Dead Rising by Debra Dunbar

Author:Debra Dunbar [Dunbar, Debra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: templars, paranormal, vampires, romance, mystery, magic, fantasy
Published: 2016-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

WE PULLED UP outside the same house as before, only this time I felt tension in all the eyes that watched us as we climbed out of the SUV. The vampire that walked down to meet us visibly recoiled as I pulled my sword from the car and strapped it to my back.

“Leave that here,” Dario commanded.

I don’t think so. “I’m a Templar. I need to have my sword by my side.”

“Since when?” Dario walked around the SUV to stand beside me. “You can’t carry a weapon into an audience with the Mistress. You’ve got to leave it in the car.”

There was no way I was going to leave my sword in his car, not after what I’d discovered today. “I’m not going to remove it from the scabbard or anything. Think of it as part of my attire, sort of a Templar uniform. It’s not like you all have anything to fear from a sword.”

His eyebrows shot up. “Thousands of dead vampires would beg to differ. It’s a blessed sword, a holy weapon. It needs to stay in the car.”

I wavered. I had an amulet, a butter knife, and a can of mace. Still, the thought of leaving my sword behind nearly sent me into a panic attack. “I will disarm while in audience with your Mistress, but I’m not leaving my sword in the car.”

There was silence while the vampires eyed the weapon in question.

“I’m not holding it for her,” the guy who came to meet us protested.

“How about you leave it on the table in the foyer?” Dario proposed. “Trust me, none of us want to touch it. It will be safe there, and you won’t be delivering an aggressive slap in the face to the Mistress of our Balaj.”

I wasn’t thrilled, but I knew I couldn’t very well present my findings to Leonora with Trusty on my back. “Fine. I’ll leave it on the table.”

Dario didn’t take my arm, instead motioning for me to precede him into the house. A different set of leather-clad vampires served as our escorts this time, every one of them baring fangs and sending hostile glances at the sword on my back. Once inside, I slid the weapon from my back and carefully laid it on the side table in the foyer. The last six inches hung over the edge of the table, the hilt crowding a decorative lamp. The vampires glared at it, giving the sword a respectful distance as we continued down the hall to the throne room. Once inside there was the same wait as well as the same silence as before. The vampires on either side of me were far from relaxed, and I got the feeling their agitation wasn’t only due to my sword in the hallway.

“Solaria Angelique Ainsworth, I hear you have news for me.” Leonora spoke before she’d even taken her seat. There was something off about the way she crossed the room, the way her eyes sought out Dario’s. Had she been

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