TOUCHED (Book #2 of the Shadow Vampires) by Allegra Skye

touched

(book #2 of the Shadow Vampires)

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Also by Allegra Skye

SAVED (Book #1 of the Shadow Vampires)

Copyright © 2011 by Allegra Skye

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“We are constantly invited to be who we are.”

--Henry David Thoreau

CHAPTER  1

Keira Blaine ran through the rain, clutching Cooper’s hand as they raced across the street to the diner. They burst through the doors, dripping wet, and all the locals turned and stared. They slowly made their way to a booth by the window.

As they sat, the rain slashed against the windows, as if trying to warn them of something. But Keira loved it. It felt fantastic sitting there, only a thin windowpane keeping them from the tumultuous waters. Keira felt as though it was washing them clean.

They stared at each other dazed and uneasy. Everything had happened so fast, like a streak of lightening. Neither of them had had time to process anything that had gone on. They’d been attacked by the Shadow Vampires and vanquished every last one of them. Keira knew that Cooper was still in shock about it. He had no idea how she did it, where her sudden power came from. Neither did she.

The waiter, a tall, awkward kid that Keira recognized from school, shuffled over and took for their order. He seemed afraid to look at them directly in the eyes.

“Hot chocolate,” Cooper said somberly.

She was hungry, famished from the battle. The encounter hadn’t taken her energy though. It had made her stronger, ready to take on the world.

“A vanilla shake,” she said to the waiter.

Cooper lifted his eyes and looked at her oddly. “How did you do it?” he asked. “Who are you anyway?”

Keira smiled. “The energy came and filled me completely. It poured through me. It went wild. I don’t know anything else. I don’t remember.”

Cooper sat straighter. “I’ve only seen something like this once before. It was one of the Indigo Children,” he said. “Are you one of them?”

Keira shook her head slowly. She had no idea what he was talking about. “I don’t know.”

“From the second I saw you, I knew there was something different about you, but I didn’t know what,” he said.