Hailey Edwards - [Beginner's Guide to Necromancy 03] - How to Break an Undead Heart by Edwards

Author:Edwards [Edwards]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2018-03-30T05:00:00+00:00

“THE MASTER WILL KILL us for this,” a masculine voice hissed from the shadows.

“The Master wants her,” a woman answered. “Well, there she is.”

The crunch of approaching footsteps shocked me back to my senses, and I forced myself to assess the situation.

Neely and I hung upside down, suspended by our seat belts. The car had flipped so many times the doors were bowed out and the glass had shattered in all the windows. Neely was alive, but hurt. I was alive, but so weak I must be losing blood. Or I had a head injury making me sluggish. With the ringing in my ears, I conceded that maybe it was a little bit of both.

“A salt circle won’t keep out that wraith forever,” the man warned. “We need to leave.”

“We will,” the woman soothed, “as soon as we have our prize.”

The familiar tickle down my spine confirmed my worst fear. These were vampires, come to fetch me. Part of me had hoped I’d hallucinated the first part of their conversation, but there was no denying biology.

Fingers trembling from shock and fear, I wet my fingers against my cheek and started drawing.

Cletus might be out of action, but he was still broadcasting to Linus. Help was on the way if I could just hang on.

“Ah. You’re awake,” the woman crooned. “Fear not, mistress, we’ll have you back where you belong in no time at all.” Recognition kicked in a heartbeat later. The elevator. She was one of the siblings who’d panicked upon hearing my name. “The Master has been beside himself since you left. He forgives all your transgressions. He only wishes you to return home where you will be kept safe and cherished.”

Returned to a gilded cage, that’s what she meant. I would rather die than hear a lock turn at my back.

“Fuck.” I dipped my fingertips in the blood running up my jaw and finished my sigil. “You.”

“That’s not very nice,” she gritted from between clenched teeth. “I am here to serve.”

“Linus is coming.” I spoke with absolute conviction. “Leave now or suffer the consequences.”

“We can’t be here when the potentate arrives,” her brother pleaded. “He’ll kill us.”

“We won’t be if you’d get over here and lend a hand,” she snarled. “Give me your knife.”

Metal glinted in her palm as she reached through the busted window, blade aimed at my throat and the seat belt cutting into my neck. Light exploded in a blinding flash from the frame as the wards ignited, and the vampire howled in agony then fell on her butt in the gravel.

I shouldn’t have laughed, goddess knows I shouldn’t have laughed, but I did. I kept going until I hurt all over, but I couldn’t stop. The manic relief bubbling up my throat kept spilling over until both vampires took wary steps away from me.

“She’s unhinged,” the sister lamented. “Do you think she was like this before?”

“I don’t know, and I don’t care,” the brother countered. “Come on, Ernestine.” Shuffling ensued, but all I could see were two pairs of black-clad legs tussling.

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