Darkness Awakened by Reus Katie

Author:Reus, Katie [Reus, Katie]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, mobi
Published: 2013-10-27T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Lyra forced her gaze away from Finn, unable to take his accusing stare. She desperately wanted to explain things to him, especially since she realized she’d never stopped loving him. She’d been fighting the truth because it didn’t matter. They didn’t have a chance in hell of making things work. It also didn’t matter if she deserved his wrath right now. She didn’t have time to drown in guilt. Once Vega was safe, Lyra would deal with Finn.

She turned to the vampire Justus was holding. “Let him talk,” she ordered.

Immediately the warrior vamp loosened his vise-like grip, but didn’t let the male fall to the ground. The bloodied, now-captive vampire made a gurgling sound, his eyes bright amber as he stared at Lyra in fear.

“Can you talk?” she asked quietly, her voice as deadly as a blade.

“Yes.” It came out raspy, but well enough for her to understand.

Her blood was up, roaring through her veins. “Good. Where did Claudius take my daughter?”

“Fuck you,” he spat, his eyes going even brighter.

Before she could say anything else, Justus withdrew a blade from behind his back and decapitated the vampire in one smooth slice.

She stepped back out of the way to avoid arterial spray as the vamp fell. Before he’d even hit the floor, he turned to ash.

Justus turned to where Gabriel held the other vampire. “Bruno, you are in front of royalty right now. You will answer her questions or your death won’t be so easy.” He pointed to the dust splattered against the wood floor. “I’m still torturing vampires who dared defy Claudius—thirty years ago.”

Lyra wondered if that was true, but by the terror oozing off the vamp named Bruno, she guessed it was probable.

Gabriel loosened his hold on the vamp and he coughed as his neck and throat began mending itself back together. “New Orleans.”

That was barely an hour and a half away. She could make that before sunrise easily. “Exact location.” Her voice was a low growl as she let all her power and anger flow through her.

Bruno flicked a glance at Justus then her. “He’s not going to kill her,” he rasped out.

“You can’t believe that,” she said. She knew her brother. Besides, once he’d opened a hell gate with Vega’s blood, he would want to get rid of her.

“He’s not! He needs her blood to control the Akkadians once they’re free.”

“He thinks she’s part of Kush’s prophecy?” Justus demanded, as he clearly started putting the pieces together.

Bruno nodded as Finn came to stand next to Lyra.

“So he’s been letting them out?” Finn asked in that deceptively quiet voice.

Lyra forced herself not to look up at him. She was doing her damndest to ignore the man, but it was impossible. He deserved answers, and once they freed Vega, she’d deal with everything he had to throw at her.

The vamp nodded. “Yes.”

“Why are they in Biloxi?” he continued.

“Sent here…” He coughed once, but his neck was almost healed on the outside. “As a testing ground. Wanted to see how your pack faired against them.

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