Epilogue
Zane left his beloved in the care of Felicia, the person he trusted most next to himself to have the power to keep Ella safe. Oddly enough, his moonbeam and oldest vampire friend had hit it off and not just because of the magic. Felicia said she found Ella refreshing.
It was just as well they’d decided to do a marathon of Blade movies for he had other business to attend to. Hendricks had dug up the information Zane had requested and now he stood in front of a small, well-kept home not far from the institution he’d found Ella in.
Unlike the movies and the legends, he didn’t need an invitation to enter. His night vision, helped him navigate the cluttered home until he stood over the sleeping occupant—Ella’s mother. The bitch who had abandoned an innocent child because she happened to be different.
Ella claimed she didn’t care and she understood why her parents had abandoned her.
However, Zane knew better. He’d seen the hurt Ella tried to hide when she’d finally told him about her childhood. An eye for an eye he always said. This pathetic excuse of a woman had hurt his moonbeam, and now he would hurt her in return. The father had unfortunately passed away many years before else he’d also be facing Zane’s brand of justice.
In seconds, he held her by the throat, pinned to the wall. Her eyes opened and bulged as she gasped for air.
“Well, if it isn’t the mother of the year,” he drawled sarcastically. “I’m here on Ella’s behalf.”
The older woman made choking sounds and Zane let up the pressure on her just enough to let her speak.
“Did you have something to say? Maybe how it was cruel to dump your daughter at the asylum and never look back. She was just a little girl,” he snarled.
“She’s—She’s not my daughter.”
The words made his eyes widen in surprise then narrow. He took his hand off her throat and let her feet drop to the floor. She staggered and rubbed at her neck.
“Explain,” he said crossing his arms over his chest.
Babbling quickly she told him the short tale. In a nutshell, she and her husband were unable to have children of their own. One day, they woke to find a basket on their kitchen table with a sleeping baby girl. Documents attesting they were the parents plus a sum of money had been left with the baby along with a cryptic note.
“Do you still have the note?” he asked, baffled at this strange turn of events.
The woman licked her dry lips. “No, but I remember what it said. ‘Guard her well, for the fate of the world may well rest on her shoulders.’”
The message sent a chill through Zane. One he’d ponder later. “You didn’t do a very good job of guarding though, did you?” he accused.
“You don’t know what it was like. Even as a baby, she was strange. As she got older, it got worse. She could hear voices and the things she claimed they told her. Disgusting.”
“So you had her locked up?”
“We did it for her own good. Don’t you see? We had to.” The woman defended her actions.
But Zane hadn’t heard anything that justified their actions. He tried her in the courts of his morality and found her … guilty.
So he killed her. Welcome to his version of justice.
* * * *
Ella sensed him the moment he stepped into Felicia’s office, so she turned to face him with a smile. As always, when she saw him, even looking so fierce, her heart skipped a beat. So handsome and all mine. It still amazed her that someone like him could love her. But then again, I’m not the girl I used to be or thought I was.
Drastic was the only word to describe all the major changes in her life. Discovering she had an innate power and, even better, learning how to use that ability, removed her last traces of fear. Now let them try and lock me away. With my newfound powers, I will never be a prisoner again.
Ella wondered at the grim look Zane wore as he strode to her, but she forgot everything as usual when he swept her into his arms and kissed her hard. The flames of her desire ignited immediately and she thanked providence when she sensed Felicia leave the room to give them privacy.
But she couldn’t allow the distraction of his lips and her lust make her forget. She pulled her lips reluctantly from his. “I want to show you something.”
“That’s funny, so do I.” He gave her such a masculine grin of pure mischief, she melted, heat pooling between her legs.
“Zane, please. I’ve been practicing all night.”
“What happened to watching movies?” He cocked a brow at her, but she could tell he wasn’t angry.
Ella stepped back from him and closed her eyes. She concentrated and directed what she wanted the energy to do. Slowly, her feet left the floor as she hovered in the air. She opened her eyes and smiled triumphantly at him. “I can float. Now the next time we need to scale a wall, I’ll be able to do it myself!”
* * * *
Zane chuckled at her obvious pleasure in her new ability. “I’d prefer to carry you, personally. Maybe naked next time, if you don’t mind, but I’m happy you’re learning to use your powers.”
As he hugged her tight, he closed his eyes and buried his face in her silvery hair, enjoying the warmth of her presence. He also made a decision.
He’d debated on the ride back from Ella’s mother what he would do or say about what he’d learned. Honestly, the fate of the world bothered him not one bit, but Ella’s did. Forewarned, vigilance would be his new mandate, always alert to possible danger, ready to protect her. I will let no one, be they man, beast or spirit harm you, my precious love. You and I shall be together … forever.
The End
About the Author:
Eve Langlais, who is in her mid thirties, has been married 11 years to a wonderful man who gave her three beautiful, but distracting children aged ten, seven and four. A military brat, she was born in British Columbia but ended up living all across Canada.
She now resides with her family, that also includes two cats and a guinea pig, in the historic town of Bowmanville, Ontario. If you want to get to know her better visit her website at http://www.Evelanglais.com or friend her on FaceBook.
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