Tuesday Teaser
Today's teaser comes from Eternal the third book in The Vampires of Linbridge Series. I've been typing away like crazy to get it written. I can't wait to share this next book with you guys.
It's going to be so exciting.
Anyway, here it is, your teaser.
It's a little short but it's going to leave you wanting more. Enjoy!!
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“Do you guys hear that?” James
questions while tilting his head to the side. “It sounds like a faint beeping
sound.”
‘Guys,
there’s a red light flashing in here.’ Silas warns within our minds.
“Damn it.” James curses. “Marcus
must have set the locks with a bomb.”
“We have to get him out of there
before it blows.” Ivan stresses.
I whimper as I turn in his arms.
“This can’t be happening.”
‘There’s
a timer.’ Silas announces. ‘I have
less than five minutes. You guys better hurry.’
“We’ll get him out, Harper.” Erik
promises. “But it might be best if you and Ivan went back by the car just in
case this doesn’t go our way.”
“I’m not leaving you.” I argue.
“Maybe if we all work together we
can get Silas out before the timer runs out.” Ivan suggests.
Erik and James share a look before
nodding in agreement.
“Fine, but the second I tell you to
leave you better listen.” Erik explains.
I nod. “I’ll run the second that
you tell me to.”
“You better.” He replies.
With his permission Ivan and I jump
into the hole and then grab the keys that James holds out for us. We each
quickly take a lock and begin the task of unlocking each.
I get lucky and find the right key
for the first lock.
Smiling triumphantly I move onto the next while
Ivan, Erik, and James work quickly to unlock the others.
“What are we going to do once he’s
out?” James questions as he continues to work on one of the locks.
Erik shrugs. “I honestly don’t
know.”
“We’re going to have to keep him
from killing someone.” Ivan stresses.
“If I’m full then he’ll feel full.”
I insist.
“That might not work. We can only
guess that the animalistic side of Silas will be present. He’s been starved so
the vampire side will have more control. It will also make him dangerous
towards us and unpredictable.” Erik replies.
“Oh…” I breathe out.
“We won’t allow anything bad to
happen to him.” Ivan promises gently.
I nod and bite my lip as I try
another lock.
‘The
timer is down to two minutes.’ Silas announces within our minds.
I whimper softly as I try key after
key inside the lock in my hand. When none of my keys works tears fill my eyes.
This felt hopeless. We were
struggling against time that we really didn’t have.
Giving up on that lock I try
another.
Once again none of my keys work. My
anger gets the best of me and I slam the lock against the chains as hard as I
can.
To my surprise the lock splits in
two, freeing a set of chains.
‘Uh,
the clock just lost ten seconds.’ Silas warns.
Erik, Ivan, and James curse while I
begin to cry.
“Damn it.” Erik breathes out before
sharing a look with James.
They have a silent conversation
before James releases a heavy breath while shaking his head.
“Luck would have to be on our
side.” He states out loud.
“Just count the remaining locks.”
Erik demands.
“What are you going to do?” I ask.
“We’re going to see how many locks
there are and how much time we would lose by breaking them. If there’s more
time on the clock than what we’ll lose then we’ll take the risk. If not…” Erik
trails off.
He didn’t have to say the rest. It
was easy to fill in what would happen if we ran out of time.
Silas and I would die.
Once James is finished counting the
locks he and Erik share another long look before Erik sighs roughly while
glancing in my direction.
“What’s wrong?” I press.
He shakes his head. “It’s nothing
that you need to worry about, Harper.”
I’m about to argue but Ivan steps
in front of me. He places his hands on either side of my face while gazing
sadly into my eyes.
“Come on, Harper. We need to go to
the car while Erik and James finish this.” He pushes.
I nod and then bite my lip as he
picks me up to help me out of the hole. Once he’s out he grabs my hand to pull
me away.
A whimper leaves my lips as I
continue to watch the hole until it’s nearly impossible to see.
‘Silas…’
I whisper into his mind while closing my eyes.
‘Don’t
worry, we’ll be together again really soon.’ He promises.
As we reach the car the sound of
metal being broken fills the air. I listen closely as the chains fall away from
Silas’s box.
Ivan nervously bites his lip while
I wrap my arms around his waist.
Time ticks by at a snail’s pace as
we wait.
“They’ll have enough time.” Ivan
insists.
I wasn't so confident.
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Happy Reading!!
Raven K. Asher