Afterglow (Brotherhood of the Blade Trilogy #2) by Paludan Eve

Author:Paludan, Eve [Paludan, Eve]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3
Published: 2013-05-26T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

“What’s the deal with the twenty kids upstairs?” she asked.

“No guards are up there! Just kids singing creepy vampire cult praise songs, writing and drawing illustrated books that look like the kind monks used to make in the olden days.”

“Illuminated manuscripts? With decorated borders on the pages and fancy capital letters?”

“Exactly! Is that what you call them?”

“Yes.”

“Ambra, the kids each have an IV port in their non-dominant hand. I assume for blood draws.”

“That’s horrible.”

“Yes. It is. But not as bad as being bitten and sucked.”

“So, they’re somehow coerced to believe that vampires are a good religion?”

“I assume. I wonder what their cover story is to the kids. Have you been underground yet?”

“Yes. Horrible dungeons are full of suffering people, adults and teens. Some of the tortured are at the point of madness. But there aren’t any guards there either.”

“Oh my God, let’s get them out of there!”

“We’re going to have to blow the locks on the dungeon doors with C4 or something.”

“I don’t have any of that!”

Ambra said, “Neither do I. We’ll think of something.”

“You’ve seen pictures of Kristen. Is she there?”

“No. Not unless they changed her hair color or something.”

My heart broke a little more. No. A lot more.

“Kristen might be in a room we haven’t seen.”

“Thanks, Ambra. Let’s get everyone else out of here.”

“First, I have to tell you something important.”

“What?”

“You were right. Vlad is not dead. We didn’t kill him in the vampire trap. It was some other vampire who went in there with Gabrielle.”

“Jesus. Where’s Vlad?”

“On the ground-level floor with his henchmen. It looks like they are having a big staff meeting with absolutely everybody, which explains why no guards are about.”

“We should attack them and kill them before they feed and amp up their strength,” I said.

“Let’s go!” Ambra whispered.

“Wait!” I got out the photo of Lucian and showed it to her. “Don’t kill this guy, even if he’s a vampire.”

She punched me in the arm. “Are you out of your mind?”

“Just trust me, Ambra. Even if he’s a vampire, he’s got three little kids who need him! Let’s hit it!”

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