Free Salem Moon by Scarlet Black Page A

disrespectful way.
    “ My name is Lilac Johnson and this is my friend, Lily Snow. ”
    He ’ s a Blackstone! Lily thought. I cannot allow myself to feel anything for him, although she knew that she was lying to herself, she did feel something for him. She couldn ’ t define exactly what it was because she was wrapped up in a mêlée of emotions. And at the very corner of her mind, something was nagging at her, a feeling of recognition. But how could that be? Before today she ’ d never laid eyes on him.
    Lily Snow ? My God, s he must be a descendant of the Snow family , sworn enemies to the Blackstone s many centuries ago . Were they still enemies some 300 years later? He did not know.
    “ Read her thoughts, Gabriel, ” Lucien whispered.
    “ I cannot. ”
    “ Of your own accord, you cannot. But I can. ”
    “ I will not intrude on her privacy, to do so would be dishonorable . I will not do it, Lucien! ”
    “ Oh, but I will. You mean to control that which you cannot or will not control. I grow in power each day Gabriel and I will know what this lovely girl thinks of you. I know that you love her and have dreamt of her and I feel something for her as well, whether it is love or desire, I do not know. I am unsure if there is any difference between the two. ”
    “ I warn you, Lucien, leave Lily alone! What about the other girl, Lilac? What are your intentions toward her? ” Gabriel was attempting to divert Lucien ’ s thoughts away from Lily.
    “ She means nothing to either one of us, but ah she is impish, is she not? I shall have her just for the fun of it. She will be my first taste of the flesh in this decadent century. This girl ’ s hunger may match my own desire. I am ravenous for it even and I shall do with her as I please. ”
    “ We ’ re headed down to the beach at Salem Willows. Wanna come with? ” Lilac asked, pulling him back to the conversation with the girls; away from Lucien ’ s assault on his mind.
    Still, Gabriel had yet to hear Lily speak and when she finally did, his heart beat even faster than it already was for her voice was as a soft melody to his ears.
    “ Yes, please join us. I mean…if you want to or do you have…other plans? ” Lily stammered.
    “ No, I have no other plans. ”
    Lily noticed that Gabriel had a slight accent that sounded like that of an Englishman, although less pronounced , as if he had come from England at an early age and been in America ever since. She liked the tone of his voice, the accent and t he way he spoke with the grace of a true gentleman.
    “ He ’ s gorgeous. How would it feel to kiss those lips and touch that head of hair and his arms, so muscular and bronzed from the sun? What would it be like to have them wrapped around me? He was at least a head taller than her and she ’ d be completely enveloped in those arms . I cannot help myself, Blackstone or not, I am attracted to him as I have never been to anyone else. ” These were the thoughts Lucien read from Lily ’ s mind, making Gabriel a witness to them, like it or not. As they walked, Gabriel repeatedly stole glances at her and every time he did, she was looking at him too . Meanwhile, Lilac chattered away unceasingly, although neither one of them heard a word she said.
    The paperwork Lily was supposed to pick up at the museum was forgotten that day and for a long time after; paperwork that possessed information that would have been of great importance to Gabriel.

Chapter 21
     
    “ S o, what did you say to Trevor and Nick to make them run off like that? I swear they were sooo scared, it was great! ” Lilac exclaimed as they continued walking toward Salem Willows.
    “ I do not know what frightened them so, but does it really matter? They stopped bothering you and left. ”
    “ Yeah, for now anyway , ” Lily sighed .
    “ What do you mean, for now? ”
    “ Oh, just that they, along with others in this town who think just because we were raised Wiccan that we ’ re witches, ”