After Daybreak: A Darkness Before Dawn Novel by London J. A

Author:London, J. A. [London, J. A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2013-06-24T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Back in the council chamber our welcome isn’t exactly warm. No telling what they’ve been talking about since we left.

Lord Paxton rises. “Miss Montgomery, we have examined your documents. We cannot deny that you have some trace of vampire blood in you, but you are not a vampire. Only a full vampire may sit on the Council. Are you willing to be turned?”

“No,” Victor says adamantly.

“Why, young Valentine? If she would join us, then surely she would want to be like us.”

Victor places his hands on my shoulders, turns me, and gazes into my eyes. “I’ll die before I let you be turned.”

“There’s no need for me to be turned,” I say, speaking with the conviction of truth. “I have Old Family blood in my veins. I can trace my lineage back as far as anyone at this table. Those facts alone give me the right to be here.”

“She is right,” Lilith says, standing as well. “She is of the Montgomery family. Her blood gives her a right to sit on the Council.”

“Perhaps,” Lord Paxton says. “But the concern exists that she will be more interested in her human side than her vampire. Dawn, you’ve spent your entire life living in the world of humans, yet if you would have a voice here, we need to be assured that your loyalty would be to us vampires. Perhaps a test is all that is required. Would you be willing to agree to that?”

“No,” Victor says at the same time that I say, “Yes.”

Victor turns to me. “You don’t know what the test will be, Dawn.”

“I know I can’t vote if I’m not sitting on the Council. We need their help to defeat Sin.” I face Lord Paxton. “I’m willing to be tested.”

“Tomorrow night, then. Leave us now, all of you. We have much to discuss.”

Victor, Faith, and Richard bow. Because they do, I bow as well. Then we turn and walk from the room.

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