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Authors: Felicity Heaton
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“I’m not going to hurt you,” Prophecy said and brushed Elena’s hair aside to reveal the puncture marks that littered her neck.
They were deep and surrounded by rich purple bruises that seemed to cover every inch of her throat. She dropped her eyes to the floor and stepped away from Elena. Heaving a sigh, Prophecy closed her eyes when sorrow washed through her, extinguishing all of the anger and hatred she’d been feeling. Elena had done her best, but Prophecy knew how brutal Arkalus could be, especially if he wanted something.
“Where did they take him?” She didn’t hold out much hope of Elena knowing. Her blood-brother was clever, and from what Valentine had told her about Kalinor, she knew that he was probably even more intelligent than Arkalus. They would have devised a plan to keep the witch in the dark about their intentions for Valentine.
“I...I do not know.” Elena sank into her chair again, curling up and holding her knees to her chest. She looked like a scared child, nothing like the powerful necromancer Prophecy had met during her last visit. “They had me transport him to St. Mark’s Square. They took him from there before any of my servants could reach it. I wanted them to report back to me. I knew you would come and you would need to know where Valentine was. If I had realised how much you and the power you hold needed him...I would have let them kill me.”
“Don’t talk so. I will find him and I will learn to govern my power.”
“It is not your power.”
Prophecy frowned at the note of spite in Elena’s voice. Drawing herself up, she looked down at the witch.
“It is my power to command.” She saw Elena’s eyes drop to her hand when she flexed her fingers. “You know where it comes from. I have seen this same star as a scar upon your hand. You have met my mother, haven’t you?”
Elena lowered her head. “She was a powerful witch. I thought she had died many moons ago and now I know she had. To give you this gift, she would have sacrificed herself and cursed herself to an eternity wandering the earth, unable to rest. Her power should have gone to the grave with her, giving her a chance at a good afterlife.”
“She gave this to me so I could fulfil my destiny and she lives on in my heart. She’s no wandering spirit and she isn’t cursed. I have seen her. She is at peace.” Prophecy ran the tips of her fingers over the stone of her amulet and it glowed white. Looking back at Elena, she frowned when she saw she was again staring at her hand. “Why did they take Valentine?”
“I told you I do not know anything about their plan. I was just a small part of it. I was only told to bring him to the square.”
“Why didn’t they take me?” Prophecy cursed the tears that rose up on saying those words. All throughout her journey to Venice she’d been plagued by that question. It haunted her, stealing her sleep during the day and pushing her to the edge. Her fatigue caught up with her. She hadn’t slept since the castle. Each passing minute drained a little more energy from her and made her feel one step closer to breaking down under the pressure of everything. She swallowed hard and her eyelids drooped. They felt as heavy as her heart, but sleep wouldn’t come.
A strong hand caught hold of her arm and her eyes slowly moved to it. After everything she’d done, Venturi had come with her and was now supporting her. He seemed to be able to sense her tiredness. Raising her eyes to his, she saw the concern in them and wondered if the reason he had come with her was purely because he’d pledged his allegiance to her, or whether there was something else at work.
“Who is this you have brought with you?” Elena’s voice broke into her thoughts and Prophecy looked around at her.
“He is Venturi and he is now the lord of his bloodline thanks to you.”
“Me?” Elena looked stunned and ran her eyes over him. “He seems like another loyal dog. You do have a power over them, don’t you? But do they have power over you in return? Valentine seems to.”
Removing Venturi’s hand from her arm, Prophecy straightened up and forced the tiredness from her body. She couldn’t trust Elena or appear weak in front of her. Even though Elena’s power had been diminished by Arkalus and Kalinor stealing her blood, it would be foolish of her to presume that Elena would always remain that way. Prophecy had to stay strong and show Elena that she was a force to be reckoned with.
“It was your words that sent me to Romania, even against Valentine’s better instincts. I should have trusted him over you.”
“But you had a vision—”
She didn’t let Elena finish her sentence. “I did have a vision and I don’t know how you knew about it, but your interpretation was wrong. The lord of Tenebrae was going to offer his assistance to me, not destroy me.”
“I too had a vision and believed it was the same as you had,” Elena said.
Prophecy tilted her head back and looked down at her. “I find it strange that it was you who sent me there and it was you who took Valentine.”
“But the marks...can’t you see that I’m telling you the truth?” Elena swept her hair aside in one frantic motion and then extended her arms.
Prophecy stared at the marks that littered them, slicing through the pale skin and staining it red with dried blood.
“I was the only one powerful enough to create that portal and they were aware that I knew of your location...that is all. You must believe me!” Elena dropped to her knees and looked up at her.
Prophecy frowned, her eyes narrowing on the witch in front of her. Elena had fallen and was far from the person she had previously met, but there was still something about her that made her feel she couldn’t be trusted.
“You are not the only one powerful enough to create that portal.” Raising her hand, Prophecy clenched her jaw and watched the magic spiralling around her fingers. “You breathe one word that I was here or about what we spoke of, and I will show you the true extent of my power.”
Turning on her heel, she ignored Elena’s feeble cries and headed straight for the door. Walking down the steps and across the hall, she renewed the vow she’d made at the castle.
She would save Valentine.
When she found him, she was going to make sure she had her vengeance.
Arkalus and Kalinor were going to pay with their lives.
In a world of darkness and danger, Prophecy will fight to her limit to save the vampire she loves and stop a terrible evil from unleashing Hell on earth.
A female vampire on the brink of discovering the true depth of her extraordinary power, Prophecy’s strength of heart is put to the test when her blood brother, Arkalus, and Valentine’s lord set in motion a terrible plan that threatens to destroy her. Old friends turn their backs on her, unlikely allies come to her aid, and with the help of the dangerously seductive Lord Hyperion, the scroll that foretells her true destiny is completed, but nothing can prepare Valentine and Prophecy for what lies ahead.
When her visions show her the dark path they must take, will Prophecy and Valentine be able to do what is necessary to win against the mounting threat of a mysterious enemy?
Following on from Prophecy: Child of Light, the tension rises and love grows in Prophecy: Caelestis & Aurorea, a thrilling second part to the trilogy that draws you into a dark, exhilarating world of vampires, werewolves, magic and the war to end all wars.
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Felicity Heaton writes passionate paranormal romance books as Felicity Heaton and F E Heaton. In her books she creates detailed worlds, twisting plots, mind-blowing action, intense emotion and heart-stopping romances with leading men that vary from dark deadly vampires to sexy shape-shifters and wicked werewolves, to sinful angels and hot demons!
If you're a fan of paranormal romance authors Lara Adrian, J R Ward, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Gena Showalter and Christine Feehan then you will enjoy her books too.
If you love your angels a little dark and wicked, Felicity Heaton’s best selling Her Angel series is for you. If you like strong, powerful, and dark vampires then try the Vampires Realm series she writes as F E Heaton or any of her stand alone vampire romance books she writes as Felicity Heaton. Or if you’re looking for vampire romances that are sinful, passionate and erotic then try Felicity Heaton’s new Vampire Erotic Theatre series.
In 2011, five of her six paranormal romance books received Top Pick awards from Night Owl Reviews and Forbidden Blood was nominated as Best PNR Vampire Romance 2011 at The Romance Reviews. In 2012, she was awarded the GraveTells Author of the Year Award, and Heart of Darkness was announced as a 2013 Epic Ebook Awards finalist in the Paranormal Romance category. Many of her books receive five star reviews from readers and review sites alike.
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