文档介绍：Dark Legend
Christine Feehan
Chapter One
Disoriented, he woke deep within the ground. The first sensation he felt was hunger. It was no
ordinary hunger, but one of gut-wrenching, skin-crawling necessity. He was starving. Every cell in his
body demanded nourishment. He lay there in silence while the hunger gnawed at him like a rat. It
attacked not only his body, but also his mind so that he feared for all others, humans and Carpathians
alike. Feared for himself. Feared for his soul. This time the darkness was spreading fast and his soul
was in jeopardy.
What dared to disturb his sleep? More importantly, had it disturbed Lucian's sleep? Gabriel had locked
Lucian into the earth, centuries ago, longer than he cared to think about. If Lucian had awakened
when he had, if he had been disturbed by the same movements above ground, then there was every
chance he would rise before Gabriel could find the strength to stop him.
It was intensely difficult to think with this terrible hunger gripping him. How long had he been in the
earth? Above him, he sensed the sun setting. After all the long centuries, his internal clock could still
feel the setting of the sun and the beginning of their time: Creatures of the night. The ground suddenly
shifted. Gabriel felt his heart slam hard in his chest. He had waited too long, spent too much time
trying to get his bearings, trying to clear his clouded mind. Lucian was rising. Lucian's need for prey
would be as great as his own; his appetite would be voracious. There would be no way to stop him,
not while Gabriel was so weak himself.
Because he had no choice, Gabriel burst through the layers of earth where he had lain buried for so
long, where he had deliberately slumbered, choosing to bury himself in the ground as he locked
Lucian to him. The fight in the Paris cemetery had been a long, horrendous battle. Both Lucian and
Gabriel had sustained grave wounds, wounds that should have killed them. Lucian ha