AfterAge by Navarro Yvonne
Author:Navarro, Yvonne [Navarro, Yvonne]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Horror
Publisher: Macabre Ink Digital
Published: 2011-01-11T06:00:00+00:00
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REVELATION 11:18
And thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead,
them which destroy the earth.
~ * ~
"Explain what's going on between you two."
It was a demand which, fearing her own temper, Anyelet had waited several hours to make. Although her face was expressionless, she was seething with repressed rage, and these fools were walking a tightrope of destruction.
Both Rita and Gregory started talking and Anyelet felt the old impatience rise, the same impotent frustration of a year ago when her army had started disintegrating. What was left? A handful of soldiers and that pathetic excuse for a human upstairs. So few, yet they still fought among themselves. Enough; there was no more time for petty in-fighting. She still admired the Celts of millennia ago and their passionate battles over the best treasures and the most beautiful women, but stupid luxuries such as those were unaffordable in this new age. And here were these two, still yammering at each other and her, neither saying much of anything.
"Shut UP!"
Rita and Gregory jumped, their voices ceasing abruptly. Anyelet brought a hand to her forehead and tried to block the fury building within her, that dark indignation born of loneliness and isolation and nurtured by those who would have hunted her in past centuries. Now she was the hunter instead of the hunted, but for how long? She gnashed her teeth. Like it or not, Gregory's theory of gluttony had left an insidious impression and Anyelet raised her black gaze to a finally silent Rita and Gregory. "You are both worthless!" She spat the words as though they were something foul. "You fight like territorial dogs despite the warmth, food, and safety I've provided. Perhaps you would prefer to take your argument out there." She stabbed a finger at the huge windows that lined the lobby. "Each night Ron and Jasper kill at least two of our 'brothers,' but more creep from the undergrounds like snakes. Is that what you want?"
Both of their faces showed surprise, then shock. "Consider," Anyelet continued, "how it must be to hide belowground and tear at each other for rats, with only enough strength to try again the next night." Her voice dropped to a malevolent whisper. "Would you like to experience the true intensity of The Hunger?" Rita met her gaze unflinchingly, convinced Anyelet would never do such a thing—it showed all over her lovely, arrogant face and infuriated Anyelet even more. "Do not fool yourself, Rita," Anyelet said icily. "I will not hesitate to eliminate someone unable to coexist with the rest of my forces."
Rita's face crumbled and Anyelet allowed herself a small, satisfied smile. Rita's days as the favored concubine were ended—so too was her disrespect.
Gregory was looking at both Anyelet and Rita now, terror pulling his lips into an elongated grimace. He permitted himself a reptilian glance at Rita, then returned his gaze to Anyelet. "I can get along," he assured her. His voice was disgustingly close to begging. "It was just a minor disagreement.
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