“Are you afraid of me now?”
That question surprised her. He had been violent during the fight, but she knew that he would never harm her. He had only fought to protect her and she was thankful for it. She shook her head.
“I’ll never be afraid of you… I only fear losing you.” Her voice shook with nerves. They melted away when he smiled. She reached up and stroked his cheek before sliding her hand around the back of his neck. “I was scared that you were going to leave me.”
The sorrow in his blood didn’t touch his eyes but she felt it. He hadn’t wanted to leave her either.
“I would have gone with you. I didn’t want you to be alone.” Tears filled her eyes at the thought of him dying, and of following him. “Stupid, right?”
He shook his head. “Beautiful. Exactly what I would expect from my Amber.”
“I love you.”
“I love you too,” Kearn whispered against her lips, lowered himself and kissed her slowly.
He tasted metallic but she didn’t mention it. The love and affection in his blood, and in the kiss, warmed her heart until the tears slipped down her temples and into her hair. She had been so afraid of losing him, and now she was so relieved. Her feelings were so muddled that she wasn’t sure if she was coming or going yet, but there was one thing she was certain of.
And it was the one thing she knew he wanted to hear.
Kearn kissed over her jaw and down to the marks on her throat. Amber tilted her head to one side and bit her lip when his fangs penetrated her. She wrapped her arms around him, holding him close so he would never leave her and would know she didn’t want to be apart from him. She opened her heart to him, held him to her throat, and sent the message through her blood to him, so he would feel it as well as hear it this time.
“Stay with me forever.”
Kearn licked her throat, kissed it, and pulled her into his arms. He held her so tightly that it hurt but she smiled through the pain, lost in the depth of his love and his need for her.
Duke Montagu had been right.
She had tamed her Noble and won his heart.
In exchange, she had given hers, and stepped into a strange new world without fear, because she knew that she would always be safe with Kearn. He would never let anything happen to her. He would always love her. And she would always love him.
Kearn pulled back and smiled, causing a blush to burn her cheeks.
Amber said goodbye to her old life.
And embraced her new one, looping her arms around his neck.
She wasn’t afraid of the future.
No matter what happened, it would be worth it.
Because Kearn was in it.
And he would stay with her forever.
The End
About the Author:
Felicity Heaton is a romance author writing as both Felicity Heaton and F E Heaton. She is passionate about penning paranormal tales full of vampires, witches, werewolves, angels and shape-shifters, and has been interested in all things preternatural and fantastical since she was just a child. Her other passion is science-fiction and she likes nothing more than to immerse herself in a whole new universe and the amazing species therein. She used to while away days at school and college dreaming of vampires, werewolves and witches, or being lost in space, and used to while away evenings watching movies about them or reading gothic horror stories, science-fiction and romances.
Having tried her hand at various romance genres, it was only natural for her to turn her focus back to the paranormal, fantasy and science-fiction worlds she enjoys so much. She loves to write seductive, sexy and strong vampires, werewolves, witches, angels and alien species. The worlds she often dreams up for them are vicious, dark and dangerous, reflecting aspects of the heroines and heroes, but her characters also love deeply, laugh, cry and feel every emotion as keenly as anyone does. She makes no excuses for the darkness surrounding them, especially the paranormal creatures, and says that this is their world. She’s just honoured to write down their adventures.
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Other stories by Felicity Heaton / F E Heaton:
Her Dark Angel
An angel without a mission, Apollyon lives trapped in Hell guarding the bottomless pit. Surrounded by endless darkness, he longs to fly free on Earth once more but his master hasn’t called him in centuries. When the call finally comes, it’s to serve a new master, a beautiful woman he has often watched over, a woman who has always captivated him.
Serenity is shocked when a gorgeous black-winged angel shows up in her city of Paris claiming that she called him when she was only casting a simple vengeance spell. He’s no other than the angel of death! When Apollyon offers to obey her and help her have revenge on her cheating ex-boyfriend, she can’t resist the temptation, but can she resist him? Can an angel as dark as Apollyon ever fall for a mortal woman like her?
Dark, passionate and erotic, Her Dark Angel is a tale of intense desire and deepest forbidden love guaranteed to get your heart racing.
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Love Immortal
Rescued from werewolves by the most breathtaking man she's ever seen, Lauren is dragged into the fight of her life and a dark world she never knew existed. There, she discovers that she's the latest reincarnation of a goddess and must drink the blood of her immortal protector, Julian, in order to reawaken and continue her three thousand year old mission to defeat Lycaon, the original werewolf.
With the help of Julian and an organisation of people with supernatural abilities, Lauren fights for her life, their future and the fate of mankind against Lycaon and his deadly army, but can she succeed when Lycaon has killed all of her predecessors?
Can she crack the armour around Julian's heart and seize her happily forever after with him? And can Julian bring himself to trust Lauren with the fragments of his heart after everything he's been through?
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Hunter's Moon
The horror of the night he failed to save his werewolf pack from the cruelty of their vampire masters has haunted Nicolae for one hundred years, driving him deep into the Canadian wilderness in search of peace. That peace is threatened when unfamiliar hunters and the scent of blood lead him to a beautiful woman and a hard decision—face his past and help her or risk losing everyone he cares about again.
Bearing a heart filled with grief and with vengeance on her mind, Tatyana is intent on killing the hunters she’s tracking and returning to her vampire bloodline, but her plan didn’t include being shot with poisoned arrows or rescued by a glowering alpha werewolf who stirs forbidden hunger in her.
When the hunters make their move, will Nicolae be able to stop them before it’s too late? Will he be able to overcome the darkness in his heart and embrace his desire for a vampire? And can Tatyana face her fears and risk her life for the sake of forbidden love?
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Ascension
A witch on the verge of achieving phenomenal power, Lealandra must turn to her half-breed demon ex-lover Taig for protection from the dark force that is after her and also from her own magic.
With her Counter-Balance dead and her coven ag
ainst her, Taig’s blood and power is the only thing that can help her control her magic and survive the ascension and gain the strength to defeat her enemy.
Old feelings come flooding back as Taig allows her into his world and Lealandra finds herself fighting not only for survival but to win his broken heart again and heal the pain in their past. Can he forgive her for walking out on him all those years ago and will he ever believe her when she tells him that he’s not a monster but the man that she loves?
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Copyright © 2011 Felicity Heaton
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The right of Felicity Heaton to be identified as the Author of the Work has been asserted by her in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
First printed June 2011
First Edition
Layout and design by Felicity Heaton
All characters in this publication are purely fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
Cover by Felicity Heaton
Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
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