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She didn’t know. But there was a choice on offer, and, for her, it was one of running in fear and hate or staying and battling her past.
A kiss didn’t change anything.
But she wasn’t running.
Instead, she got in the car.
Whatever was going to happen, Tamaska decided it would be best to have Kodiak by her side.
12
Tamaska
She peeredout into the darkness as Kodiak stopped his car, pulling on the hand brake and killing the engine. Her pulse quickened. A heavy darkness surrounded her, weighed down on her, and the uneasy feeling that had started ever since she entered the club seemed to grow in the air, taking up space.
Could she face a vampire again and survive, or was her luck running out?
Worse, what if she somehow got Kodiak killed?
She might be locked in a maelstrom of warring emotions from the past and the present, but she didn’t want him hurt.
Well, he was hurt. Hurt again. Hurt more than he already was.
They weren’t after him, were they?
The vampires wanted her.
The silence in the night chilled her more than the air. Somehow, the noise of cars and the bustle of people around her had eased the fears inside, like if others were close, nothing could ever touch her.
Here—wherever here was—a deep vulnerability opened inside her, threatened to eat her whole. The isolation of the bush brought with it an uncomfortableness in the great swathes of quiet and darkness, like something waited, just for her.
Her hands bunched on her thighs, and he touched her shoulder. “Regrets?”
“That sounds like the beginning of a song, especially if I say I’ve had a few.”
In the dash light, his teeth flashed in a smile. “Sinatra probably didn’t face vampires. But I think he sang something about standing tall and doing it his way. In this scenario that’s my way. Got it?”
“You—”
“Know Sinatra? I didn’t grow up under a rock, Tamaska.”
The soft humor was gone and something twisted inside her. How had she screwed that up?
“I know, I…I just meant…I…”
“Come on.” Kodiak opened his door and got out.
Tamaska got out. The scent of eucalyptus hit her senses, clearing her head. Kodiak had taken her somewhere in the country, about an hour or so out of Sydney.
“Where are we?” The cool night air made her shiver since her lightweight activewear was unable to provide the warmth she needed.
Tamaska had read the signs along the highway and discerned they were somewhere in the Blue Mountains to the east of Sydney. She’d been there many times over the years and had organized a lot of expensive Blue Mountain events for people with full bank accounts. But this place was nothing like she’d ever seen.
She looked about, trying to work out if they were near one of the towns she knew such as Katoomba or Glenbrook, but honestly? How the hell could she know that?
It was dark, isolated.
If they were near one of those towns, they were far enough out not to be bothered by the light or noise.
