Noble Lies by Lyneal Jenkins

Author:Lyneal Jenkins
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: horror, action, depression, military, fantasy series, horror action, ancient beings, ana martin, ancient being, new race of beings
Publisher: Lyneal jenkins

CHAPTER TEN

Warm breeze ruffled my hair as I watched the young woman bathing in the river, holding her long dark hair above her head as she washed the olive skin of her shoulder.

I hunkered down behind the bush, a smile tugging the corner of my lips as I waited for her to finish her weekly ritual and leave the river to reclaim her clothes drying on the bush I hid behind. I stroked my fingers over the side of the blade, enjoying the shiver than ran down my spine in anticipation of what was to come.

She had been named Yala. The human boys who drooled over her called her the golden princess. I didn’t see it. Her skin was flawless, but it provoked no emotion in me, no lust nor wish to worship the ground her feet touched, nothing other than the anticipation of her screams.

People, supposed friends of my family line, whispered about me when they believed I paid no heed, claiming nothing could stir any emotion. They didn’t talk about it, not in the bright light of day at, but they all came from good lines and sensed I was more, that I was born to lead them.

Only one thing stirred genuine feeling in me, and it wasn’t the people who called themselves family: mother, father and brother.

I stroked the blade again and a shiver through my entire body. Yala left the water, her face held up to the sky, a dreamy smile lighting her eyes as she basked in the sun.

The moment approached. I shifted, my hand shaking from excitement, as Yala hurried to her now dried clothes, looking around to make sure that she remained unobserved. She relaxed as she reached the bush I hid behind, my whole body now quivering so much the bush would surely give me away. It didn’t matter. I was ready.

The path back to the human village ran past where I crouched; she would pass within arms width. I didn’t need to be close to hurt her, and I would demonstrate that in great detail over time, but I needed to see it. I needed to see the fear in her eyes once she realised what stood before her, the knowledge that she wouldn’t escape until I satisfied my hunger.

As she stepped onto the path, I sprang into motion. The trees around us flattened to the ground, and the bushes ripped from their roots, hovered in the air above her shoulders before I ripped them apart, showering her with the torn foliage. Bright amber light flowed from me and I relished the complete look of terror that filled her dark eyes. With a flick of my hand, she slid towards me, her arms flailing as she tried to break free of my invisible hold. I basked in her sweet terror, drinking it down like nectar.

With her face inches from mine, I dragged the blade down her cheek, drawing blood. She finally screamed. With a wave of my hand, I sealed her mouth, the skin covering her jaw so smooth, it was as if her face had always been that way.

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