Soulless at Sunset by Deanna Chase

Author:Deanna Chase [Chase, Deanna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-940299-54-9
Publisher: Bayou Moon Press, LLC

14

“I don’t fucking know,” Dante said through clenched teeth.

“He knows,” Allcot said, sounding bored. “He’s just run out of bargaining chips.”

I glanced back at Allcot, who’d untangled himself from the other vampire. He and Link were flanking me on either side, both of them ready to spring into action if Dante tried to get the best of me. I smiled, acknowledging their presence.

Then I held my cursed blade up to the vampire’s neck. “Answer me, or I’ll shove this down your throat. And trust me when I say it will hurt worse than the fires of hell.”

He grunted, clearly not believing me. I sliced the blade along his cheek. A scream tore from him as he jerked forward, taking me with him. My blade sank deeper and he froze again.

“Told you to trust me that this shit would hurt. Now, answers.”

“Fuck you.”

“Maybe another time,” I said sweetly and lifted my blade to his face again.

The vampire sucked in a sharp breath. “All right! I’ll tell you what I know.”

“This better be good or else I think you’ll find yourself roasting in the fire still smoldering behind us.”

“Dammit. I don’t know everything. But unless I get some assurance you’re not going to waste me, I’m not going to tell you anything.”

The fear in his voice was enough to convince me he’d spill whatever he’d learned. Or at least enough that it’d give us another path to follow. “All right. If you tell us everything you know, I promise to let you walk away.”

“And what about your henchmen back there? Will you control the wolf and the vampire?”

“The wolf yes. Allcot? No one controls him.”

“Allcot?” Dante said. “Deal?”

“Deal. But if I find out Pandora’s already dead, I’ll tear your head right off.”

The vampire in front of me shuddered, and I suddenly knew what it meant to put the fear of God into someone. Or at least the fear of Eadric Allcot. Curiously, I’d never been all that afraid of the Cryrique leader, but then I’d never double-crossed him or harmed his consort either.

“Allcot is right. I was going to sell Pandora,” Dante said. Allcot hissed again and Dante rushed to add, “Sell to the Cryrique. I released her and was going to offer her up in return for a wad of cash. You’d pay a lot to have your woman back, wouldn’t you, Allcot?”

“I don’t respond well to extortion,” Allcot said, circling us as he glared at Dante. “And don’t lie to me. I know your brother would’ve never forgiven such a betrayal.”

“I swear on my tortured soul!” he cried, holding his hands partially up in surrender. “I only took this job because my brother said they’d pay off my debts.”

“Debts?” I asked.

“Gambling. Women. Bad business deals. The usual,” he said. “Nothing like this shit. I didn’t sign up for this. And I certainly didn’t know they were going to abduct Pandora. For fuck’s sake. If anyone knows how crazy that bitch is, it’s me.”

“She does have a certain flair for the dramatic,” Allcot said, puffing his chest out, a look of pride flashing over his face.

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