The Edge of Hope
Alina Popescu
Today I have an excerpt from Alina Popescu's The Edge of Hope, and a giveaway! If you like a different take on vampires, you definitely will want to check this book out!!When tall, dark, and gorgeous shows up on your self-prescribed emotional recovery vacation, some would call it fate smiling down on you. If he also happens to be interested in your work and ready to make all the room you need in his life, it starts to sound too good to be true. Alexa skips the doubts and jumps right in, only to be thrown into the mysterious world of vampires.
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The secrets of their origin and their very existence are far more important than her life to some of her new acquaintances. They are ancient, they are powerful, they have unlimited resources, and they are keen on controlling what the world knows of their kind. As Alexa discovers their complicated, blood feud bound world, she tries to better understand herself, heal old wounds and give love chance after chance. Will she survive the journey?
I walked to the heavy wooden door, stopped, and took a few deep
breaths. Then I pushed and pushed. When the huge obstacle didn’t move, I looked
and saw a discrete PULL sign on it that I had completely missed. I swore and
walked into a large club with a long pub-like bar, tall stools, large
red-and-black couches, and low tables spread around the rest of the room. It
was huge and the dim lights barely chased the shadows away, but I could see it
was mostly empty. Except for a few men at the bar and three groups at some of
the farthest tables, the place was empty. There wasn’t really any room for
dancing, but the Buddha Bar, chill-out music was quite pleasant.
I finally spotted Anthony in one of the groups in the back. He was
sitting with a group, mostly women, most half-naked, extremely beautiful. They
all turned to look at me. Anthony kept staring at me, a cold smile on his lips.
It took him a while to change it to the warm one he had gotten me used to. I
knew I should walk up to him, but my legs weren’t moving. I saw him taking one
more sip from his glass before finally getting up so I took the time to look
around.
At another table, there were three girls fighting for attention from a
guy. I could understand why because he was striking, but it all seemed a bit
pathetic. I noticed he was also looking at me, shaking his head and smiling. He
seemed to know who I was. He probably did, as he had a brief silent exchange
with Anthony as he made his way towards me.
“Gorgeous as ever,” Anthony said when he walked up to me. He wore a
white button-down shirt and dark jeans, so no superspy. Well, reality is
reality, but he was still gorgeous.
“Thank you. Interesting….bar.”
“It’s a private club, actually. Bar, lounge, restaurant, concert
venue, and even dancing club when needed.”
“Seems remote enough for a private hangout,” I said, nodding.
“Come,” he said, taking my hand. He stopped for a moment to wave to
one of the bartenders, then directed me to a table in one corner of the large
room. The couch was extremely comfortable, but I felt very uneasy. Both the guy
that the girls were fighting over and all the people at Anthony’s table were
staring at me.
“Relax,” Anthony said, noticing my discomfort. “They are friends and
extremely curious. I told them tonight you’re all mine so they have to wait to
meet you.”
“I see.” I really didn’t understand, but I couldn’t find anything else
to say. It was not curiosity I was sensing from them. Plus, he could have
spared five minutes to introduce me to them. If he wanted me all to himself,
maybe he should not have chosen the place where all his friends liked to hang
out.
The bartender came and brought us a bottle of chilled champagne, the
music changed, and people eventually stopped inspecting me. After a few sips of
the dry and cool drink, I started to relax. Anthony was acting as if he
couldn’t keep his hands off of me and after a few drinks, I had forgotten
everything about the awkwardness of being treated like a circus monkey by his
“friends”, and the numbingly cruel smile I had seen on Anthony.
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