Exclusive Extra: Advance Excerpt From ARCHANGEL'S VIPER
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Super advanced excerpt from ARCHANGEL’S VIPER (September)
by Nalini Singh
(Note: This is from my manuscript in progress, so excuse any errors. Text is subject to change until the final draft. Hope you enjoy this glimpse!)
He stepped out of the private jet.
Of course he was wearing a flawlessly tailored suit in black, paired with a black shirt and no tie. Wraparound mirrored sunglasses obscured his eyes. Holly still hadn’t figured out if he wore the sunglasses because his eyes were sensitive to light, or so people wouldn’t freak out, or simply because he was an asshole who liked to look impenetrable.
She’d bet on the last.
Striding down the steps of the plane with a battered brown—in an elegant way, of course—leather hold-all slung over his shoulder, he turned to look back at the plane, raising his hand in a wave toward the cockpit. The early evening sunlight caught on the clean line of his jaw, his burnished brown skin glowing in the light. His slightly overlong chocolate-dark hair was brushed neatly, not a strand out of place.
The damn man looked like he’d stepped out of an ad for fine whiskey or luxury watches.
She was scowling when he met her eyes through the glass. She knew he was looking at her despite the mirrored sunglasses. Arms folded and feet set apart, she stared back.
He smiled and slid off the sunglasses. Eyes slitted like a viper’s met hers, the color a bright, astonishing green. “I see you missed me, kitty,” he mouthed.
Holly gave him a sickly sweet smile… followed by the finger.
Sliding the sunglasses back on, Venom laughed. He was inside the waiting area moments later. The raw power of him crashed into her.
Violently.
Despite her earlier thoughts, she’d forgotten just how incredibly strong he was—she knew this was no power play; he wasn’t trying to overwhelm her on purpose. This was simply who he was. A vampire a hundred times more deadly than the guard outside.
“Damn,” she said with a downturned face. “I was hoping you’d fallen into a crevasse.” He’d mentioned in their last call that he was about to go out on a climb. “Too bad, I guess.”
“I see those little kitten fangs of yours are still just as cute.”
© Copyright 2017 by Nalini Singh
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If you'd like more information on the series, you can find excerpts and more on the following pages of the website:
Guild Hunter Series
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