INDIGO (RISE OF CRIMSON)

CHAPTER 82

The panic in his voice left her wide eyed and terrified. She held her breath, but she still couldn’t hear anything except the buzz of blood in her ears and her heart beating. What was going on?

She paced the room, wringing her hands for something to do. Minutes passed like hours and silent fears assailed her. Shepeered through the window but saw only a wall of blackness outside,while inside she was alone; waiting and scared. Her fingers fluttered to her lips, but she stopped herself from actually biting her nails.

Her head snapped up as the door opened to a disheveled Patra. She was desperately clutching the vampire baby in one arm and hanging on to Elvis’s small hand with the other.Her dark hair had fallen from its dramatic updo, so that long,loose tendrils fell around her pale, scared face. Her dark eyes were wide and terror shimmered in their once mesmerizing depths.

“What’s – ” Natalie began, but Patra cut .

“Come