Three Dog Knight (Midnight Empire: The Tower Book 2) by Annabel Chase

Author:Annabel Chase [Chase, Annabel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Red Palm Press LLC
Published: 2021-12-01T16:00:00+00:00

10

The air was thick with fog as we made our way across the moors in the jeep. We rode with the lights on low so as not to draw attention, although there was nothing we could do about the sound of the motor.

“As if we needed the world to be even darker,” I muttered.

Callan grinned at me. “What’s the matter, brave knight? Afraid of the dark?”

“Look at this place. I bet it’s crawling with monsters.”

“You seem to forget you travel with the most dangerous monster of all.” His fangs glimmered in the dim light.

I hadn’t forgotten. Not even for a second.

“How is it that Mulberry can speak with a human tongue?” Callan asked.

“No idea. I imagine there’s a lot about this world we don’t understand.” The stones. The berserkers. Traveling alone with a deadly vampire. As far as I was concerned, my whole reality was being called into question.

“You really think he’ll be able to shift back?” Callan asked.

“If my theory is correct, yes.”

“Your theory being that a stone like the two in our possession can influence shapeshifters?”

I nodded.

“Will you be disappointed if you’re wrong?”

My gaze flicked to him. “What do you mean?”

“I feel like part of you wants to point to some external reason for bad behavior so you can absolve them of wrongdoing. Maybe there are simply crazed wolves in the world who act like primitive animals and sometimes those animals attack people.”

“Like there are vampires who prey on the weak and vulnerable instead of going through the proper channels?”

He frowned. “Why do I get the sense there’s a story there?”

I told him about the vampire den in Mayfair and what happened to Judd’s family.

Callan was silent for a prolonged moment. “I’ll look into it for you when we return to the city.”

I looked at him askance. “Why would you do that?”

“Because you’re right. Like many things, it shouldn’t have happened. I’ll do my part to set matters right.”

This vampire seemed very different from the Prince Callan who strutted around the city. I took a chance and raised an uncomfortable subject.

“Is this because of what happened in Birmingham?”

His fingers tightened on the wheel. “No one has ever spoken to me about that day. Not even the king himself.”

“Want to talk about it?” The moment felt strangely intimate.

“I don’t remember much, to be honest, although I wish I could remember every detail.”

A sharp intake of breath followed his admission and he shot a quick glance at me.

“Oh, no. Not to relish it. To own it. I owe it to those people to remember what happened. What I did.”

“Did you know what you were doing?”

He kept his eyes on the road. “Of course. I was twelve. Old enough to know.” He stopped before he added ‘better.’

“It’s not unusual for a boy to strive to please his father, especially a father who’s also his king.” I was treading on dangerous ground but something spurred me on.

“I knew what I was doing. I was a powerful vampire even at that age and I was eager to prove it.

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