Day Soldiers (Book 2): Purging Fires by Hale Brandon

Author:Hale, Brandon [Hale, Brandon]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2012-09-17T04:00:00+00:00

As they fell through the night sky, Lily reached up and pressed her open palm against the vampire’s face. Smoke rose from his burning face as soon as her skin touched his.

“Oh yeah!” Travis screamed. “Give me more! Do it with both hands!”

Okay, Lily thought, this is bad.

After a significant fall through the darkness, they finally landed. The vampire had somehow slowed the fall, making the landing downright gentle.

Can he fly? Lily wondered.

Travis released his hold on Lily and said, “I’m sure you understand that running is pretty pointless, right?” His face was still smoking from the burns Lily had caused, but he seemed oblivious to any pain.

“I’m sure you understand that I’m going to kill you before this is over, right?” Lily said.

“Oh, come on,” Travis said. “You just saved the lives of your friends up there. Thanks to you, I didn’t kill any of them. You should be happy.”

“I’ll be happy when you’re dead,” Lily said.

In the darkness, it was hard to make out any detail, but it was bright enough for her to see that they were facing a large field… or maybe a desert. It was difficult to tell. She looked behind her to see a small patch of woods. Through the trees she could see light reflecting on water. They were near a lake.

“Go,” Travis said with a shove. “I’m sure he’ll land the plane in this field.”

“Watching you die is going to feel good,” Lily said. “Really. You’re kind of an asshole.”

Travis chuckled. “One day, your arrogance is going to get a lot of people killed, kid.”

“It already has,” Lily said, “so that’s a pretty weak taunt.”

“Not a taunt,” Travis said. “Just an opinion. Glad to know I was right.”

As they walked further into the field, Lily said, “You’ll never get me back to them. You have to take me alive, which gives me every advantage.”

“You don’t know me,” Travis said, “so let me catch you up a bit. I’m batshit crazy.”

“Yeah,” Lily said. “Okay. Thanks for clearing that up. There’s no way I’ll try to escape now.”

“No, really,” Travis said. “Even if you do everything I say, there’s a good chance I’ll torture you in some very bad ways before we make it back to DC. I promised I wouldn’t kill you, so I won’t. But there’s a very good chance I’ll rip your arms and legs off before we get there.”

“Nice,” Lily said.

“It really depends on how much fun it is to talk to you,” Travis said. “Right now, you’re safe. I find you very entertaining.”

“Thanks,” Lily said.

“However,” Travis went on, “I do feel obliged to show you I’m serious. I think I’ll break something small. Your choice. A finger? A toe? No, wait. A toe’s no good because I don’t want you hobbling around. So which finger?”

“If you’re definitely going to do it,” Lily said, “I’d prefer my left pinky.”

“Fair enough,” Travis said. “Hold out your hand.”

He suddenly looked toward the sky. “Company’s coming.” He looked a back at Lily and added, “You have a werewolf.

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