Monster (A Cassidy Edwards Novel - Book 1) by Carmen Caine

Author:Carmen Caine
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2014-09-27T04:00:00+00:00

What Am I?

I didn’t follow Lucian. I was angry and far too weak. I had to feed before I chased after him and demanded my pay. Spasms of pain came and went, each wave draining me of the mana that I’d accumulated in the past few days.

Whatever else the Terzi hex net was designed to do, it clearly rendered its victims powerless to fight back. But now that I knew what it smelled like, I was confident I could avoid it, even in the crowded streets of Venice.

I knew why they were searching for me. It had to be Dorian’s handiwork. He wanted that suitcase, and he’d decided that I was the perfect minion to deliver it.

Well, he didn’t know Cassidy Edwards. I was hardly one to be threatened into cooperation.

With a defiant snort, I headed down the alley in the opposite direction Lucian had taken. My muscles protested at times, cramping enough to make me wince, but for the most part, I managed to ignore the pain.

I fed on the first knot of people I encountered. They weren’t the best quality—one had high blood pressure and the other a sore throat—but in the state I was in, I couldn’t be choosey. I’d just have to suffer the inevitable nausea that followed when eating such junk food.

To my dismay, the mana didn’t last very long. Almost at once, a new wave of pain rolled over me and as it left, it took the mana I’d just consumed with it. Cripes. Apparently, the Terzi hex net drained mana. It looked like I was destined for a few hours of frenzied dining.

Fortunately, it was the height of tourist season. No one batted an eyelash as I jostled through the crowd. And now that I’d seen firsthand what ripe hunting grounds major tourist traps really were, I wondered if I should indulge in a world tour.

Several times, I smelled the Terzi hex net headed my way, but I avoided it easily enough. I escaped through the crowd, but I crossed my fingers, hoping that the Terzi didn’t have any other tricks up their sleeves.

I’d just enjoyed a nip of a jolly busking violinist when hard fingers gripped both of my shoulders.

I didn’t even have time to wonder who it was.

“You’re dangerous,” Lucian’s low voice accused. “No one—not even the Night Terrors—can extract mana from the heart chakra. No one.”

I froze.

“I’ve been watching you,” he continued, twirling me around. His eyes pinned mine with an almost maniacal gleam. “This changes everything. Everything.”

I didn’t think so. I wasn’t about to just roll over and give up. Attempting to salvage the situation, I tossed my chin and said, “You’re making little sense again, Lord Rowle. Perhaps, you’re suffering an ill side-effect—”

“You need more training,” he cut in, ignoring me. “We need to see just how far you can exercise this control over what you consume.”

Without waiting for a response, he grabbed my wrist and pulled me after him.

I was getting tired of being yanked around like one of his voodoo dolls.

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