Secrets of the Dead by Becca Vincenza

Author:Becca Vincenza [Vincenza, Becca]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780463579176
Published: 2019-03-04T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

The cool air touched my heated skin, but it didn’t calm me down. My frustration built into anger as we left the building and I realized what activities took place in the club. Some vampires created short-lived bonds with necromancers, which were dangerous because there was no guarantee they would dissolve with time. The fact that necromancers willingly did it pissed me off.

What upset me more was Acacia.

“Why did we leave?” I growled.

“Because that fucker knew I was there. That biting show he put on? It was to keep us there a little longer. We need to get going. Now.”

Cracking my neck, I followed her down the road.

She slowed and cocked her head. “Fuck it all.”

“What?” I asked, checking our surroundings.

The muscles in her back went tense, and her hands twitched. I reached into my pockets and slipped on my onyx and silver knuckles. Holstered on my hip was a silver dagger I kept on my person at all times.

“I might be a wanted criminal in the vampire community, and Pike likes the reward money every time he calls me in. I’m going to fucking kill him this time, favor or no. And we have tails. Already.”

I stepped forward, and Acacia wrapped my hands around her waist, allowing me to push her back against the brick wall of a building near the club. I brushed my body against her softness, the toned muscles of her stomach and biceps twitching. Gently, I leaned my head down and touched my lips to her exposed neck.

“Where are they?”

She let out a sultry giggle and brought her hand to the back of my head, combing her fingers through my hair.

“There’s an alley to your left. One of them is there, another stationed on the roof. Idiots if they think they can take me down with just two.”

“The both of us, I think you mean.”

“Don’t get cocky, necro.”

“Don’t be foolish, vampire.” I slid my nose up the curve of her neck. For a brief second, I felt her soften under my touch. For a brief second, I wished this was more.

“Be prepared to move.”

Acacia softened even further, and I realized she was getting ready to slip underneath me to attack the vampire from the other direction. She touched my side, indicating it was time to move. Fluidly she slid under me, pulled out her dagger, and faced off with the vampire who’d dropped from the rooftop on silent, nimble feet.

I turned in time to swing out my silver-covered fists to hit the one who’d emerged from the alleyway. The vampire hissed but recovered quickly. I kicked out at his gut and tried to remember any tips Acacia gave me as we sparred earlier that day. She’d been careful to hold back her strength, but this vampire wouldn’t. Rowan had trained with kodachi blades so she wouldn’t need to get too close to her opponent. I’d trained with a multiple choice of weapons, but the closeness of the onyx knuckles kept my magic grounded for me.

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