by Christine Feehan
Leisure
July 2004
ISBN #0843950501
$6.99 U.S. / $8.99 Can. / $14.95 Aus.
Series - The Carpathians

They were masters of the darkness, searching through eternity for a mistress of the light...

Her childhood had been a nightmare of violence and pain until she heard his voice calling out to her. Golden and seductive. The voice of an angel.

He had shown her how to survive, taught her to use her unique gifts, trained her in the ancient art of hunting the vampire. Yet he could not bend her to his will. He could not summon her to him, no matter how great his power.

As she battled centuries-old evil in a glittering labyrinth of caverns and crystals, he whispered in her mind, forging an unbreakable bond of trust and need, Only with him can she find the courage to embrace the seductive promise of her . . .

Dark Destiny

Excerpt

The Call of the Night

    She woke to the knowledge that she was a murderous and that she would kill again. It was the only reason she continued her existence. It was what she lived for. To kill. Pain and hunger crawled through her body endlessly, relentlessly. She lay very still with the earth surrounding her, staring up at the star-studded night sky. It was bitterly cold. She was bitterly cold; the blood flowing in her veins like ice water, like acid that burned it was so cold.
    Call me to you. I will warm you.
    She closed her eyes as the voice slipped into her head. He called to her on every rising now. The voice of an angel. The heart of the demon. Her savior. Her mortal enemy. Very slowly she allowed breath to seep into her lungs, her heart to take up its steady breathing. Another endless night. There had been so many and all she wanted was rest.
    She floated out of the ground, clothing herslef with the ease of long practise, her body clean, where her mind was damned. The sounds and smells of the night were all around her, whispers and smells that flooded her senses with information. She was hungry. She needed to go into the city. As hard as she tried, she could not overcome the need for rich, hot blood. It beckoned and called to her as nothing elso could.

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