The Last Hunt_A Vampire Sorceress Series Novella by T. L. Cerepaka

Author:T. L. Cerepaka [Cerepaka, T. L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: christian urban fantasy, vampire urban fantasy, urban fantasy magic, urban fantasy christian, urban fantasy action, mage urban fantasy, urban fantasy mystery
Goodreads: 39103659
Publisher: Annulus Publishing
Published: 2018-01-19T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

The Newborn stopped in front of me. He was even uglier up close and, like all vampires, smelled heavily of death. He smelled even worse than the vamp I killed in the entryway. Despite being a Newborn, it was obvious to me that he must have been converted several months ago. His blood red eyes looked over my body as if trying to decide the best place to start cutting me.

“Let’s see, let’s see,” said the Newborn. “Where to start, where to start … ah, I know. Your face. Let’s see if Lady Hisara still thinks you’re handsome after I cut up your face a little.”

The Newborn slashed the knife against my right cheek. It wasn’t a very deep cut—barely deeper than a paper cut—but I let out a small grunt of surprise anyway.

The Newborn must have thought it was a grunt of pain, because he said, “Looks like the infamous Hunter isn’t as tough as he appears. A small cut and he’s grunting like I just stabbed him in the chest. Pathetic.”

Another slash across my left cheek, this one deeper, though not to the bone. Still, my grunt was louder this time and I felt hot, warm blood leaking out of my cheek down the side of my face.

“How did that feel?” said the Newborn. “Did it hurt even more?”

I smiled. “Is this the best you’ve got? A few paper cuts? I see why Hisara likes Lucius better than you. You’re pretty pathetic.”

The Newborn’s eyes widened in anger. He raised his knife above his head and said, “That’s it. I’m going to skip torturing you and just go straight to cutting off body parts, starting with your eyes, which I don’t think you’ll be needing any longer.”

Damn it. I should have kept my mouth shut. Then again, my old man always did say that my mouth would be the end of me one of these days. Guess he was right about one thing, at least.

The Newborn brought the knife down on me. At the same time, I closed my eyes instinctively and expected to feel the knife pierce my eyelids and tear out my eyes.

Instead, I heard the Newborn cry out in surprise. Opening my eyes, I saw the Newborn’s knife just a few inches from my face, close enough that my eyes nearly went cross-eyed trying to focus on it. As for the Newborn himself, he was looking not at his knife, but at the large hand which had closed around his wrist, stopping his knife from stabbing my eye out.

Confused, I looked over to see who had caught the knife. Lucius stood there, his expression as cold as always, his hand firmly gripped on the Newborn’s wrist.

“Lucius?” said the Newborn in surprise and annoyance. “What are you doing here? And why did you stop me from killing the Hunter?”

“I’m here to relieve you of your duties,” said Lucius in a soft voice.

“What?” said the Newborn, nearly shouting. “Oh, I see. You want to kill the Hunter so you can get more praise and attention from Lady Hisara.

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