04 Silence by Kailin Gow

Author:Kailin Gow
Language: es
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781597486347
Publisher: theEDGEbooks.com
Published: 2011-08-22T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Briony watched Barron’s still body for the seconds that it took for flames to consume it. She wasn’t entirely sure why she felt anything at that death; after all, he had been the vampire who ordered her kidnapped from her father’s castle. Yet she did. Briony couldn’t help thinking of the sheer waste of a life there.

She was actually starting to understand him, she thought.

Not to mention what it might mean for her own safety. Marcus was still staring down at her with pure malevolence, after all, while even most of the vampires in his group were looking at Briony like she was nothing more than an interesting diversion.

Something to be used up and then discarded. It wasn’t a thought Briony liked at all. Even Pietre hadn’t killed quite so utterly without reason.

“You killed him,” Briony said. “You killed your own brother.”

Marcus shrugged. “You say that as though I should care, little human. Little princess.”

“He was your brother,” Briony insisted.

“He was weak!” Marcus moved to sit beside Briony on the red chaise lounge. He leant closer to her, one hand brushing Briony’s hair just barely. “Shall I tell you about the world we inhabited as humans, my brother and I? A world a thousand years before Rome was more than a cluster of houses? In that world, there was no room for the weak. It is a lesson my brother forgot.”

Briony shook her head.

“Oh, you don’t like that?” Marcus said. “It is true. Barron has been pushing his brand of weakness on us for years, telling us that we should hold ourselves back. That we should feed only on emotions and stay meek so that the Hugtandalfer would not hunt us down for taking their blood.” He stood, looking terrifying in his furs and leather. “Well, it stops today. We need to be strong.”

“For when you have the scepter?” Briony guessed.

“Ah, of course you would know about it.”

“I only know what Barron told me,” Briony said. “He told me what you wanted with it, nothing more.”

Marcus regarded Briony carefully, his hair falling across his eyes so that he looked even more barbaric than before. “You don’t know its location?”

Briony shook her head. “No. I swear.” She did her best to swallow her fear. “What do you plan to do with me?”

“Ah, what a question. What should I do with you?” Marcus was behind Briony then, his hand catching her hair, pulling her tight back against the chaise lounge. “Perhaps I should show you some of the things that my brother and I did with Roman matriarchs when that city finally fell. It would be a fitting tribute to his memory, don’t you think?”

Briony steeled herself, and did not respond.

“Such a brave one,” Marcus said, relaxing his grip just a little. “Trying to be, anyway. Your fear really is delicious, girl.” Marcus laughed then, letting go of Briony completely. “If you are truly Waltham’s heir, then you will be of use to us. If not, then I will wring every last drop of fear and pleasure from your body before I kill you.

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