Blood Twist (The Erris Coven Series) - By Bonnie Wheeler Page 0,1
eyes and fangs, or him discovering a black haired stranger rocking a bloody and hysterical Ruby next to two dead guys.
Liz always believed vampires were out there. Too many legends existed for her to accept they weren’t real. But she was expecting more of the fictional brooding Salvatore brother – the kind of vampire that was a little dark and a whole lot mysterious. Instead, a clean cut, preppy boy with arms and pecs like David Beckham was her first glimpse of the undead.
She was quick to learn Braden resented being referred to as undead. He informed her that the technical word for his kind was damphyr and he had two pounding hearts in his chest to prove it.
Despite lacking the bad boy vibe, he had beautiful blue eyes once his vamp face returned to normal. He also had a body only a girl without a pulse would pass up. Even fully dressed she could tell he had chiseled abs and a nice butt. But, Braden wasn’t Liz’s type. She preferred an artistic guy with a musician’s build, lots of tattoos and jet black hair. Although the damhyr was only friend material, she wouldn’t mind using him for eye candy, maybe his cousins, too.
She smiled thinking of Lexie’s new man. A half-vampire like his cousin, Torin saved Lexie from being turned into a werewolf when Alik chased her to his mating den. The retelling of the story went beyond anything she could wrap her human brain around. What she did know for sure was Torin saved Lexie from a fate worse than death. He was willing to give his life for her. Good thing it didn’t come to that.
Liz wasn’t entirely sure what was happening between her closest friend and the gorgeous damphyr, but ever since her arrival, the two had been together. Something more than puppy love sparked between them and Liz could feel it the moment she checked in on Lexie after Braden and Cian located her and Torin together out in the woods.
When Braden found Lexie, the petite brunette was in shock after suffering a severe beating and a broken ankle. Torin was in some kind of daze himself. Because he drank blood when he tore open the werewolf’s neck – he thought he would be forever cursed to darkness. Sitting in stunned amazement, he held Lexie in his lap, while marveling over the sunrise as it spilled light upon him without causing his death.
Thank God for small favors.
Liz looked down at her potatoes. She had efficiently washed and chopped the entire bag while lost in her reverie. All she had to do now was boil them up with some eggs as she prepped the final ingredients.
She could have used Torin’s mom’s kitchen to make the salad, but Liz needed some quiet time to process all that happened over the last two days.
It wasn’t every day that you took a road trip to Maine, just to discover your best friend hooked up with a half-vampire and that her macho hotheaded step brothers howled at the moon. Not to mention finding yourself working with a coven of “animal blood only” vampires to locate a cure for lycanthropy. Besides, Liz liked to cook in silence so she could think. How do you boot a one hundred-seventy-year-old lady out of her own kitchen?
Endellion was nice. After learning Liz wasn’t expected back home, Torin’s mother insisted Liz stay at their house with Lexie and Ella until Ruby was well enough to return home. With flowing red hair and porcelain skin, the beautiful woman looked like she could be the face of Oil of Olay or one of the other big cosmetic companies. She was simply stunning and her Irish lilt made her more charming. It was comforting to know Endellion was doing her best to keep Ruby comfortable while the coven pinpointed an antidote for the werewolf virus.
Lexie’s mom was seriously sick. When Liz found her, the woman had clawed out clumps of her hair and was burning up with a fever. A thick pus-filled rash ran in spirals from her shoulders to her hips. In Endellion’s care, the fever was under control, but Ruby was in and out of consciousness as the illness wracked her body.
Alik told Lexie the virus was sexually transmitted. Ruby must have contracted it on her wedding night with Dragos. Alik also implied Ruby’s body was rejecting the virus and she just might die.
Not the most thoughtful wedding gift a bride could receive from her groom.