Bill of the Dead (Book 2): Everyday Horrors by Gualtieri Rick

Author:Gualtieri, Rick [Gualtieri, Rick]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Urban Fantasy
Publisher: Freewill Press
Published: 2020-01-08T16:00:00+00:00

THE NAKED FOREST

Thankfully, Tom’s control over his aura was shitty enough that I was able to grab him and drag him out without even singeing my fingers. Sadly, the downside was that didn’t bode well for us in case whatever was out there decided to get nasty.

“Please tell me you brought your sword,” I said as we headed back to the main house. My eyes easily cut through the darkness, but that didn’t mean much considering we were surrounded by trees and vegetation on all sides. There could’ve been a whole army of Feet or god knows what else standing out there, and I wouldn’t have seen shit.

“No. Why would I have?”

“Oh, I don’t know. It’s not like you came out here at the bequest of someone who was freaked out about things in the woods ... oh, wait. You did!”

“You don’t have to be a dick about it.”

Pop glanced back as he led the way. “Mind telling me what’s scary enough to spook a vampire? And don’t go pretending you’re not worried. You’re about as good an actor as my Eddie.”

So much for that semester I spent with the NJIT drama society. “Believe me, there are lots of things that can scare a vampire ... really bad things.”

“I was afraid of that. Care to be more specific?”

“Wish I could be. All I know is that something out there asking for the Progenitor is not a good thing.”

“Why’s that?”

I stopped as we reached the expansive back porch of his home. “Because they’re talking about Ed.”

“Wait. You’re telling me Eddie is this progenitor person they’re...”

“Yes. It’s a long story, way too long to get into now, but there’s some people out there who refer to him that way. And if whatever is out there is asking you about him, that means they know who you are and what your relation to him is. And, no, I have no idea what that means other than there is absolutely no way it can be a good thing.”

That was probably an understatement. As of the last time I’d seen them, Ed and Gan were the only two neo-vamps left, with Ed being the only one who could procreate, or at least pass it on to others. That said, I had every reason to believe Gan was gleefully forcing him to make more for her. After all, that seemed the sort of batshit thing she’d do. But then who was out here looking for him? Had some of her newbie neos escaped and then fled to the backwoods of Pennsylvania for no other reason than to pester Ed’s stepdad?

That seemed a stretch even for the weird shit I normally dealt with. So that likely meant something else was out here. That’s what made it terrifying, dealing with an unknown – mostly because it seemed every unknown I came across was worse than the last. Not helping was that the woods were traditionally a bad place for vamps to be. Though there was no indication the

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