Summoned to Defend by C L Walker

Author:C L Walker [Walker, C L]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-03-19T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 20

“I thought there was something special about vampire blood,” I said from my side of the twelve-foot circle. “I figured I was feeding off their predatory nature, or some other ludicrous thing. It wasn’t that, though; it was the soul.”

The hollow man stood as far away from me as he could, his back against the invisible barrier that kept him from running. And he would have run, too. I could see it on his face. Standing up to me as a man was laughably mundane to him, but once he saw the tattoos glow he knew his place.

“Do you know what used to feed these things?” I raised my hand and the tattoos lit up. They knew when to perform for me. “The blood of an elder god. But it was her soul, really. And what’s less than an elder god? One of the regular ones I destroyed. Less than them, are your lot.”

“I believe we can discuss you ‘changing sides’ now.”

“Let me think about it.” I paced around the edge of the circle and nearly laughed when the angel started pacing too, keeping as far from me as he could. “The vampire blood has a concentration of the humans it has fed upon and so I get a little kick out of it. But you, you tapped into the divine once. You’ve got enough to really get me going in the morning.”

“What information would you like?”

The hollow man’s demeanor was still too calm and rational. I decided to fix that.

The tattoos on my legs powered up and I was across the circle in a heartbeat. I punched the angel in the face and this time it didn’t rock his head back; it knocked him off his feet and sent him crashing into the invisible barrier. Blood fountained from his old host body and I reached out to let it land on my arm.

The tattoos there grew warm for a moment.

I knelt beside him and waited for him to come around. “I’ve seen your kind scream before,” I said when his eyes opened. “Do I have to see it again?”

When the hollow man spoke it was through a broken mouth and oozing blood. “Your master is sickened by your actions.”

I glanced over my shoulder and saw Roman holding Bec, who’d buried her head in his chest. They made a fine couple, though I didn’t think the modern world looked kindly on older men with younger women. I didn’t have a problem with it though. I turned back to the angel.

“She’ll get over it. After all, you tried to kill her.”

“I was not involved.”

“You killed her father, just to summon me.”

“I observe,” he said, finally showing me a little emotion: fear, which was the correct response to facing me.

“Sure, but you’re a part of it all, aren’t you? So tell me, what is Seng up to? What about the other shadow-gods?”

He swallowed his blood, relaxed against the barrier, and closed his eyes.

“Seng is alone. He doesn’t want to involve the others.

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