In the Dark by PG Forte

Author:PG Forte
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Samhain Publishing, Ltd.
Published: 2009-12-08T05:00:00+00:00

The sun was threatening to break free of the Eastern hills when Drew and Jason cut through the park on their way back to the mansion. It had taken them the better part of the night to return the maimed vampire to his nest. Drew had at first assumed it was the shock of his injuries that had put the stranger into such a state of confusion he could not direct them to its location, for how could any vampire in his right mind not know his own House?

It was only after visiting several unrelated lairs that they at last found someone who’d recognized his scent and identified him as likely belonging to a small, rather fragmented nest on the city’s West side.

Conrad had been right about their reception. With such a graphic example of the results of Conrad’s anger bleeding all over their ostentatious marble floor, the other vampires didn’t dare touch them. They were furious, however, and Drew didn’t doubt that someone would be made to pay a very heavy price for their annoyance, probably before the next night was over.

The thought caused an odd sinking sensation in the center of his chest and he had to struggle for most of a minute before he finally recognized it for what it was. Compassion was an emotion he barely could recall from the days when he was still human. He felt it now, pale and unpracticed though it was, and it left him feeling…almost guilty for his part in bringing the wounded vampire to the attention of his nest-mates. Yes, definitely, he felt guilty and sorry, too—for both the young man and his unlucky sire.

“That was an ugly business,” Jason muttered, finally breaking the extended silence.

Drew looked at him in surprise. Jason was not a great intellectual. He kept his thoughts and his words to a minimum. But, had it really taken him this long to arrive at so obvious a conclusion?

“Yes,” Drew agreed. “It certainly was that.”

“I hadn’t realized before that Conrad… I mean, did you see what he did to that youngster’s face?”

“I saw.” Drew nodded curtly and silently added, and I don’t want to talk about it. Not here, not now, maybe not ever.

He picked up his pace, forcing Jason to hurry to keep up with him, hoping that would shut him up. Just because Conrad had been right so far, about their being safe from retaliation, they weren’t quite out of the woods yet, neither literally nor metaphorically.

“They won’t heal, you know,” Jason muttered, his tone far too critical in Drew’s estimation. “Not without leaving terrible scars.”

Far too loud. Drew glanced about uneasily. Too loud for this close to morning, too loud for so public a place. “No. They won’t heal.” On the other hand, he wondered if he was the only one to consider how things might otherwise have gone down tonight. Had Conrad been even a little more angry, he might have decided to trace the stranger back to his nest himself. There

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