David Wilson - Vampire 01 by Bitter Ashes

Author:Bitter Ashes
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

ELEVEN

Le Duc had not managed a moment of sleep after

Montrovant’s dramatic exit from his balcony. His mind was in a turmoil, fear battling with greed, desire battling with the first blossoming of loyalty that had ever entered his mind. Or was loyalty even a factor? It seemed he would be controlled whether it was his desire or not. It could hardly be considered a choice.

He was no fool. Montrovant was the most powerful being he’d ever encountered. Despite the cold thrill of fear that screeched through him as his imagination toyed with his future, that power drew him to the man. Jeanne had always had something of a death-wish; who was he to complain when that wish came true? If such a one wanted to throw in his lot with Jeanne Le Duc, then that was a very good thing indeed.

There had been precious few alliances worth the time or effort during the span of his years. He disliked the notion of being little more than a servant, but it appeared that there might be more in store for his future, and he put great stock in planning for the years to come.

It was the control that troubled him. He had none, not over his life, nor the situation at hand.

That was a factor that would have to change, were this odd partnership to continue. He could follow a leader as well as any other, but slavery was out of the question. He would have to let Montrovant know how he felt, but the question was, how?

The only thing he might possibly construe as a weakness in Montrovant was the reaction he’d witnessed on the stairs leading to the lower levels of the temple. Something down there was powerful enough to scare even the dark one; but what could it be, and could it be used to Le Duc’s advantage?

If it had been enough to set Montrovant to flight, what would it do to one such as Le Duc? There was only one certain way to find the answer to that, and that was to do as he’d been instructed.

He would have to make his way to those lower levels, preferably by day, and he would have to find what it was that Montrovant sought. Beyond that his hopes lay in the possibility that he would be able to discover more than Montrovant believed he would. He had not been told where to stop, and that left the margin for a bit of spying of his own.

Whatever was down there, it had not been paying much attention to Jeanne Le Duc when he’d last dropped in, and that would prove a mistake, if it were to be repeated upon his return. He might not have any strange abilities, or be able to leap from temple windows into the night sky without falling to his death, but he had a sharp wit and a sharper blade that it would be best not to ignore, even minus a few flagons of his own blood.

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