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She glanced up at the ceiling carvings and tried to picture the routing of pipes.
She had so many questions.
Marius waited for her near the sink. She hadn’t felt the chain tug at her neck, but he was sticking close.
Once she was done, Marius took her place and she set about blow-drying her hair, brushing her teeth, just like a normal woman except that she was deep underground in New Zealand of all places.
With her hair dry, she opened up the makeup Rumy had brought for her, which included, of all things, several sets of false eyelashes, something she’d never wear. She laughed. She liked Rumy a lot, but the most she ever put on was a little lip gloss and mascara. Occasionally she’d add eye shadow for a night out.
When Marius emerged, he wrapped a towel around his waist, which of course left the breadth of his massive chest exposed. Just looking at him, her heart rate increased.
He caught her gaze in the mirror, brows raised.
Busted. Warmth climbed her cheeks. He seemed to understand, because he smiled.
“Sorry,” she said, laughing at herself. “But you’re so incredibly gorgeous. I can’t help looking and appreciating.”
He turned toward her, his lids lowering. “Don’t say stuff like that to me unless you want me to haul you back to bed.”
She was so tempted and remained staring at him for a long moment.
Aware, however, that she had a job to do, she took a long shuddering breath. ?
?I think we should focus on the extinction weapon. I mean, if I have this tracking ability, then a little practice might help.”
“You’re right.”
She gestured toward the doorway. “I should probably get dressed.”
“Uh-huh.” His gaze drifted over her shoulders and the line of cleavage that the towel had created.
She made the hard decision to look away from him, desire swirling through her abdomen once more as though she hadn’t just made love with the man. She hurried past him, sure that if she kept staring into his eyes, she’d probably grab him.
She was still stunned by how quickly she’d entered into a sexual relationship with him. A new host of questions arrived within her mind. Did vampires have the power to seduce women? Had he employed those powers on her? Were vampires more likely to engage in a sexual relationship quickly or was he just like a human male and if the opportunity presented itself, he dove in?
Yes, so many questions, best not asked, at least not at this time and in this context. She should at least get dressed.
He followed her into the bedroom.
She turned her attention instead toward working this weird, latent ability of hers. How would a tracking ability work in the first place?
Just as she reached the bed, she decided to experiment. She stood very still, closed her eyes, and turned inward. She held the thought in her mind that she needed to find the extinction weapon.
And just like that, a vision hurtled toward her in a fast-flowing stream.
Marius, a vision? She reached for him and felt his arm surround her.
The relief she felt at his touch allowed her to keep going. The same annoying wavy lines, however, that had been there from the first prevented a good portion of the images from becoming distinct, just like before.
She even squinted trying to see better, but all she could detect was what seemed to be that same massive space, with rows of stone seats. People moved about, bent over as though doing menial chores like cleanup of some kind—or at least that’s what it looked like. The waves made it impossible to see clearly.
When she heard Daniel’s voice, she panned around and he came into view, though the dark, disruptive lines gave her only partial glimpses. But she could hear him really well. That’s when she understood she was seeing this in real time, not in the future.
Two other men stood near Daniel, each as big as Marius.
“Quill, what do you have for me?” Daniel had a deep voice and he was speaking with one of Marius’s brothers, one of two that had aligned with Daniel.
“Our best lead yet on the weapon.” He handed Daniel a sheet of paper.
