Vampire in Control by Dale Mayer

Author:Dale Mayer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Young Adult, Vampire
ISBN: 9781928122708
Publisher: Valley Publishing
Published: 2016-03-01T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Tessa stared down at the hulking animal walking calmly at her side. “What am I going to do with you?” she murmured. The dog was healing at a rapid rate, his energy swiftly becoming a calm blue all over. The jagged edges smoothed back down to a silky coat around him. She didn’t see any permanent damage from the vamps’ treatment, but she couldn’t guarantee there wasn’t any.

Her gaze lifted to Cody walking on the other side of the animal. “We need a name for him.”

Cody’s gaze slanted in her direction. “That implies you’re going to keep him as a pet.”

“It’s not a case of me keeping him, it’s more a case of him choosing to stay around me.” She laughed. “Sounds stupid, I know.”

“I don’t know about that,” he admitted. “If you are going to let him stay, then a name makes sense. How about Beast?”

The dog’s huge head lifted and turned toward Cody. Cody glared down at him. Beast’s gaze glittered.

Tessa reached out a calming hand toward both of them. “That’s actually not a bad name. There’s certainly nothing pretty or cute or tame about this guy. So Beast it is.”

Out in front, Motre gave no indication he was listening. She knew he didn’t approve of her ‘pet’ but like she’d said to Cody, it wasn’t an option to get rid of him unless she killed him, and she wasn’t going to do that. The dog had chosen her, and that’s the way it was going to stay until something changed.

Motre paused, his hand going up to stop them.

Tessa slipped to his side and studied the shadows in front of them. They should be almost under the hospital. Shifting her vision until her vampire vision was piercing the gloom, she wondered what bothered Motre. She could see nothing.

Then she heard it.

Voices.

Keeping close to the wall, the three of them crept forward. She had no idea why she couldn’t see any energy of people that were ahead yet the closer they got, the louder they became. Beast walked normally, showing no signs of being upset or antagonized by the presence of other noises. Interesting. She filed that away as a positive sign. She hoped she’d be able to let him live. If he turned on her and her friends, well…

A second tunnel appeared on the right. Tessa peered around the corner. There was the energy she was expecting. Giving a quick count before pulling back, she held up four fingers to the men.

As she turned back to face the enemy, Beast walked around the corner and headed to the vamps. Shit. She froze and crouched down. Slowly, not wanting to let the vamps know she was there, she peered round the corner and watched as Beast casually walked up to the first man – and bit him.

The vamp screamed and the others attacked the dog.

“Damn it,” the injured vamp cried, holding his leg. “They promised us these animals would only attack the other guys. Not us.”

But Beast was so busy growling and chomping at the other screaming vamps that the replies couldn’t be heard.

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