Blue Bloods #6 - Misguided Angel by Melissa De la Cruz

Author:Melissa De la Cruz [Cruz, Melissa De la]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Europe, Juvenile Fiction, Fantasy & Magic, People & Places, Vampires, Love & Romance
ISBN: 9781423121282
Publisher: Hyperion Book CH
Published: 2010-10-26T05:00:00+00:00

The Changeling

Florence, 1452

Giovanni Rustici, or Gio, as everyone called him, was the group’s newest Venator, but already one of the best. He was also a fine sculptor, much more talented at the work than Tomi would ever be. In the space of a few months, he was already the Master’s favorite apprentice.

Dre was still away; he had some business in Siena, which meant he would not be home for another fortnight. By day, Tomi and Gio worked on the Baptistery doors, and by night, they patrolled the city streets, restless and uneasy.

Tomi confided in Gio that she was worried about the Red Blood connection and what it might entail. “Perhaps it is time we paid our friend the Changeling a visit,” Gio suggested.

The Changeling lived in the sewers of Florence. The creature had not seen daylight in a century, and was shriveled, blind, and wretched. It was too weak to be of any danger to a vampire anymore, and so Andreas had decreed that no one could touch the Croatan, as it was a valuable source of information. In exchange, the Venators let it live. The Changeling had alerted them to the news that one of its kind had infiltrated the palace guard.

The Changeling was not pleased to see them.

Tomi ignored its hisses and drew a symbol on the cave wall. “We found this mark on a human. Tell us what you know.”

Gio prodded the Silver Blood with the tip of his sword. “Answer her, beast, or we shall send you where you belong.”

The Changeling laughed. “I do not fear Hell.”

“There are worse things than the underworld. Your master is sure to be unhappy with you for forsaking him since Rome. If he has returned, he will exact vengeance on the followers who deserted him,” Tomi warned. “Who gave the human the mark? What does it mean?”

Gio battered the creature with a volley of hard blows. “Answer her!”

“I do not know, I do not know!” The Silver Blood cowered. “Only that today, your friend Savonarola was made Cardinal,” it said with a crafty smile.

“And?”

“The good friar is a Silver Blood.”

“He is lying. Savonarola is no Croatan,” Gio scoffed.

Tomi nodded. The Petruvian friar had been a Venator before he entered the clergy.

“He has been Corrupted, turned into Abomination after Trieste,” the Changeling told them. In Trieste, the advance team had been attacked by the hive of Silver Bloods they had been tracking. Still, the Venators had won the day—or so Tomi had always believed.

“Who else knows this?” Gio demanded.

“Andreas del Pollaiuolo,” the Changeling whispered.

TWENTY-ONE

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.