Empire of Blood: A Dystopian Vampire Trilogy (Bundle, Boxset) (Plus Two Empire of Blood Short Stories) by Robert S. Wilson

Author:Robert S. Wilson [Wilson, Robert S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Empire of Blood Books
Published: 2017-04-12T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 31

A Meeting of Many Minds

The thick heavy air was a bit much for Jack as he crept down the alleyway. He felt almost a sense of panic at the thought of breathing too much of the stuff in. As if he even needed to breathe at all. But underneath that abrasive thickness was the sweet smell of innocent blood. The boy was nearby. Somewhere on this block. The smell was too much. Jack bit his tongue with the lust of it. As much as he wanted to taste that decadent flavor of both innocence and his own revenge, Jack wanted above all to live to kill again. And that made taking the boy while surrounded by so many humans capable of hurting Jack completely out of the question. He stopped alongside a short tan-bricked building. This was the one, Jack could feel it. He might not be able to take the boy now but he could certainly prepare for when the time would come. And it would be here no doubt. Soon. Not as soon as Jack would like, but he could be a patient man when what he wanted was dire enough. And this time it certainly was. He wanted nothing more right now than to get his hands on the kid and the man who had shot him with that staking device.

On the other side of the gravel driveway, an abandoned house stood creaking and crunching, the wind blowing in and out of its crevices with a whistling howl that would rival that of a large wolf in heat. It would have to do. He could at least hide his sore bones from the sun during the daylight hours and hunt in the city by night. And eventually… Eventually he could grab the boy and his stake-happy bodyguard, bring them back here, and take their lives right underneath the enemy’s nose.

Slipping his way inside, Jack could smell the rot in every grain of wood, the infestations of mice, rats, and cockroaches and all sorts of other fowl creatures that had taken refuge in this tiny forsaken building. Yes, it would do very nicely. He sat down and plucked two wet rats in mid scurry across the floor and held them up in front of his face to analyze. Their little legs continued to race desperately for the other side of the room even though each movement took them nowhere. Finally the smaller one seemed to get the gist of what was going on and tried to squeeze out of Jack’s hand. Jack flexed his fingers and palm and crushed the life from the smaller rat and watched as the other rat suddenly realized what his buddy had figured out just before his quick demise. Jack held out his other hand for the living rat to see in the pale sliver of moonlight coming in through the dilapidated window until he was practically rubbing the dead rat against the living rat’s nose. The living rat’s clawing at Jack’s

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