think she’s on this continent
because the spell spoke of crossing the sea, but I think she will be soon if
anything in this place can identify where we’re at. What were you looking at
when this started?”
I thought back to the moment I noticed it
beginning. “Chansey and I were dancing, so I was looking over her shoulder as
we danced in a circle. That means she got a panoramic of the entire room. When
I stepped back, I looked directly at Chansey’s face, so she knows exactly what
she looks like. When we came to the tables, I was straining to see all of you.
You know what that means.”
I heard Sully say, “Lairah and I weren’t
sitting at the tables when Chansey led Curry to the tables. We were at the bar
getting drinks, so she didn’t see us.”
I guess you can call it the big brother
in me, but I was relieved to hear that because I didn’t want Marsala to know
that Sully still existed.
I heard Sol’s voice next. “Guys, we have
a problem. Look at the sign behind the bar.”
“What does it say?” I asked.
No one responded to my question.
“Somebody tell me what it says” I
shouted.
Sebastian was the only one brave enough
to reply. “Club Infinity on Bourbon.”
I reeled in my anger at Marsala and
myself as I calmly said, “Will someone call the driver? Chansey and I have to
leave New Orleans immediately.”
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