City of Light & Steam by Lexi Ostrow

Author:Lexi Ostrow
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Colliding Worlds Press
Published: 2020-04-22T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Silas watched as the last vestiges of the day faded into night, and the sun’s damning rays folded away into the horizon. Three eves had passed since his warning to the king. Each night they had traveled to the center of the city and waited, hoping the threat had been taken seriously.

“This night we take the city.” He spoke to his family, the ten and twenty of the diseased who had followed him for quite some time. “I know many of you are in need of healthy blood. The king has ignored my demand, and now he will learn the truth of our affliction.

“Silas, will you take us all?” An elder voice rang out.

His eyes roamed over his family, seeking out the only being over ten and forty who had survived once the world cut them off from their treatment. “Jermaine, I swore to protect you, each of you. This night we will travel to the palace as a family. We will protect each other as a family, and we will teach the king and all of London the lesson they have forced us to teach.”

A cry rang up in the abandoned building they deemed a home. A smile curved on his lips that was near as wide as his face. They would rise up and take the city. Then, perhaps, they could help others in cities around the world do the same.

“Come! I will lead with whichever three of you feel your strongest. We will continue in lines of three, but directly behind myself, I want you to begin lining up based on who needs blood the most. You will make up our centerline. We will protect you, strike for you, and then take our treatment once you are well.”

“My Lord, that is not the punishment you offered the king,” Terrance spoke up from beside him.

He turned, feeling what little blood he had flowing in his veins begin to burn hot with anger. “Do not question me,” he hissed. “This is how we will start our uprising. After this night, when he is hurt and scared, we will begin the slow assault I promised him.”

His closest mate’s eyes narrowed so sharply it was near impossible to know his eyes were still open save for the sliver of blue that could be seen within them. Terrance did not speak, merely nodded.

“Follow me, family. Tonight, we will all be healed, and London will learn the true viciousness of those they deem monsters.”

Again, a roar of approval followed him as he leaped down from the upper level of the home, landing with a bone-shattering crack on the floor. It did not matter, his bones were brittle, and without blood, he could scarcely feel the pain.

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