Vampire in Atlantis (47 page)

Authors: Alyssa Day

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BOOK: Vampire in Atlantis

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Mount Fuji, Japan

The portal opened and Alaric, high priest of Atlantis, stepped through, followed by a shell-shocked rebel leader and a five-hundred-pound tiger shape-shifter who may have permanently lost his humanity.

“Oh, Alaric,” the ancient man who stood waiting for them said, sighing and shaking his head. “You do get into the most fascinating trouble.”

“Interesting you should say that, Archelaus,” Alaric said. “I need a place to hide for a little while while Quinn tries to help Jack remember that he’s not just a tiger.”

Quinn barely looked at him, her eyes dull with pain and exhaustion, but she never let go of his hand. It was more physical contact than he’d allowed himself to have with her in a very long time.

Archelaus took them all in with his sharp gaze. The old man, long since retired as mentor to the Atlantean warrior training academy, never missed anything.

“And Atlantis? Are the Seven Isles still in jeopardy?”

“Aren’t they always?” Alaric sliced a hand through the air in dismissal of the topic. “We need a place to rest. Food. A place to hide a tiger.”

Archelaus pointed at something behind them. “Who is that?”

Alaric whirled around, shocked to see a Japanese woman step out of the portal.

“Who are you?” he demanded, pushing Quinn behind him. None but Atlanteans could call the portal, and this woman clearly was not one of his people.

She blinked in apparent confusion. “
Konnichiwa
,” she began in Japanese, but then she continued in ancient Atlantean as she slowly collapsed until she lay curled up on the ground next to the tiger, who ignored her completely. “I am the spirit of the portal, and I am the woman of this body, who came to Mount Fuji to die.”

“We came here to force Jack to live,” Quinn said, and then she started laughing, a terrible, almost hysterical laugh. “Lucky we have an Atlantean priest with us, isn’t it?”

Alaric stared down at the only woman he’d ever loved and fought the tidal wave of emotion threatening to swamp him. “Yes. I will do what I can for him, as I promised.”

Archelaus sighed again. “You have amazingly bad timing, my friend.”

“Timing has nothing to do with need,” Alaric snapped, finally out of patience with the day, with the situation, with centuries of standing alone as priest to a capricious god.

“Timing has everything to do with danger,” the older man returned calmly, as he draped his sweater over the unconscious woman who’d claimed to be what she couldn’t possibly be. “Anubisa is back from her sojourn in the land of Chaos, and this time the vampire goddess swears to destroy Atlantis and every member of the Atlantean royal family. You have never been more needed by your people in your entire life, I would imagine.”

“I am needed here,” Alaric said, staring at Quinn. “Atlantis can burn in the nine hells, for all I care. I have sacrificed enough to Poseidon. My days as high priest are done.”

A warrior’s mission . . .
A woman’s desire . . .
And the unnatural evil
that could destroy them both.

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ATLANTIS BETRAYED

What could Christophe, powerful Warrior of Poseidon, have in common with Fiona Campbell, prim and proper Scottish illustrator of fairy tales by day and notorious jewel thief known as the Scarlet Ninja by night? Answer: The Siren, a legendary Crown Jewel that Fiona has targeted for her next heist. It’s said to be worth millions, but to Christophe it’s invaluable, for the Siren also happens to be one of the missing jewels from Poseidon’s Trident.

But breaking into the Tower of London is a twoperson job, so Christophe and Fiona team up to commit the crime of the century. As newfound passions fire their motives—and cloud their judgment—they realize they aren’t the only ones after the priceless gem. A dark force is shadowing their every move and threatening to shatter their trust with revenge, betrayal, and a haunting revelation about the past.

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The fate of Atlantis is on the
line
—
and the world is at stake . . .

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ATLANTIC
REDEEMED

The Warriors of Poseidon

Poseidon’s warriors have learned that the battle to protect humanity produces unexpected enemies—and alliances. But none can be more unexpected than the bond between a cursed Atlantean warrior and a woman whose sight exposes any lie.

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UNMASKED

In Alyssa Day’s steamy
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Atlantean warrior Alexios and human warrior Grace are on the hunt to retrieve the legendary jewel called the Vampire’s Bane. Without it, Atlantis cannot ascend to the surface and take its place in the world. But Grace dares to disobey Alexios, defy him, and—even worse—awaken feelings he’d long believed buried. When evil threatens and thousands of lives are on the line, will passion overrule their mission?

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“An amazing and astonishing world.”
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“Pulse
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Heart
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The WARRIORS OF POSEIDON
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ATLANTIS RISING
ATLANTIS AWAKENING
ATLANTIS UNLEASHED
ATLANTIS UNMASKED
ATLANTIS REDEEMED
ATLANTIS BETRAYED
VAMPIRE IN ATLANTIS

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