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Blurb World Apart
Clare
and Trevi have made their way through a portal to get back to Earth. Instead they
find themselves on a dying world as a mysterious mist closes in. Trevi’s
scarred twin brother, Celi, has accompanied them. He meets a female magician
called Fane, who is an outcast like him. In this world only men are
magicians and they believe her existence is the cause for the mist. Fane and
Trevi learn to trust and eventually love each other,as they fight to find a
way to save the world. There are people who want Fane, but Celi will use all his powers as a vampire to stop
them.
Excerpt
Celi didn’t move. He crouched against the wall with
his hands over his face. He was disfigured and repulsive. His long matted hair
reached down passed his shoulders and had offered some protection so no one
would have to look upon his deformed face. The guards who had taunted him over
the years would sometimes show him a mirror so he could see the scared reflection.
He hadn’t needed to see it to know it was there. He lived with the agony of it
every day. He retracted his fangs for fear she would hurt him again.
“You don’t need to look at me, but I need to chop this
hair off. The days of a comb doing any good here are long gone. Do you have
name?” Fane said, as she gently touched his head this time. She offered her
other hand to help him stand.
“Celi.” He took her hand in his, hesitant the same
sparks he had felt before would return. He limped across to a chair and sat
while he still kept the other hand covering his face. He could hear the snip of
scissors and gazed between his fingers at the pile of matted hair growing on
the floor at his feet.
“Damn,” Fane yelled as she moved away holding her
hand.
Celi’s fangs pop through his gums again at the smell
of her blood. It was unlike any he had smelt before. She backed away as he
reached out and grabbed her hand in his. He didn’t care if she hurt him again.
She smelt so good he had to taste her.
“Let go,” she shouted.
She had cut her thumb and the beautiful trial of red
blood was flowing down to her wrist. He leant forward and licked the wound
clean. Trevi had showed him how this had healed Clare when she had been injured
when they had first met. He could only hope the same. He had to be honest to
himself though and admit he wouldn’t have resisted if he could. The door to his
room flung open as two guards rushed in with swords drawn. Celi scuffled across
and pressed up against the wall to get away from them. His heart beat fast as
he waited for the attack he knew would come. Fane put up her hand to stop them
before they attacked.
“It’s alright; I just nipped myself with the shears.”
“You should have left the hair on. At least it covered
his ugly mug. He’s more of a freak than you are.” The soldiers laughed and
shook his head as he left.
Fane held her hand up as she glanced across at him.
“Take no note of them. You’re a strange one though. That’s the first time I’ve
seen a bloodsucker heal a person and not feast on them. Didn’t know they could
heal wounds with a lick. It’s a secret they have kept well hidden on this
world. Now put those fangs away and sit down and let me finish.”
His head felt lighter and his breathing became slower
as his body relaxed. He didn’t speak, but let Fane continue until he was shorn.
He tried to understand the sensation her blood had given him. It was not like
the humans or the animals he knew of. It was not evil like Sari’s, but even the
small amount he had taken had eased his pain. For a second the cloud covering
his right eye had cleared, and the room had come more clearly into focus. Now
it was the same as before. He had glimpsed something else. The blood had given
them a connection for a moment before she had shielded her mind. The Lady Alicia
had sent her here, but Fane had not wanted to come. She had feared him, but
felt she had no choice. If she was to be allowed to stay longer with this clan she
had to gain information for them.
Clare
gets transported from present day Florence to an alternate world, one that
looks like fourteenth century Italy. The only way back is through a portal half
a world away, plus the local High priestess wants her dead, and the only one
she can trust is a vampire called Trevi. He is the only one
who exits in this world, and she knows more about what he is than he does. He
is hard to resist, especially when he saves her life. Trevi can take her home
but he is keeping one big secret. She will have to be like him to survive the
journey through the portal back to her world making a myth a reality.
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