Ship of the Dead: The Templar Series by Debra Dunbar

Author:Debra Dunbar [Dunbar, Debra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-01-25T22:00:00+00:00

Madeline watched the dark-skinned fierce woman, the one they called Zoe or something like that, and the old man with his crazy lamb’s-wool hair and wild eyes. They were assisting a man into the room. The survivor certainly looked as if he’d been fed aggressively from. He had all the signs of someone who had been intended for complete exsanguination but had been saved from death by an interruption serious enough that caused the feeding vampire to flee.

She glanced at the younger man, their lidè as they called him. He was the one in charge, their Master, the one who she was absolutely certain wouldn’t hesitate to kill her if she made a wrong move. He intimidated her like no one had since she’d been turned, even more so than Master Albin. If she had any hope of getting out of this alive, she’d need to do as he said.

“Bring the man closer to me.”

She’d known the moment the man walked through the doorway, but there was more at stake here than surviving this night. Maybe, just maybe, this lidè and his family in the mountains could help them. Maybe these humans would be the allies they’d hoped for. They were strong, resourceful. They had a man of magic. They had a charismatic leader they’d obviously follow to the ends of the earth and back. Her Balaj needed humans like this, and hopefully she could prove to them that an alliance with vampires could be mutually beneficial.

The two others brought the survivor forward, removing the bandage from around his neck.

“This is one of the men your family attacked. Besides, JanJak, he is the only survivor.” The lidè’s voice was cold and hard.

Judging from the look of fear on the survivor’s face as he stood before her, he hadn’t experienced the same enjoyable experience she’d given to JanJak. Madeline leaned forward, inhaling deeply. “Can you turn him a bit? I need to see the bites.”

The survivor’s eyes widened, but he complied, the other two helping him to kneel down in front of her. She frowned, looking at the puncture marks, then inhaling again.

“That wasn’t me. That wasn’t any of us. If the same creature killed the others as attacked this man, then we’re not to blame. This isn’t us. This isn’t even a vampire bite.”

“It’s the same,” the fierce woman argued. “It’s the same bite that JanJak had. You lie.”

They thought she was lying to protect her family. They’d seen her drink JanJak’s blood.

The lidè moved closer as the survivor scooted out of the way. “I want the killer. And if what you say is true, you need to convince me of your, and your family’s, innocence. Otherwise you will all pay for these deaths.”

“What makes you so sure that one of your family didn’t do this?” the fierce woman added. “Your Master Aubin stole something, risking the lives of your entire family. He’s killed. Maybe he now has a taste for death.”

It was time to take a chance on these people and hope that they believed her.

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