Crimson Midnight (A New Adult Dark Urban Fantasy Series) (The Crimson Series Book 1) by Cassidy Amos

Author:Cassidy, Amos [Cassidy, Amos]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Amos Cassidy
Published: 2014-05-08T16:00:00+00:00

23.

THREE VAMPIRES ON A ROOF

Jeremiah, head of the vampire colony, regarded Thistle with a stern expression. “Rose is being questioned. I have told you this at least ten times now.”

Jeremiah was old in both age and appearance. A vampire holds a youthful appearance until its final years. When the fade out approaches, approximately the last fifty years of a vampire’s life, the aging process begins. Time etches its lines on the face and its grey colours paint the hair. It has its own beauty, elegance, a sign of wisdom, an indication of the preparation of being in the arms of the Goddess of the Moon.

“I’m just so worried.” Thistle paced the rooftop of the flats, home of the vampire colony. “She must be terrified.”

Gabriel stepped into her path. “Why didn’t you tell us?”

He was the new guy from New York, dressed in figure-hugging black jeans and a form-fitting knit polo shirt, standing six-feet in height. His hair was a deep chocolate brown and long enough to tuck behind his ears, the ends barely sweeping his shoulders and accentuating his sculpted face and perfectly formed lips. But his most arresting feature was his thickly lashed amber eyes. The outside wrapping was an obvious attempt to conceal the arse hole he was.

Gabriel was next in line to be Jeremiah’s successor as leader of the London vampires. Why he couldn’t be next in line to be leader of the New York vampires was beyond Thistle. She had just been told he was chosen and blah, blah, blah… She didn’t care about the politics behind it, she just wanted to know why him? Why couldn’t it have been someone less…pompous?

Thistle glared up at him defiantly. “I was protecting her. Rose is confused and doesn’t know what to think. This stuff…this power comes out of her while she is being attacked by a demon and it terrifies her. Then she finds out she’s a supernatural and this whole other world exists-” She broke off sighing in exasperation. “I was giving her time.”

“You had a duty to report any demon attacks to me or to the council,” Jeremiah said.

“And any unregistered supernaturals,” Gabriel added.

Thistle suppressed a sigh of irritation. “She needed time to process this. She’s my friend. I knew this would happen as soon as the council found out. I knew they’d come swooping down on her and whisk her away to interrogate her.”

Jeremiah’s expression softened slightly but his words were firm. “It’s for her safety and everyone else’s. She will need to be registered.”

“I understand the protocol but I could have stayed with her, made sure she was okay.”

“You,” Gabriel said, with a little too much vitriol in his voice, “were brought back here to be punished. You have broken rules, rules that are of the utmost importance. Your punishment will be severe.”

Jeremiah approached Gabriel and placed a hand on his shoulder. “She will be punished, yes, but it will not be what you are thinking. She broke from protocol but she did so out of loyalty, friendship and the regard for someone else.

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