Ethical Vampires 01 - Keeper of the King by Nigel Bennett & P. N. Elrod

Author:Nigel Bennett & P. N. Elrod [Bennett, Nigel & Elrod, P. N.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy, General, Epic, Historical, Vampires, Horror, Great Britain
ISBN: 9780671878627
Google: VY5mXVbw6nYC
Amazon: 067187862X
Publisher: Baen
Published: 1997-01-02T05:00:00+00:00

Blood everywhere. Lots of it. Footprints in the blood. The departing trail led off toward the back entry. A man’s shoe size, he noted absently.

Blood everywhere. Lots of it. Footprints in the blood. The departing trail led off toward the back entry. A man’s shoe size, he noted absently.

She-Who-Walks had gotten that right enough.

Richard forced himself to study what was left of the body. He’d seen death before, countless variations of it, but this particular one turned his belly differently, more profoundly than all the others.

Sean’s exposed skin was torn, clawed, ripped

and bitten.

Oh, dear God.

Richard reached his Land Rover just as the first of the emergency vehicles arrived on the scene: police, ambulances, even a SWAT team; they were gathering like flies to a corpse. God, if they only knew.

They’ll find him soon enough.

Within the hour they’d be all over that building.

Another horrific murder like the one in Niagara and himself, Richard, close on the scene again. Demarest would have a perfect seizure; he’d—

But Richard could not complete the thought as the vision of what he’d just seen crashed upon his mind’s eye again, scattering all other worries to the sky. He knew exactly what had made the mess in 118, the mess that was all that remained of Sean the boxer. He recognized the tearing and the wanton spilling of blood and bile.

Another vampire.

A vampire at just about the same stage of degeneration as himself.

His hands were leaden as he fumbled to unlock the door and hoist his suddenly chilled body inside the cab of the truck. The familiar smell of leather and plastic weren’t enough to dispel what now permeated his clothes, clung to his skin. He’d taken great care not to touch anything, but the stench of the warehouse was very much with him. He glanced apprehensively at his shoes. They were clean—at least of visible crimson evidence—but he knew he’d throw everything away at the first opportunity. As before with Arlie Webb, he felt an overwhelming urge to wash it all off. He’d see to it as soon as he was in the sweet sanctuary of his home.

He started the engine, gunning it to angry life, a reflection of his inner tension, then protective instinct cut in and he eased off to let the truck merely idle. There were quite enough police around, no need to attract their attention.

He didn’t half jump out of his skin when Sharon suddenly appeared at the driver’s door and pounded on the window.

“Here! I thought you were wantin’ to talk with me!” she shouted through the darkened glass.

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