Blood Memory: The Complete Season One (Books 1-5) by Perrin Briar

Author:Perrin Briar [Briar, Perrin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Briar Patch Publishing
Published: 2014-08-04T00:00:00+00:00

100.

Jordan struggled and twisted every part of his body to escape. He couldn’t let the Lurchers take him away like this.

A gaunt-eyed Lurcher, sick of Jordan’s struggling, beat his face viciously. Blood erupted from his nose in an arc that sprayed over the Lurcher’s face. Its tongue flicked out, tasting the blood. It bared its teeth, and then pulled away. Some kind of battle was raging inside the Lurcher. It shook its head and came to a decision. It bared its teeth and lowered them to Jordan’s flesh.

The Lurcher’s head disappeared. Jordan was vaguely aware of it arcing through the air, landing a short distance away. The Lurcher’s body collapsed in a heap. Jordan’s leg was free. He kicked at the Lurcher clinging onto his other leg.

Shots rang out, and the other Lurchers were raked with bullets. They fell to the ground, Jordan along with them.

A figure stood over him and finished the Lurchers off.

The figure fell to his knees, and Jordan saw it was Marsh. He bled from half a dozen different half-moon mouth-shaped chunks. His right arm hung limp and useless at his side. The veins in his face had burst, spilling their toxic cargo just beneath the skin.

“You… You should go,” Marsh said, blood running down his chin. “Blighters made me miss bangers and mash Tuesday. Would’ve been a helluva last meal, huh?” Marsh chuckled, and his body shook with convulsions. He reached for something on his left shoulder with his left hand. He was evidently a righty, and it proved difficult. He looked at Jordan for assistance. “On… On my shoulder…”

Jordan patted the shoulder. There was something there. Small, hard and hidden in a secret pocket. Jordan took hold of the cloth between thumb and forefinger and pulled, snapping the threads. Inside were five unassuming yellow capsules.

“What’s this?” he asked.

“They’re chill… chill pills.”

“Chill pills?”

“Cos after you swallow it, you feel… you feel chilled. Real chilled.” Marsh laughed. It turned into a hacking fit. He spat out something red and sticky.

“But you’re already…” Jordan didn’t finish the sentence.

Marsh smiled. “Dead ain’t what it used to be. Give me one.”

Jordan hesitated.

Somewhere not far away there was a screech.

“Hurry!” Marsh said.

Jordan placed the pill on Marsh’s tongue. Marsh maneuvered the chill pill just so between his teeth, hesitating only a moment before biting down hard. The plastic casing exploded and sprayed a sunflower-yellow liquid over his teeth and tongue. The cocktail rolled down his throat. Within moments the look of pain vanished from Marsh’s face.

“You’re not in pain anymore?” Jordan asked.

“No. But that’s… that’s not the true purpose of the chill pill. Merely… a welcome… a welcome side-effect.”

“Then what is its purpose?”

Marsh’s body shook. His cheeks bulged like he was going to be sick. Jordan covered his nose with the crook of his elbow. There was a smell like eggs left in the sun for two weeks. Marsh’s cheeks deflated, the thick red liquid oozing out the corner of his mouth. He coughed.

“Do you know of any other way,”

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