Undefeated by Helen Hardt

Author:Helen Hardt
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781642631111
Publisher: Waterhouse Press

Chapter Sixteen

Erin

I stared at the page that had opened before Dante as he read aloud.

“The blood of a female vampire is a powerful philter. When ingested by a male, it increases muscle mass, strength, and accuracy. All senses become more enhanced, and additional powers emerge. However, it should be used only in the direst circumstances, as the negative side effects outweigh the positive. The male fed on female vampire blood will eventually undergo a metamorphosis—a profound change in form, psyche, and temperament that will eventually end in an inevitable painful death.

“The blood of the female vampire, however, pales in comparison to the much more potent blood of the male, especially that from a young vampire on the waning moon of maturity.”

The rest of the paragraph was illegible.

I attempted to swallow the mass clogging my throat.

An inevitable painful death.

Dante had ingested female vampire blood for ten years. His muscles were certainly strong, and his senses acute. Additional powers? Check. Strong glamouring and telekinesis, for starters. As for a profound change in form, psyche, and temperament? The dark energy that lived in him was most likely the beginning.

And inevitable painful death?

No. Just no. Dante would not die.

He said nothing for what seemed like an eternity.

Then—

“Bonneville did say she’d found a way to combat the negative side effects.”

“You haven’t died a painful death, thank God,” Julian said. “That seems proof enough that she has negated the side effects.”

“But the darkness,” Dante said. “It could be…”

“Don’t let this change what you know, Dante,” Julian said. “You just got done telling us that you could control it. That we should have faith. We do. You are stronger than anything she did to you. Never forget that.”

He nodded, his Adam’s apple bobbing when he swallowed. “It doesn’t mention anything about my change in blood chemistry.”

“Blood types weren’t discovered until 1900, and the Rh factor in 1940,” I said. “This was probably written way before then. It’s still possible that ingestion of her blood caused the spontaneous change. And the change doesn’t harm you. That’s a plus.”

“I suppose that’s something,” he said.

“Dante, we trust you,” I said. “We have faith, like your dad said. You are stronger than all of this.”

“Am I?” he said, shaking his head. “Am I truly stronger than everything here? Because apparently male blood is much more potent. She drank from me, remember? A young vampire on the waning moon of maturity.”

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