Dark Hunt: Division 4: The Berkano Vampire Collection by Nicole Zoltack & Fallen Sorcery & Berkano Vampire

Author:Nicole Zoltack & Fallen Sorcery & Berkano Vampire [Zoltack, Nicole]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-09-22T22:00:00+00:00

The moment Seraphine stirred, she jumped to her feet and hurried to the clearing. Was this where the devastating bonfire would take place?

Opposite the death platform was a burnt, ruined structure.

Was that supposed to be the pillar for the bonfire? Had it happened already?

But, no. Thousands crowded in the clearing, with more trying to push their way through.

Seraphine shoved people aside, throwing glowers and hateful glares at anyone who shouted at her. They all immediately backed off. At least they recognized she wasn’t someone to mess with, especially not right now.

The queen was nowhere in sight. Neither was Antoine. No protectors either.

What was going on?

She asked the person beside her, a human.

“Don’t know. We were told to gather here for that bonfire, but nothing’s happening yet.” The female human shrugged.

The bonfire hadn’t happened yet!

Seraphine glanced upward at the nearby rooftops. Sure enough, other vampires were present, waiting, watching the proceedings.

Antoine’s plan had surely failed. If it hadn’t been for all the blood she’d consumed, she would remain unconscious.

But she had no game plan, no idea what was going on. To do something while in the dark would be reckless and foolish.

She would wait and see if an opportunity would arise.

Maybe the queen wouldn’t show. The coward.

But only a minute later, the queen burst onto her large platform from behind a red velvet curtain. She displayed a tight smile, but her eyes were narrowed, full of scorn, wrath, and fury.

“Citizens of Ville de Liberté,” she called out. Her words silenced the confused grumbling of the crowd. “It is with my regret and sincere disappointment that today’s bonfire has been postponed until tomorrow.”

The crowd shifted uncomfortably, each person glancing around for reactions by others. A few focused at what might’ve been the bonfire pillar.

But no one said a word. The queen demanded and received that much respect.

“Someone has sabotaged the bonfire pillar,” she said.

Now, the crowd murmured and gasped, horrified, confused. Some seemed angry and bitter.

Even the vampires were riled up. That humans were to be punished meant something to them. Rumors had spread that a witch or two were supposed to be burned too.

Now that would be a sight to see.

Seraphine winced at her thought. Did Antoine have that tendency? To fall back into old ways of thinking? She knew he and Noella were different and hoped other witches were too, or else her plan would never be fruitful.

But did she honestly believe that some witches could be good and decent?

She had to. She must believe that.

Because her hope for a new world demanded it.

“No one other than a witch could have sabotaged the pillar,” the queen continued.

The thick blood in her veins slowed, and Seraphine could scarcely breathe. Antoine. Had he done this? If he had and the queen learned of his betrayed, she would likely kill him herself.

Blinded by fear and sorrow, Seraphine pushed through the crowd toward the queen. Pierrette Lyon and the world she lorded over had taken too much from her already. She couldn’t bear to lose another.

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