A Touch Too Much by Chris Lange

Author:Chris Lange
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Total-E-Bound Publishing
Published: 2012-12-10T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

“Oh, my God, is it possible?”

“If I hadn’t witnessed it, I’d be as sceptical as you are.”

Going around the worktable, he placed a few drops of her blood on a small slab of glass that he inserted in the closest microscope. Then he emptied the rest of the red liquid into a flask. Brow knitted, one of his hands around a knob, he studied her blood cells while he told his tale.

“The race of men won the Dividing War. They appointed the greatest enemy warrior as king and exiled all vampires into the Overworld. Assisted by a council he had selected, the king ruled over our world for thousands of years. Right until the day fate decided to claim him.”

Eyes wide, all thoughts of drills and needles having left her as soon as the tale began, Liv sat up straighter in the chair.

“He fell in love with a human. She must have been about four months pregnant when they met, and the king took great pains not to harm her. However, a month later either his compulsion got the better of him or she asked him to bite her. I can’t say for sure, but he did it. Such is love!”

Liv knew for sure. She had been there. She had seen Rogan battling with the overwhelming compulsion to sink his fangs into her neck. She had felt the irresistible impulse, and had commanded him to sink his fangs into her. Mindless of any consequences, she had asked to be bitten.

“The king poisoned her. Before she’d had enough time to turn into a vampire, something unexpected happened. As the vampire’s venom infiltrated her blood, delivery began. I was immediately called to her side. I did my best to save her, but her weak body couldn’t withstand the transformation. She died giving birth to two boys. Two tiny creatures bound to die because, by that time, the poison had already made its way into them.”

“Go on, what happened?”

“A genetic abnormality. Instead of killing the boys the poison saved them. What’s more, two weeks later they had reached the size and weight of regular human newborns. So the king held a council meeting to pass a law. If need be the firstborn was to succeed him.”

“Why did he do that? I mean, come on, he’s immortal.”

“Love had slain him. When she died, she took his heart with her. The day after the council meeting, he entrusted the boys to my care. Then he went to your world and stepped out into the sunshine.”

A sensation of pain pulled Liv out of Zontag’s fascinating story. Vampires were capable of committing suicide out of love? She gripped the arms of the chair so hard that her skin showed the marks. Letting out a long sigh, she rubbed her palms together.

“This is unbelievable. But about the boys, what are they?”

“I guess the best term would be ‘mutants’. Their vampire abilities are stronger than any I’ve ever seen, but they age as humans do. I delivered them into the world thirty years ago, and so far they’ve evolved like men.

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