Blood & Steel by Angela Knight Read Free Book Online

room for doubt. “Gods, Blade, I love you. I love you! ”
    He blinked, and she saw an echoing joy in his eyes. “Are you sure? We barely know each other.”
    “We know what counts.” She wrapped arms and legs around him in a silent demonstration that she had no intention of letting go. “We know more about each other than couples who’ve spent fifty years together.” Her voice dropped to a hoarse whisper. “I know I’d die for you.”
    “I’d kill for you. And I know I have no desire to live without you.”
    “But I have. . . . ” She paused, searching for a word that communicated the depth of her suffering. “Some very bad memories.”
    “I know,” he admitted. “And at first I thought they’d broken you.”
    She winced. “Maybe they did.”
    “Oh, kakshit,” Blade said impatiently. “A broken woman wouldn’t have faced her worst enemy without blinking. A broken woman wouldn’t have fought him even after she’d gotten a blade through her lungs.” His gaze went fierce. “A broken woman wouldn’t have taken his head.”
    Looking into those dark, certain eyes, Elyn felt the rise of pride. “I did what I had to do to save you.”
    “And you did. Which is why. . . . ” He broke off, as if gathering his nerve. “I want you to make me a vampire.”
    Her eyes flew wide, astonishment shooting through her. “But then you’d be bound to me for a century or more. I’d never enslave you, but what if you changed your mind?”
    “I won’t.” His expression was serene with surety.
    Her vampire senses told her he meant every word. But. . . . “Let’s just. . . wait. Let’s just be together for a while.” God, she wanted to say yes to him so badly her fangs ached, but she wanted him to be sure even more.
    He simply looked at her. “I know what I want, Elyn. And I want you.” Blowing out a breath, he added, “Enough to wait until you’re sure of me . Because I love you.”
    “And I love you.” Enough to deny her own desperate need for him. Enough to wait.
    Somehow, deep in her heart, Elyn knew she wouldn’t have to wait long.

About The Author
     
     
    New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Angela Knight’s first book was written in pencil and illustrated in crayon; she was nine years old at the time. But her mother was enthralled, and Angela was hooked.
    In the years that followed, Angela managed to figure out a way to make a living—more or less—at what she loved best: writing. After a short career as a comic book writer, she became a newspaper reporter, covering everything from school board meetings to murders. Several of her stories won South Carolina Press Association awards under her real name.
    Along the way, she found herself playing Lois Lane to her detective husband’s Superman. He’d go off to solve murders, and she’d sneak around after him trying to find out what was going on. The only time things got really uncomfortable was the day she watched him hunt pipe bombs, an experience she never wants to repeat.
    But her first writing love has always been romance. She read The Wolf and The Dove at 15, at least until her mother caught her at it.
    In 1996, she discovered the small press publisher Red Sage Publishing, and realized her dream of romance publication in the company’s Secrets 2 anthology. Since then, her work has appeared in four Secrets anthologies. She’s tremendously grateful to publisher Alexandria Kendall for the opportunity to make her dreams come true. She believes her writer son, Antony, will one day follow in her footsteps.

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