Descallia : Dark Vampire Romance (Masters of the Consulate Book 1) by Sylvia Black

Author:Sylvia Black [Black, Sylvia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Book World Ink
Published: 2021-04-29T16:00:00+00:00

Fourteen

Lucianna

Two hours until dawn, and even though the club caters to vampires and humans alike and won’t close until shortly before the sky lights with the first glimpses of daybreak, it’s hardly enough time to get there and do anything constructive now. I head to the library, grabbing a copy of the Vade Mecum before plopping into one of the overstuffed chairs to read.

The Bible of Vampires is a red leather-bound book with gold-edged pages and double the thickness of most bibles. The first page reads like a family tree. I flip a few pages in, skimming down the page and coming across the words Vampira and Vampiro. I type them into my phone, learning the intermingled language is Italian. I read for over two hours, fascinated by the history, centuries and centuries old. The vampires have survived through time because of their strong will, intelligence, and views of right and wrong.

I sense his presence in the doorway because every neuron in my body ignites any time he’s near. Salvatore closes the door and stalks to the room’s black marble bar. “You haven’t had blood yet. The amount you had during the transition and at the bar when you passed out might have sustained you, but by tomorrow night, you’ll need to have real nourishment.” He pours a glass of the Descallia Red and hands it to me. “Drink.”

I swallow hard, looking at the dark wine and blood combination, tilting the glass and watching with horror as the thick liquid begins to glide toward my lips. I pull it away quickly. “I can’t.”

He growls with frustration. “Impossible. But not unexpected given your aversion to our kind.”

I start to deny it, to tell him that it’s not true, but something in his eyes tells me not to barrel forward with a half a truth.

He contemplates my silence for a moment. “I’ve connected with Lucas. Embry will be back at the club tomorrow, and you’ll both return to the club together. Have a Descallia Red with her. You’ll need at least that much, so consider that an order that you will not disobey, Lucianna.”

I nod, grateful at least for the short reprieve and feeling lighter knowing that Embry is well enough to return to work. I can’t help looking forward to seeing and talking to her, especially now that we have this—whatever turning into a vampire is called—in common, too. “You reconsidered? I thought you were forbidding that I return to the club?”

Salvatore observes me over his glass of wine. “You’ll go undercover as we initially planned, but you’ll no longer report to Morgan. You will report to me. If I feel it’s pertinent or strategically sound to inform him, I’ll do so. Is that clear?”

“Yes.” I try hard not to let my smile escape, but I can only imagine how that conversation went down. I would have paid a week’s worth of my old salary to be a fly on that wall. “I’m not sure why the change of heart, but I appreciate it, Salvatore.

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