Christine Feehan
 Dark Desire
Dark Carpathians novel # 2
Jacques Dubrinsky

The stranger silently summonded her from across the continents, across the seas. He whispered of eternal torment, of endless hunger... of dark, dangerous desires. And somehow American surgeon Shea O'Halloran could feel his anguish, sense his hauntin aloneness, and she ached to heal him, to heal herself.

Drawn to the far Carpathian mountains, Shea found a ravaged, raging man, a being like no other. And she trembled. For in his burning eyes, his icy heart, she recognized the stranger who'd already become part of her. This imperious Carpathian male had compelled Shea to his side. But was she to be his healer... or his prey? His victim... or his mate? Was he luring her into madness... or would his dark desire make her whole?

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(...) He came out of the night, so beautifully male he took her breath away. His black eyes moved over her possessively, curiously predatory. He was not human. He was Carpathian, of the Earth. He could command the wind, run with the wolf, soar with the owl, become one with the rain itself.
"Chose life for us, Shea" he said "For our children. I will not be easy to live with, but I swear to you no one could love you more. I will do anything to make you happy"
Shea shook her head "I'm not strong enough, Jacques. I can't do this"
"You are just afraid" His voice was so soft, she felt it on her very skin, as if his fingertips were skimming over satin in the lightest caress. Jacques stepped closer, his dark eyes intense "Choose me now, Shea. Need me. Want me. Love me. Choose life for us"(...)