Heiress to a Curse. Zandria Munson
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Название: Heiress to a Curse
Автор: Zandria Munson
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Современные любовные романы
isbn: 9781408928967
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“Agreed.” Alexandra smiled.
Alexandra didn’t go directly home after work. She went to the New York Public Library. There was too much on her mind, and she needed to know what the creature was and what he could possibly want from her. The only thing she had to aid her in determining his origin was the way he’d been dressed.
His attire had been rather sparse, but she remembered the leather bracers that had encased his wrists. They’d looked like the accessories of knights and archers of another time. She also remembered the weapon he’d carried. Although she’d only gotten a quick look at it, it very well could have been a medieval knife.
She headed straight for the section on medieval legends and folktales and plucked a thick volume from the row.
“Medieval Myths by Percy Langston,” she read aloud as she flipped open the book.
She began turning the pages, skipping through sections on werewolves, vampires and dragons. She read each heading and examined the illustrations for any likenesses to the creature. She froze when she came to a drawing. It wasn’t a large one, but it immediately sparked a sense of recognition within her. The thing stood on the rampart of a castle wall. It looked to be the size of a man, with horns protruding from its forehead, claws, ragged wings and a great lashing tail. Its face was contorted in a fierce growl, its daggered teeth bared and menacing. It was like looking at a snapshot of the Central Park Creature—only the one that had saved her was beautiful.
His long inky hair, coupled with the shadows of the night, had shrouded most of his face, but what she’d seen had been enough to imprint his features in her mind. She remembered a chiseled jawline, a straight and hard mouth, a regal nose and intense eyes that had penetrated her very soul. An image of his head between her thighs flashed in her mind, and she remembered the feel of his strong hands clenching her backside as he’d thrust his tongue into her throbbing body. She’d never imagined a pleasure quite so extreme.
A wave of heat washed over her and she shook herself, returning her attention to the book before her. The paragraphs below the illustration described gargoyles as beings of the night—beings that were doomed to spend eternity guarding castles and holy places. Their fate was punishment for sins committed during another lifetime. They were grotesque creatures that shunned the daylight with such vehemence that they became stone beneath the sun’s rays.
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