Dark Magic [Supernaturals Underground, Book Four] by Holly Hook

Author:Holly Hook [Hook, Holly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-03-14T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

Behind me, Xavier choked.

It took me a couple of seconds to recognize the name she was giving me. “Excuse me? Do you mean you’re that crazy countess that used to bathe in the blood of young girls?”

It just came out. I had heard the stories, but historians thought Bathory was just a crazy Normal who wanted to be Supernatural, like those people who let themselves get bitten by vampires for a chance of gaining immortality. Everyone knew what she did was disgusting, but wasn’t she tried and killed for her crimes?

This veiled, petite lady couldn’t be her, smiling at us.

I glanced at all the bodies and the blood again. Maybe the historians were wrong about Bathory just being a crazy Normal and very right about her love of blood.

“You are correct.” She spoke with a strange accent that I couldn’t place. “I am much older than what they believe. It is I who spread my gift around the world so long ago, allowing our species to spread. You have me to thank for your gift, Alyssa.”

One thing was certain, and that was that Bathory was now officially on the top three of my hate list. I kept my sword pointed at her heart as terror, then rage, crept into me.

“Alyssa.” Xavier spoke my name as a warning, as George took a step back into the bar.

“Gee, thanks.” I tried not to let my emotions get out of control, because this vampire woman was dangerous. Thorne’s words came to me, and I knew she was no enemy to make the first move on. She was confident enough to stand in front of my sword.

“You’re welcome.” Her tone told me she didn’t care how I felt about her gift.

Behind me, Xavier kept the magenta light going. It made The Pit look even creepier. The glass around the bar shone and the dance floors were silent and barren in the flickering glow. “Let’s clear something up. Are you a member of the Dark Council?” I could see it coming.

“Of course. I knew you’d make the connection.” She sounded like a proper lady, which made the bodies even more horrifying. Maybe she’d talk, and that would give us time to come up with an attack plan.

“Stop complimenting me.” There was no way I wanted to be associated with this monster in front of me. She could have taken the blood she needed and let the agents go. “Now answer this next question so we can get it out of the way. Am I descended from you, too?”

I should have known that one of the Dark Council members was a powerful vampire. My condition was one of the five parts that Cazio wanted active for his rite. I already knew about it—I had since I was two—but I had never met the one responsible. No one knew how the turning gene got into the human population, or if it was a gene for certain.

“It was thousands of years ago I discovered I loved blood—the feel, the taste of it.

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