Dominant Species by Pettengell Guy

Author:Pettengell, Guy [Pettengell, Guy]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: vampires
Publisher: GuyPettengell.com
Published: 2014-01-17T05:00:00+00:00

Inside the Crypt in Brooklyn, what remained of the council sat listening to Max as he replayed the battle.

‘There was confusion everywhere. But I knew we had to stand firm. We’d taken the Mayor’s men, that part was easy.’ He looked from one face to the other. ‘The vampire dogs were unstoppable. I knew there was only one way.’ He paused, soaking up the attention. ‘...kill the vampire.’

‘What about my father?’ Megan asked, in a hoarse whisper.

Max threw her a brief glance, hesitated.

‘He didn’t make it.’

Megan squeezed her eyes tightly shut and ran from the room. Behind her an uneasy silence hung in the air, broken by Jake.

‘Nathan was a friend. I promised to look after him.’ Jake spoke quietly, partly to himself.’

‘Look, I’m sorry,’ muttered Max, ‘he was a causality of the war, it was survival of the fittest out there.’

Jake’s fist squeezed tight, his nails biting deep into his palm. Jake shook his head as he stood in silence. Max watched him cross the floor to the heavy door of the crypt.

‘What’s wrong bro?’ shouted Max after him, ‘don’t like the fact that your younger brother saved your life, stood against a vampire...and won?’

‘And at what cost, how many lives?’

‘Like I said… casualties of war. Look bro, it’s been twenty years since one of those things was killed. Twenty years too long if you ask me.’

Jake stopped in the doorway and spoke without turning, ‘…and look what happened then.’

Behind him a red flush rose in Max’s cheeks as anger flooded through him, he went to stand, but Lano, sensing the danger, grabbed his shoulder. Max shrugged Lano’s grip off, but sat back down.

‘Yeah, just look at what happened then!’ he spat.

Jake paused momentarily, a dark silence filling the room. Then he continued through the door, to find Megan. As the heavy door swung closed behind him, he could hear Max continue his story.

‘Anyway it came up behind me, I could hear it breathing, could smell its breath. Jake was unconscious, so I spun and BAM.’ Max’s voice died as Jake slammed the door behind him.

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