Blood Rogue by Linda J. Parisi

Author:Linda J. Parisi
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781949090963
Publisher: City Owl Press

Chapter Sixteen

CHAZ

Chaz had learned to ignore the stares a long time ago. Ignorance and prejudice were universal concepts for humans and vampires alike. Most vampires hated him on principle, and some were even jealous. They never let him forget exactly what he was. Hunter might respect him, but only Sam truly accepted him for himself.

However, what they were doing to Stacy was unforgivable.

Damn if the woman wasn’t a marvel. As they walked down a long corridor on one of the lower floors of the mansion, she held herself erect and faced down every stare with a strength he didn’t know she had. She didn’t deserve this kind of treatment. She was trying to help a race that thought of her as a piece of meat.

He tightened his hand on her shoulder and glared at one young soldier who had the audacity to allow his gaze to linger on her. He would have complained, but the next thing he knew, Hunter was standing in front of the soldier, nose to nose. The soldier didn’t move a muscle, but Chaz could smell his fear.

His point made, Hunter stopped in the middle of the corridor and made his wishes clear. “The lady is my guest.” Hunter didn’t need to say more.

Chaz watched the tension drain out of her body as they walked past numerous doorways. Each soldier in the house had a small room where they lived, the higher the rank, the larger the room. The upper floors had more amenities and were reserved for the highest in rank. Then they came to the end of the corridor and stopped in front of a set of elevator doors.

Stacy stared up at him in surprise. “We’re going down?”

Chaz nodded. Hunter explained. “The upper floors look like a human house. The main floor is made up of offices, complete with a cafeteria of sorts for the people who work here. Downstairs? I suppose I’ll just have to show you.”

“But I don’t understand. Downstairs? We’re on top of the Palisades. Even I know a rock when I sit on top of one.”

Hunter smirked. “We can also be quite industrious when we put our minds to things. Although I’ve modernized much of the equipment such as the elevators, we spent years digging out the shafts ourselves by using modified mining techniques.”

“Mining techniques? By yourselves?” she echoed.

Chaz smiled. “You’ll see.”

The elevator went down to what Chaz would have called the second basement. Two soldiers snapped to attention when they saw Hunter step out. The corridor widened into a gigantic room filled with banks of refrigerators lining the outside walls.

He watched Stacy shiver. “It’s cold.”

Hunter nodded. “It’s meant to be cold. Less cost and stress on the refrigerators.”

Stacy stopped dead in her tracks. “They’re filled with blood?”

Hunter nodded. “It’s not quite as much as you’d think, Stacy. We supply the entire East Coast of the United States.”

“East Coast?” she echoed in awe.

“We have our own donation center. We take the people your blood banks won’t. I, for one, couldn’t care less if you’ve had cancer.

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