Loved by the Vampires by Erin Bedford

Author:Erin Bedford [Bedford, Erin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Embrace the Fantasy Publishing, LLC
Published: 2020-01-27T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Marcus

Everything ached. The hunters hadn't just knocked me out, but they had taken great pleasure in beating me within an inch of my immortal life.

Footsteps fell on the stairs leading to God knew where, pulling my attention away from the pain. Two sets of them. One of them male, the other...female? They were lighter, almost hesitant.

It wasn't that I was surprised to see a female hunter. I'd been knocked out by one. I just didn't expect one to come to taunt me. Since I'd arrived at this new base, only men had come down to check on me, spit on me, and sometimes wave their bloody wrists in front of me as they laughed. No women though.

Except now.

"We keep it chained up, but not sedated," a gruff voice explained to the female. It. I had been downgraded from a fearsome monster to an it. Oh, if the other knights could see me now.

"Is that safe?" the woman asked, my head too fuzzy with hunger to pick her voice apart.

"It's too weak to break the chains. We haven't fed it since it was captured, and apparently they haven't been eating regularly either. Which was a bonus on our part. Made our job easier." The man chuckled and the woman grunted. "This one doesn't have any special powers, so you don't have to worry about it putting you in its thrall."

I almost laughed. So that's why they hadn't sent females. They thought I was like Wynn or Drake who could ensnare others with a single look. Sadly for them, they had their intel wrong. It didn’t matter if they were male or female. Their powers didn't discriminate. Unfortunately, none of that helped me right now.

"Don't get too close, it's still dangerous. But then you'd know that, huh?" The male laughed as the woman stepped forward. She crouched down before me and beneath the oily scent of the male there was another smell, a sweeter fragrance. Why was it so familiar? It was almost like...like...strawberries and coffee grounds. The revelation made my eyes snap open.

Big, light brown eyes stared down at me with a mixture of horror and sadness. I jolted up, ignoring the pain in my limbs and head. Piper. What the hell was she doing here? My eyes skimmed over her outfit, the daggers at her hips. She had gone undercover.

Had this been Antoine's idea? Had he sent her to save me? No. He'd never put her in danger that way and Piper had the audacity to think up such a plan on her own. I almost laughed. If Antoine didn't know yet, he would be beyond pissed when he found out. I didn't want to be Piper when Antoine got his hands on her.

"What are you smiling at, bloodsucker?" The man scowled, stepping closer to Piper. "She smells good, doesn't she? But you can't have her." The male’s hand clamped down on her shoulder, but she didn't lift her gaze from me.

My hackles raised over his hand on her. She didn’t belong to him either.

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