Vampire Mine - Kerrelyn Sparks [80]
The horn blared as the truck zoomed past her. For a few endless seconds, all she could see was the silver side of the truck. She couldn’t see Connor, didn’t know if he had survived.
The truck passed, but he was nowhere in sight. She gasped at the crumpled guardrail. In her desperation to keep him from getting hit, she’d used too much force.
She’d blown him over the cliff.
“Connor!” She ran to the shoulder and peered down into the dark precipice.
Good heavens, had she killed him? How could he survive such a fall?
She stepped over the railing. “Connor!” She worked her way down the incline, hanging on to bushes to keep from falling.
She spotted some broken branches. He must have hit them on his way down. She used them as a trail, hoping it would lead her to him.
“Connor, can you hear me?” She paused to listen, but heard nothing.
Panic caused her heart to race and her hands to shake. It was so hard to see in the dark. Branches scratched at her arms and slapped at her face. A few times, her feet slipped out from underneath her and she fell back onto her rump, skidding a few feet before she managed to grab another limb.
“Connor!” Her feet slipped again, and she cried out as a sharp rock jabbed her in the back.
If only she had her wings! She could fly straight to him and take him somewhere for help.
She gritted her teeth and kept going. Her feet skidded to a stop on level ground.
She’d made it to the bottom.
“Connor?” She squinted, trying to see. The moon was close to full, but there were too many trees obstructing the light.
Was that him? She dashed toward a dark shape on the ground, but it was just a fallen log.
She pivoted, breathing heavily. “Where are you?”
She heard a moan and ran toward the sound.
Tears filled her eyes when she saw him. “Thank God I found you.”
He was lying in the dark shadow beneath a tree. Actually, she realized, he must have hit the tree after falling down the last of the incline.
She knelt beside him. “Connor, I’m here.” She reached for him, then remembered how dirty her hands were, so she wiped them on her thighs.
“Can you hear me?” She rolled him onto his back.
He moaned. “Are ye safe, lass? The truck dinna . . .”
“I’m fine.” A tear slipped down her cheek. How like Connor to worry more about her safety than his own.
“Good.” His eyes flickered shut.
“Connor?” Her heart lurched. Had he died? No, she would have sensed it. She was panicking, fearing the worst. Because she loved him so much.
More tears escaped. She had to help him somehow. He’d saved her life, pushing her out of the way of the truck. Now she had to save him.
If only she had her wings! Connor was unconscious, so he couldn’t teleport them. But other Vamps could teleport.
She opened his sporran and dug around till she found his cell phone. “It’ll be all right, Connor. I’ll call your friends, and they’ll take you to Romatech and patch you up.”
The phone lit up in her hand, and she frantically studied the odd pictures, trying to figure out how to call Roman.
“How quickly you’re becoming human,” a voice said behind her.
She spun around, dropping the phone and falling on her rump. A white light shimmered in the distance. White wings pulled in and vanished, leaving the form of a tall man. He wore a long white tunic over white pants, topped with a long, hooded white robe. He pushed the hood back, revealing a handsome face and blond wavy hair.
“Bunny!” She scrambled to her feet and ran toward him.
He grinned and enveloped her in his arms. Instantly, she felt all her scrapes and bruises disappear.
He moved her back, grasping her by the shoulders while he searched her eyes. “Why did you seek a human solution? Why didn’t you call me?”
She bowed her head with embarrassment. “I—I didn’t think of it. It seems like a long time that I’ve been cut off from you.”
“I have always been close by.” Frowning, he smoothed a thumb over her damp cheek. “It seems like every time I check on you, you’re crying.”
“It’s been hard.” She glanced