A Shade of Vampire 63: A Jungle of Rogues by Bella Forrest

Author:Bella Forrest [Forrest, Bella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Nightlight Press
Published: 2018-08-14T18:30:00+00:00

Elonora

We settled around the small campfire, after I checked the area. There were several Faulties on the northern beachside, but they were moving east, scuttling along the shoreline and nervously looking over their shoulders. They, too, were trying to keep a low profile. Other than that, we were relatively safe on a three-mile radius.

Samael, Rasmus, and Leah warmed up by the fire, while Ben and Rose went over the map to determine the remaining part of our journey. Nevis was sitting next to me, and that made me feel nervous, in a way that made my skin tingle and my heart skip the occasional beat. It made it harder for me to concentrate, especially with Douma sitting on a rock next to Dmitri and watching us intently.

Her aura was surprisingly calm, despite her stern look. She seemed curious and frustrated—the latter mainly because of the extra-charmed cuffs. Kailani had definitely done a number on her, and the Perfect didn’t like it.

“We’ve got another thirty miles left,” Rose said. “So far, it’s been smooth. Better than our previous expeditions, actually.”

“Yeah, I wouldn’t hold my breath for the rest of it to be equally uneventful,” Amane replied. “I can sense some Perfects. Not close enough to cause a problem, but there’s a chance we might bump into them at some point.”

“I didn’t see anything,” I said, frowning.

“You wouldn’t,” Amane said. “They’re still miles away, but constantly tickling my senses. They’re either going to inadvertently cross paths with us, or, worst-case scenario, they’re following us.”

Zeriel chuckled softly. “Hey, this is as good as it gets in this place, clearly. Let’s be thankful we got this far without having to fight tooth and nail, and hope we won’t bump into them farther north.”

“I miss the old days.” Samael sighed, poking the glowing embers with a long stick and releasing a puff of amber sparks in the air. “Before the Perfects. Before everything. It was just us and Ta’Zan, and we were enough, you know?”

“Yeah, but, in hindsight, we were pretty limited, don’t you think?” Leah replied. “Frankly, as crappy as this nomadic lifestyle can get, I’m not sure I’d cope with life in one of those glass colosseums. Not with the Perfects breathing down our necks and kicking us in the head every other hour.”

“So, you don’t miss it like Samael does? Living with Ta’Zan, I mean,” I asked.

Leah put on a faint half-smile, exchanging glances with Samael and Rasmus. “I don’t think it’s real—what Samael misses, what we’ve convinced ourselves that we’re also missing. It was just an illusion. The more time I spend out here, the more certain I am that what we had before was not the best, at all. In fact, I find myself siding with Kallisto now. Being around you guys is kind of an eye-opener.”

“That’s a good thing, I hope,” Rose replied, smiling.

Leah nodded enthusiastically. “Yes. Absolutely. I feel as though I’m seeing the entire world with different eyes,” she explained. “You see, life before the Perfects was definitely much simpler.

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