[For the Blood 01] • For the Blood by Cassidy Debbie

Author:Cassidy, Debbie [Cassidy, Debbie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: vampires
Amazon: B07HVTMQXL
Goodreads: 42105816
Published: 2018-12-27T00:00:00+00:00

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We hit the road to Haven a few minutes later but Ash yanked me back, pulling me against him and covering my mouth with the palm of his hand. My instinct was to struggle, but logic asserted itself and I held still.

Jace cursed under his breath.

What? What was going on?

And then the crimson-robed figures came into view. Ash slowly lowered his hand from my mouth.

“Please. Please, let me go.” A young girl struggled between the cloaks as they dragged her effortlessly along the road.

I knew these branded freaks, and I knew exactly where they were taking the girl.

Not your problem, Dad said firmly. You can’t get tangled up in anything else.

He was right. He was always right. The light caught the girl’s frightened face. She couldn’t be more than thirteen or fourteen. A teenager alone in this fucked-up world. Maybe it was better if she died. The thing under the bridge would make it quick, pleasant even, if the euphoria that had assaulted me had been anything to go by. She’d die in bliss. Better than being torn to shreds by Claws or sucked dry by Fangs.

“We need to do something.” It was my voice, coming from my treacherous mouth.

“We don’t know what we’re dealing with,” Jace said.

“I do.” I filled them in on my run-in with the village and the crimson-cloaked, branded freaks that had insisted we be fed to the monster under the bridge.

They exchanged glances and then Jace’s eyes lit up with excitement. “A ward. No wonder we couldn’t find him.”

I looked from Ash’s terse face to Jace’s excited one. “What are you talking about?”

“Let’s save the girl and then get back to base,” Jace said quickly. “I’ll explain everything.”

Jace and Ash exchanged another glance, and then they straightened up and sauntered out into the road.

“Hey!” Jace called out. “We’re lost, you couldn’t give us directions to the nearest motel, could you?”

The crimson crew stopped and turned to stare at the Fangs in unison. Their bald heads gleamed in the moonlight, and the weird brand on their foreheads looked wicked and painful.

“Walk away, abominations,” the crimson cloak leading the party said. “Walk away or face the wrath of our Lord.”

Jace let out a low whistle. “Lord? Wow, is that what you call him? He really has moved up in the world.”

A flash of confusion crossed the cloak’s face. “You know not what you speak of.”

Jace and Ash advanced as one. “Let the human go, and we can discuss it.”

“The human is an offering to soothe our Lord. She will serve his appetite well.”

“What? This skin and bone thing?” Jace said. “You really are scraping the barrel, aren’t you?”

Ash was moving to the left while Jace kept them talking. They were flanking the cloaks.

The leader pulled a wicked dagger from the folds of his cloak. “Leave or die.”

“Please. Please, don’t let them take me,” the girl pleaded with Jace.

The moonlight caught her face fully and the dark veins on her cheek were suddenly visible. She was infected.

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