Betrayal Elisa Adams

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.BetrayalBook JacketSeries: Immortal Games [1]Rating:Dying of a mysterious illness, Adriana has run out of hope for finding a cure.When Alec, a man she’s loved for years, offers a solution, she can’t help but be curious.She’s drawn to him from the start, but at the same time he frightens her.She doesn’t realize that Alec has been keeping secrets.He isn’t what she thinks he is.He can cure her, but he’ll only do it in exchange for something he wants.Immortal Games: Betrayal Elisa AdamsAll rights reserved.Copyright ©2006 Elisa AdamsNo part of this e-book may be reproduced or shared by any electronic or mechanical means, includingbut not limited to printing, file sharing, and email, without prior written permission from Changeling PressLLC.ISBN (10) 1-59596-438-XISBN (13) 978-1-59596-438-0Formats Available:HTML, Adobe PDF,MobiPocket, Microsoft ReaderPublisher:Changeling Press LLCPO Box 1561Shepherdstown, WV 25443-1561www.ChangelingPress.comEditor: Connie AlbertsCover Artist: Sahara KellyThis e-book file contains sexually explicit scenes and adult language which some may find offensive andwhich is not appropriate for a young audience.Changeling Press E-Books are for sale to adults, only, asdefined by the laws of the country in which you made your purchase.Please store your files wisely,where they cannot be accessed by under-aged readers.Chapter 1Loneliness had driven him to this --to a place far beyond the point of no return.Alec watched thewoman stumble through the darkness, making her way up the crumbling walkway toward his front door.Something inside him rejoiced at the sight, though at the same time, he cursed himself for inviting her here.Once she learned his secrets, he wouldn’t be able to let her leave.Confessing his secrets to a human hadcaused disaster once, and he couldn’t let it happen again.He hadn’t intended on bringing her here --ever--but events beyond his control had forced his hand.It never should have come to this.He’d made a promise long ago to her father to make sure nothinghappened to her, and now he was stuck.All available options would break that promise.In the months he’d been watching her, she’d become his obsession, on his mind every waking minuteand he could barely stand the torture.Humans would find his fascination with her twisted and sick.To hispeople, it was lust, intense and pure, and this time it meant everything.She was the one woman heshouldn’t have and the only one he wanted.Now that she was here, she’d have to stay.He closed his eyes and for a brief second, let the guilt wash over him.She’d accepted his invitation, butshe hadn’t realized she had no choice in the matter.He hadn’t given her one.She was as much a pawn inthis as he was.His eyelids drifted open.No sense feeling guilty over something he couldn’t change.She stopped at the bottom of the old stone steps a story below the window where he stood, which gavehim a chance to look her over.She was young, had celebrated her twenty-fifth birthday a few monthsearlier --just before her father had died.An ankle-length, floral dress draped her thin body.Alabasterskin and long blonde hair completed the picture.He couldn’t see her eyes, but he knew they were blue.Midnight blue, like the ocean on a cold winter day.It was those eyes that had drawn him to her first.Thewoman had fight, a fiery determination that sparked something deep inside him.“I saw her coming up the walkway.She’s lovely, isn’t she?”He glanced over his shoulder at the sound of Ian’s voice behind him.He tried to ignore thedisappointment he caught in Ian’s green eyes.“She is.”And if Ian even thought about touching her, Alec would tear him limb from limb, friend or not.“What’s her name again? Anna?”“Adriana.” Delicate and beautiful, yet laced with strength.It suited her.Living here, in darkness, did not.She walked up the steps and soon disappeared from his view.“Elena will take care of her?” he askedIan.“You know she will.Who understands your emotions better than Elena?”“No one.” In another lifetime, Elena might have been his soul mate, but not in this one.He wantedAdriana more.Alec stepped away from the window, letting the heavy drapes whoosh closed.The room was onceagain enveloped in blessed darkness, the only source of light coming from the brass sconces hung on thedark-paneled walls.Would Adriana be able to accept his world of darkness, so different from her own?Ian narrowed his eyes.“You look upset.Do you want me to send her away?”“No.” It didn’t matter now.Elena had let her inside and now she wouldn’t be able to leave.Guilttightened his gut, but other, deeper emotions pushed it aside.There was no place for guilt now.Loneliness hadn’t been his only reason for having her brought here, nor had the promise he’d made.Hehad a trade to offer her --one he hoped she wouldn’t be able to refuse.He wasn’t proud of it, but retribution had played a small part in inviting Adriana to his house.Herfather’s betrayal had stabbed him in the back and he’d retaliated without thinking first.Since Frank haddied a few months earlier, just before Alec had found out the truth, Alec had chosen the next best thing.“She has to stay.There isn’t any other choice.”“You’re right.There isn’t.Not now that you’ve gone and done this without exploring other options first.”Alec shoved his hands into his pockets to keep from punching Ian and ruining the face women seemedto love so much.He took a few steps forward, his anger growing with every one.“Would you rather I lether die? Because that was the only other choice.You need to remember something.Frank did this, notme.He brought about this whole problem [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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