Timeless (Immortal Love Series) Read Free Page B

defense mechanism for pain or mind reading vampires. The depo cave was basically a coffin shaped chamber half filled with lukewarm water. It was a subtle form of torture. Worse than whips or blades.
    After the four hours were up the door clicked open. The hatch didn’t make a sound when it swung open. I sat up, disoriented because it was still dark. The musty smell was strong. I realized with a small sigh that I had been forgotten again. The depo cave had been dropped below floor level with me still inside. Now I would have to wait for David to come back to the lab and let me out.
    By the time the platform was raised back up, I had curled up beside the cave and fallen asleep. A strange voice brought me fully awake. “Impressive,” said the stranger.
    “ Amazing what money will buy.” that was David’s voice. Who was he talking to?
    “ Ah, same old David.” I heard the clap of his hand against David’s back.
    I eased up slowly to my knees so I could peer over the depo cave. Our eyes met instantly. I kept my eyes locked with his until David caught his attention again. I ducked back down.
    “ So Damien, why did you really come here?”
    Damien? Damien Letrell? Ever so slightly he nodded his head, as a way to answer my unasked question.
    My mouth fell open.
    “ I came,” Damien said in a lazy voice, “to see what my dear friend was up too.” He put his hand on David’s shoulder. “It’s been too long, has it not?”
    To my utter surprise, I saw David’s face crumple and then soften. “Indeed it has.” Both men stared at each other as if they’d found a lost treasure.
    “ You’re not happy here are you David?” He didn’t remove his hand from David’s shoulder.
    “ Most of the time I am,” David said sadly. “Most of the time she doesn’t bother me. She stays away.”
    Damien’s eyes narrowed and he dropped his hand. The emotional moment was over. “What is the latest project?” He walked slowly around, tracing his fingers along the gadgets there.
    David’s eyes lit up. “A time machine,” he announced excitedly. In my hiding place, I frowned deeply. Neleh would not like for him to be telling Damien. As if on cue, Damien’s dark eyes turned to glare at me. I crouched down lower.
    “ A time machine?” I heard him ask.
    “ Yes I’ve always believed that time travel was possible, but I couldn’t find a powerful enough energy source. Well, Jewell changed all of that.”
    “ Jewell?” He sounded surprised. “How so?”
    “ You already know that Jewell is in actuality a piece of rock from Saturn?”
    “ I did know that.” Damien’s face remained curious and amused.
    “ I got to the crash site before anyone else.” David’s excitement grew.
    “ What?”
    “ Yeah, the whole site was blocked off. They didn’t know if the air was toxic or not, so they didn’t let anyone down there.”
    “ How far was it down?”
    “ A couple hundred feet.” David shrugged but I was pretty sure he knew exactly how far down it went.
    “ And how did you get to it?”
    “ I just climbed down. I figured nothing down there could hurt me.”
    “ And did it hurt you?” Damien’s smile was back.
    David returned the smile. “A little,” he admitted. “It was hot.” Both men chuckled.
    “ But you found something of value to you?”
    David nodded. “You want to see?”
    “ Yeah.” He grinned.
    They turned away from me to another part of the lab. I raised up further so I could see better. David pressed his thumb against a small keypad and a door opened on the wall. After a series of numbers provided by David the door opened to reveal a small safe inside. Another set of numbers later and the safe hissed open. A bright purple light filled the room.
    My gasp was audible but luckily so was Damien’s “Oh my.”
    “ Pretty isn’t it?”
    “ What is it?”
    “ This,” David reached into the safe and brought out a tiny vile of purple substance, “is a semi-solid matter I have called indigo.”
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