Evading (Regent Vampire Lords Book 4) by K.L. Kreig

Author:K.L. Kreig [Kreig, K.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781943443093
Publisher: K.L. Kreig
Published: 2016-04-25T05:00:00+00:00

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“Dick two started with Johnny,” Mike said quietly. “He grabbed his head between his palms and I thought for sure he was going to rip it clean off. For a few seconds, Johnny cried out, like he was in unbearable agony. Then he went utterly still. His face was completely blank, devoid of any emotion as if we hadn’t just witnessed the horrific destruction and murder of a young girl by a pair of real-life monsters.

“Dick one then asked Johnny what happened tonight and Johnny said ‘nothing.’ His voice was wooden. He wasn’t fighting against his restraints anymore. He was in some sort of daze as if he’d been drugged. Dick two smirked and then he was in front of me, his hands at my head, squeezing ever so slightly.” Mike paused and huffed a sardonic laugh. “I remember that part the clearest. I wondered to myself, where’s the agonizing pain my partner just felt? Why aren’t I screaming? What’s supposed to be happening? I felt nothing, except a slight pressure in my head, similar to a headache coming on but even that was nothing compared to the pure, raw hatred I felt for these two…things. But when Dick two frowned, I knew I was in trouble. I knew I would be drained dry just like the girl if he wasn’t successful. A sad casualty of some fucking war I couldn’t wrap my head around. So when he tried again…”

Mike turned now to face Ren. The vampire was brimming with rage, but there was something else simmering below the surface. If he didn’t know better, it was confusion. “I faked it. I screamed bloody fucking murder and then acted just like Johnny. He saved my life that night, Johnny did. Had they started with me, I’ve no doubt I’d be pushing up daisies under the old oak tree somewhere.”

Ren nodded in agreement. “And so would your partner.”

Mike stared at him, blinking slowly. He’d often thought that, but it still didn’t quell the guilt he felt. When he probed Johnny about that night a couple days later, he didn’t remember a thing. Swore up and down it was a nightmare Mike had, wasn’t real. He eventually let it go, but Mike had been exposed to the underbelly of evil and he never forgot. It never quite wiped off him.

“I don’t understand why they couldn’t scrub me the way they did Johnny,” he said absently. It was something he never got. He’d always been immune to the mind tricks of bloodsuckers.

Ren’s mouth turned up slightly. “Because you’re fated to a vampire, that’s why. And all Fateds have some sort of special skill. Unless a human finds and bonds with their vampire mate, they never really understand why they’re different from other humans. They just go through life confused. Maybe alienated.”

Mike took his time digesting that information, trying to make sense of it.

“So, how did you come to the conclusion that vampires were responsible for Jamie’s kidnapping? Because humans can be monsters as well.

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