Phoenix Rising (Maggie Henning & The Realm Book 1) by Lisa Morgan

Author:Lisa Morgan [Morgan, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2016-11-19T00:00:00+00:00

Twenty Two

Luc brought the motorcycle to a stop about ten feet away from them. His foot held up the weight of the bike as he began a stare down with the creatures.

These revenants looked different from the one that had been playing the role of my mother. This pack easily stood seven feet tall a piece. They were shrouded in grey wool cloaks, with hoods drawn up over their heads to hide their faces. Their sleeves hung long at their sides, not revealing any of their bony structure other than a few fingertips.

The one in the center of the bunch stood with his hands in his sleeves. Slowly, he moved forward and reached up, pulling back his cowl to reveal his face.

Not that it was really a face. Its lips were missing, exposing sharp, dagger like teeth. The flesh that this thing did have was minimal, and was a pale greenish color that even from this distance, smelled of rotted meat. It had no nose, just two holes where the cartilage had long ago disappeared. As frightening as it looked, it was its eyes that jarred me.

They were the same eyes I saw staring back at me from the woods a few nights ago when Michel had arrived to save me. The sockets were glowing a yellow light that reminded me of the glow-sticks sold in stores to keep children safe on Halloween.

However, there was nothing safe about these things that stood blocking the road.

Luc remained seated on his motorcycle and slowly, he reached down, putting one of his hands over mine. I felt his thumb skate over my own like he were trying to let me know he would protect me.

I didn’t move. My breathing was a shallow, rapid strain that ached inside my chest.

“We have no quarrel with you, vampire,” the apparent leader broadcasted. His mouth didn’t move with the words; the sounds seemed more to have escaped from him. “At least, not if you comply with our demand.”

True to the form I knew of him, Luc mocked the creature, “Comply? Not a word I’m familiar with. Is it anything like you turning around and stalking off, leaving us to finish our joyride?”

The revenants found no humor in Luc’s jest, remaining stoic.

“I guess that’s a no,” Luc chided back, more to himself than the monsters before us.

“We wish to possess the girl.”

“Ha!” Luc laughed out loud. “You wouldn’t say that if you spent any time with her. She’s a real pain in the ass, if you know what I mean.”

Under other circumstances, I’d be offended by his comment. At this point, however, I was really hoping that my faith in Luc wasn’t misplaced.

“Your humor is lacking, vampire. You can walk away from this, unscathed, should you wish.” What I would loosely describe as a smile crawled over the revenant’s face. “But I do hope you choose to put up a fight. I would take great pleasure from the pain I’d inflict on you, Lucian de’Celine.”

The vampire ribbed, placing his free hand over his chest, “You’ve heard of me? Geesh, guys … that’s really flattering.

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