DEEP WITHIN ME BOOK TWO – THE PROPHECY by Tina Donahue
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Blurb:
Unrestraineddesire…and danger without end.
TheProphecy, Book 2
In the relentless war between theirclans, they’ll risk all for their forbidden love.
With Zeke Neekoma, Liz foundshameless passion. She indulged in her most wanton needs, drowning in his maleheat and exquisite strength. A traitorous act. Zeke is her clan’s most hatedenemy, a seer whose prophecies they wish to exploit. Enraged by her betrayal,the leader of her clan murdered Liz.
Reanimated by her father—her clan’smost powerful healer—she’s determined to fight on Zeke’s side, using herhealing gift to help his people. Liz aches for a future with Zeke, to alwaysknow the ecstasy of his touch, the thrill of his body imprisoning andpleasuring her.
Zeke desires the same. However, thereanimation changed something within her. Now when Liz heals, she grows weak.Fearful he may lose her forever, Zeke forbids Liz to use her gift.
There’s no other choice. Her clan’sleader launches his next assault, a merciless plan that will test Zeke’shumanity, risk Liz’s life and threaten their timeless bond.
EXCERPT:
Zeke easedhis foot from the accelerator to slow the vehicle. “You okay?” he asked Liz.
“Yeah.”
Her voicedidn’t rasp from her previous injuries…her murder. It was as though it hadnever occurred, the same as Zeke’s brush with death. After another deep breath,she stopped gripping his leg and rested her palm on his thigh.
Her hand’sweight sent a flood of warmth through Zeke that comforted and aroused him. Herecalled her willing submission and longing for his kisses, the hunger of hiscaress.
Withouther, he’d die, no longer caring what happened. With her, he had hope for thefuture, the first in years. All he had to do to make certain it lasted was tofind and kill Carreon. Not quickly, though. He needed the monster to suffer forwhat he’d done in the past to Zeke’s clan and family. To his little girlGabrielle.
A surge ofoutrage, quick and hot, tore through Zeke.
“You allright?” Liz asked, squeezing his thigh.
He foughtto control his anger and finally managed a nod. He’d deal with Carreon later.Right now, he had to see to Liz’s safety and her father’s. They were more thanten miles from his clan’s stronghold with few places to hide in this desolatearea. A precarious position. The only thing that might possibly save them wasthis route. Here, they shouldn’t run into Carreon’s three lieutenants who’descaped tonight’s battle with Zeke’s men.
Liztwisted slightly, trying to see in the back. Her father sat behind her. “Papa,you okay?”
“I’mfine.”
His wordsbounced in concert with the Jeep’s rough movements.
Liz blewout a breath.
Zekewelcomed the sound as much as he did her laughter.
Losing heronce was all he could bear.
Thecorners of his eyes were still sticky from tears, shed when he’d believed shewas gone from him forever. He’d thought, as Liz had, that she and her fatherwere only able to heal the injured, a gift bestowed on them by their mixture ofAztec and extraterrestrial blood.
Because ofCarreon and men like him, Liz’s father hadn’t told her the most importantsecret regarding their gift.
Not onlycould they undo damage from an accident or the bullets that had torn intoZeke’s chest, they could reanimate.
Earlier,Liz had been beyond simple healing, the delicate bones in her throat crushedfrom the pressure of Carreon’s hands. When her father finally convinced Zekethere was nothing he could do, that his love alone wouldn’t bring Liz back,he’d finally released her. Through his tears, Zeke watched Munez cradle hisdaughter’s face. He expected the older man to offer a farewell.
Instead, Munezpoured his healing gift, his life force into her. With astonishing speed, thelividity drained from Liz’s face, her complexion returning to its rich olivecoloring. She’d stirred as though awakening from a sound sleep, rather thanhaving come back to life.
Carreondidn’t know the full extent of the healing gift. If he learned Liz and herfather could reanimate the dead rather than merely healing the injured, he’d dowhatever he could to imprison them both. This time, he’d make certain theybrought back his lieutenants who were killed in battle with Zeke’s men.
The bloodfeud had already spanned thousands of years, all to gain power over eachother’s gifts or to hold on to so-called sacred territory. Many on both sidesclaimed it was a tribute to or preparation for the return of their ancientancestors. Beings who’d crossed deep space and had come to Earth millenniabefore.
While theUnknowns had bred with Liz’s Aztec ancestors, the Others had done the same withthe Comanche clan from which Zeke had descended, leaving generations like himwith the gift of prophecy.
Zekegrasped the steering wheel so hard his fingers hurt. He loathed his gift asmuch as Carreon coveted it. Until that monster was beyond reanimation, he’dkeep trying to capture and imprison Zeke so he could exploit the visions forhis own ends.
If it tookZeke’s last breath, he’d find Carreon and would destroy him. There was simplyno other—
Damn. The ashy light showed a suddenturn in the trail, interrupting his thoughts. As carefully as he could, Zekeveered to the right.
Liz’s handslid off his thigh.
Hejockeyed the vehicle past rocks and furrows, missing each. The ride was nowrelatively smooth, considering. It should have calmed him but didn’t. Why?
A quickcheck of the gauges told him the Jeep was operating properly. He scanned themoon-washed landscape, not seeing anyone coming their way. A good thing. Exceptsomething still wasn’t quite right.
What?
Her hand slid off my thigh.
Liz hadn’ttaken it back. It had dropped away from him.
Uneasy atwhat that might mean, Zeke slowed the Jeep and glanced over. His next breathfroze in his throat.
Liz’s chinrested on her chest. Her thick chestnut hair had swung forward, hiding herface. The ends shifted with the Jeep’s movements, as did her arms and legs. Shelooked asleep…unconscious.
Dead.
“Liz!”Zeke shouted.
AboutTina: Tina’s an Amazon and internationalbestselling novelist who writes passionate romance for every taste – ‘heat withheart’ – for traditional publishers and indie. Booklist, Publisher’s Weekly, RomanticTimes and numerous online sites have praised her work. She’s won Readers’Choice Awards, was named a finalist in the EPIC competition, received a Book ofthe Year award, The Golden Nib Award, awards of merit in the RWA Holt Medallioncompetitions, and second place in the NEC RWA contests. She’s featured in theNovel & Short Story Writer’s Market. Before penning romances, she worked ata major Hollywood production company in Story Direction.
On a less serious note: she’s anadmitted and unrepentant chocoholic, brakes for Mexican restaurants, and hasbeen known to moan like Meg Ryan in WhenHarry Met Sally while wolfing down tostadas. She’s flown a single-engineairplane (freaking scary), rewired an old house using an ‘electricity fordummies’ book, and is horribly shy despite the hot romances she writes.
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