Vampire's Thirst (The Awakening Series) by Garner Cynthia

Author:Garner, Cynthia [Garner, Cynthia]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2014-05-05T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Duncan sat behind his desk and studied Natalie’s handwritten report in front of him. With a scowl, he reread one particular paragraph: Big Tom keeps pushing for humans to be taken to the park for exercise, only now he’s also insisting it be once a day instead of three times a week as he’d asked before. In my opinion, his animosity toward vampires has increased, and I believe he’s looking for an excuse to start something. One of the last things he told me before I ended our meeting was “Sometimes a situation becomes so intolerable the only avenue left open is a good, old-fashioned revolt.”

Duncan scrubbed his hand over his jaw. If someone had told him how much damn time he’d spend behind a desk, he might have rethought his plan to kill the former enclave leader. Maybe he’d been too hasty in castigating Maddalene for her heavy-handed way of running things. Some people—vampires and humans alike—seemed to only understand the way of the world when it was explained through violent means. Maybe if he bent Big Tom over his arm and sank his fangs into the man’s neck, he’d finally get just who and what he was pissing off with his ridiculous demands.

It appeared he had two tasks taking precedence right now. First up was to find a doctor for Kimber and the other humans, and second was to nip Big Tom’s insolence in the bud. Because things were still so volatile from the change in leadership, Duncan couldn’t leave the compound for the length of time it might take to find a physician. By default, that meant it was up to him to deal with the rabble-rouser. He’d send Atticus and his team out for a doc.

As if his thoughts had summoned him, his second-in-command poked his head through the open doorway. “Got a minute?” Atticus asked.

Duncan motioned him in with a wave of his hand.

The other vampire sauntered into the room and settled into one of the leather armchairs in front of Duncan’s desk. “Any updates?” he asked.

To Duncan’s way of thinking, that attitude was one of the reasons Atticus made such a great right hand. He never waited to be called by his boss; he made it a point to check in regularly. Duncan knew part of it was that he liked to keep busy, and being stuck inside was a surefire way to drive anyone crazy. His lips tightened and he pushed back a fledgling surge of empathy for Big Tom and his cohorts. Their situation was entirely different. Atticus and his team could go out and have a good chance of surviving among zombies, but with the way the hordes seemed to be congregating together, Tom and the others would be slaughtered within a mile. Duncan knew the big human disagreed with him and thought as long as they had weapons they could protect themselves, but Duncan had seen how quickly a zombie horde could overtake a group of people, and he still was not willing to risk any vampires to provide an escort.

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