Devour the Sun by Bri Mooney

Author:Bri Mooney [Bri Mooney]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bri Mooney
Published: 2023-10-23T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

They led. We followed. Welcome silence stifled the narrow streets. Entering a ransacked pharmacy, the click of a gun and several hushed commands broke the quiet. Our guide froze and said, “It’s me. Kyle. I found—”

“Sigríð.” A cough. “Let her in.”

Bodies parted. They smelled sour and sweet. Pungent after weeks of travel. The sickness of one rose above the rest. Bitter. Vile. Rotten. Someone was dying.

Kyle led me past their comrades. Sprawled across the counter lay a tired blond whose chest heaved with every breath.

I almost smiled. “I thought you were dead. When I returned to camp it was wrecked.”

“Not yet.” She offered me a weak grin before glancing passed me. “Teagan, still following her around I see.”

Teagan took Leslie’s hand. “Can you blame me?”

“How are you?” I asked and pushed a pleasant look onto my face, knowing full well she was dying. Necrosis had set it. Only a staff of doctors could save her now. A hard thing to find.

“I’ve been better. There’s a whole group of us. We heard about you, a deadly and ruthless vampire who left behind a lot of dead vampires, but rarely a dead human.”

“Red handed. Why are you here?”

“Looking for you. I’ve met someone. A lieutenant named Oriel. We have a son. Oriel leads the rebellion. Leagues of humans and shifters have come together. We want to join you.” She groaned and clutched at her shoulder. “It’s been difficult to establish an alliance with any vampires.”

“You need to get back to your family,” I told her.

She nodded and winced. “As soon as I can get my feet under me.” Smiling, she let out a chuckle.

We all knew she had little time left.

“I’m heading to the new King’s party. The plan is to infiltrate.”

“I’ll make sure to get word back to him. Promise me you’ll find Oriel after.”

Taking her hand, I squeezed it and answered the question she wouldn’t ask. “I’ll protect your family.”

A tear slipped down her cheek and she glanced away. “Go now. Don’t be late to your party.”

“Of course. It was good seeing you, Leslie.”

She took my hand in hers. “Stay alive, Sig.” She said, pressing a crumpled piece of paper into my hand.

I turned and headed back into the street. Smoothing out the paper, I studied the ad for late night pizza in the faraway town of Yuma, Arizona. I’d have to go there and find the family she’d be leaving behind.

Today’s loss would be added to the list that would stay with me forever. There’d been many close calls in my life. Most from when I’d been alive. A few from after I’d died that fateful night. It haunted my dreams. Raging like wildfire over my memories. A dark night. Turbulent sea. The screams of the dying. Salt stung my eyes and wounds. Each cut flaring to life as I bobbed and weaved between the blades and hands that wished me dead.

Teagan’s worry flooded the street as he stepped into the night behind me. He’d fed. His breath reeked of it.

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