Horseman by Shayne Silvers

Author:Shayne Silvers [Silvers, Shayne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Argento Publishing
Published: 2018-08-21T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 34

The four of us who were visible, skidded to a halt, eyes darting back and forth for immediate dangers. Yahn was presumably beside us, hopefully, because the Gateway winked out a moment later. I let out a sigh of relief that it hadn’t closed while we were mid-jump.

I realized we were in a large antiquated room, and we were standing atop one of those long, elegant thirty-person dining tables. At our feet, in the center of the table, was a staked vampire lying on his back.

His own severed head was neatly placed on his chest, and the head wore a white fedora. He looked surprised, startled, and generally unhappy to have his head detached.

About two dozen vampires sat in chairs lining either side of the table, staring up at us like we had just interrupted the evening prayer. Alucard, seated at the head of the table, began a very slow, steady clap.

I kept my face impassive, regarding Alucard for a few moments in silence. Then, I nodded my head slightly. I turned to the vampires glaring up at us. They looked anxious and pissed. Especially at my companions.

Because Talon was standing beside me with the butt of his milky white spear resting on the table’s surface, right in the glowing pool of blood oozing from the decapitated vampire’s body. He glared down at the vampires, lip curled back faintly. Then he knelt, dipped a paw in the blood, and slowly drew two faint lines from his forehead down to his cheeks, bisecting his eyes.

Finally, he held his paw to his mouth, and licked off the last of the blood, purring loudly.

The Reds stood still, hands at their sides, their faces entirely blank, as if emotionless statues. No one looked pleased to be here, especially not at the way Alucard had greeted them – I glanced down at the body quickly – in such an extravagant manner, decapitating one of their own.

“King Temple, I thank you for joining us,” Alucard drawled in a loud, booming voice, dipping his head again. “And Talon the Devourer, always a pleasure to meet a kindred spirit,” he murmured, leaning forward with a sinister grin. Alucard’s eyes drifted to the unassuming Reds, and he smirked playfully. “And two… feisty redheads,” he said, discreetly meeting my eyes. “But we can get to them later,” he suggested meaningfully.

I nodded slowly, getting the hint. He had something planned, and he didn’t want me ruining it. I’d play ball. Because he’d set the table for me, and it would be incredibly rude to disrupt his dinner party.

Alucard glanced to either side of the table, addressing the vampires. “We should be on our best behavior, my friends. They’re only children, after all. And obviously not right in the head.”

I glanced back to find the Reds flanking me on either side, a pace back. They stared blankly at nothing, as if they were blind, deaf, and dumb. I was going to have to play catch-up, because the Reds were the exact opposite of emotionless, so they were obviously in on Alucard’s game.

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