Liquid crimson by Carol Lynne

Author:Carol Lynne [Lynne, Carol]
Language: es
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Total-E-Bound Publishing
Published: 2010-11-06T23:26:36.531000+00:00

Chapter Seven

“Where’s Michael?” Neo asked Joseph upon entering the kitchen.

Joseph spun around, his eyes wide. “I’m sorry, Your Highness, I wasn’t expecting you to wake so early.”

It was a few minutes after three in the afternoon, the earliest Neo had been awake since he’d been turned into a vampire. He felt a sense of doom in his gut, but didn’t want to alarm Joseph. “Just couldn’t sleep.”

Joseph nodded, but offered nothing more.

“Michael?” Neo prompted.

“Oh.” Joseph glanced around the kitchen, obviously in thought. “I haven’t seen him since he went out for his daily run.”

The news further fuelled Neo’s unease. “Search the house. I’ll call Gunnar.”

Neo left the kitchen and strode to his study. He unplugged the cell phone from its charger and punched in Gunnar’s number, surprised when it went directly to voicemail. “Call me immediately!” he barked into the phone and hung up.

Neo began to pace around the room, eventually ending up in front of the heavily-draped window. Before moving the curtains aside, he pulled a pair of dark sunglasses from his desk and put them on as well as a long black duster. Neo’s stomach began to roil with each second that passed. Something was definitely wrong.

With a deep breath and shaking hands, Neo opened the curtains enough to see outside. Even with the dark glasses in place, it took several moments for Neo’s eyes to become accustomed to the bright sunlight. He tried to keep the bare skin of his hands hidden within the drapes as he scanned the area.

The vineyard that he knew like no one else seemed different at first glance, but Neo couldn’t put his finger on it. The answer is within the rows, he told himself. “There,” he shouted when he spotted the lump.

Neo’s heart seemed to stop beating when he realised the lump was Michael. Without thought for his own safety, Neo went to the set of French doors and ran out of the house. “Michael,” he yelled, running towards the man he loved.

He dropped to his knees as soon as he reached Michael. “What have you done to yourself?” he whispered upon seeing Michael’s red, blistered skin.

Michael opened his eyes only enough for Neo to see the pale blue colouring. “Help me,” he gasped.

When Neo tried to lift the smaller man into his arms, Michael screamed in agony. “No! Hurts!”

Neo released Michael and stood, tearing the long coat from his body. He placed the coat over Michael’s burned body. “Help!” he screamed before returning his attention to Michael. He lifted the edge of the coat. “It’s okay, baby, we’ll get you inside.”

“Where are you?” Gunnar yelled.

“Here.” Neo stood long enough to wave down his head of security.

“We’ll have to use my coat as a stretcher,” Neo informed Gunnar.

“What happened?” Gunnar asked as he helped slide the coat under Michael’s body.

“I don’t know. I woke up knowing something was wrong. I tried to call you but it went to voicemail. Then I looked out the window and saw him.”

“I was on the phone talking to an informant who has a lead on where we might find LaMont’s coven.

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