Blood Descendants (St. Clair Vampires Book 1) by Beverly Toney

Author:Beverly Toney [Toney, Beverly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: New Reign Publishing
Published: 2014-09-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

The rising sun brought anxiety with it. Even though Lucinda and Veronica were kind enough to educate me on the importance of the Fare system and how it was actually mutually beneficial, I was still creeped out about the whole thing. If it weren’t for the fact that I loved sporting events, I would have faked an illness and remained in my suite. I dressed in an identical outfit as last night and shook my head as I sat and reviewed my fact sheets.

Chloe and I had been given fact sheets on all of the Electus, whether they were Stewards or Fare. After dinner the night before, I had been on my couch scanning the list of Fare, noting their physical attributes and wondering why no one else saw how wrong this was. The lists also included their hobbies and intellectual capabilities as well as blood type and family lineage.

I thought I would just make it easy on myself, close my eyes and point, but I didn’t want to accidentally choose that jerk from dinner. Solomon had informed me that the High Caste Fare that had started the social assault on Lucinda was Wyatt Robeson. Wyatt was his father’s seventh son and thought to be this year’s catch of the day. His bloodline was ancient and impeccable, he tested through the roof in all of the Sciences and Mathematics but he was a pompous jerk! The entire night he and his family paraded around like peacocks. Most of the Vampires appeared to be impressed as Wyatt wove his way through the room, clearly reveling in being on display. I did my best to ignore him but that seemed to make things worse. His father clearly had his eye on placing his son in the St. Clair royal family. Many of his other sons were in attendance and made a show of their royal patrons, most of whom where Castellanos and Dubois'.

Matthias Robeson, the family Patriarch, had come right up to our table and showered me and Chloe with compliments. They were all too sugary and impersonal to be sincere and it just made me resent him. Wyatt joined his father with a smug look on his face, as if the two of us should have been grateful to be in his presence. He smiled and his dimples did whatever dimples do, but he had no effect on either me or Chloe. She simply smiled and excused herself, wanting to speak with Fare closer to her own age. Wyatt continued to stare at me with a crooked smile and an arched eye-brow until Tabitha showed up to save the day.

A new day, however, brought opportunities to meet new people. Dressed and armed with my fact sheets, I was ready to go by the time I heard a soft knock on my door. Chloe and Tabitha were dressed in identical outfits as mine and I joked about how corny it was...until we arrived in the arena. Apparently this Ludos was such an important event that every spectator wore the same uniform.

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