House of Spells: (A Paranormal Urban Fantasy) (The Vampire Project Book 3) by Yanez Jonathan

Author:Yanez, Jonathan [Yanez, Jonathan]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Archimedes Books
Published: 2017-06-27T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Two

Sloan

The woman had red hair like a torch had been lit on her scalp. The robes that covered her body were dark blue, maybe purple, it was hard for Sloan to tell. Her eyes were penetrating, like bright mage lights directed only at her. She stood above Sloan’s sleeping figure.

Sloan stumbled from her sleeping position on the thick, red-carpeted floor. Everything was how she remembered. The bed that had held her dead friend was still there beside her. The chairs, table, and sofa that used to be in the middle of the room had been pushed against the walls to provide room for the bed.

“Your change is coming.” The woman looked Sloan up and down like she was inspecting a prize horse up for auction. “And you are not prepared for the thirst that will follow.”

“What?” Sloan winced, trying to make sense of what the woman was saying. Somewhere in the back of her mind she realized she had to be dreaming, but that part was buried down deep, locked away in light of the realness she felt. “Who are you?”

“Who I am is not important. Listen to what I have to tell you. You’re about to go through a very harsh transition. The chemicals that have altered your body are not as much of a gift as you think they are. You’ll thirst for the blood of others once you have fully turned, sleep will be a memory, and you’ll have the ability to change others with a single bite.”

“What … what are you talking about?”

Sloan looked the woman up and down again. Her fair skin, the light sprinkle of freckles on her face reminded Sloan of someone, she just couldn’t recall who.

“Look at yourself!” The mystery woman was on her in a moment. Somehow, she was stronger than even Sloan. She grabbed Sloan by the arms and dragged her to a bookshelf where a circular mirror sat facing outward. “Look at yourself!”

Sloan winced at the deathlike hold the woman had on her arms. Her skin was already melding to the woman’s hands like there would be imprints there forever. A part of Sloan wanted to fight, but stronger still was the part of her that wanted answers.

What she saw in the mirror’s reflection terrified her to the bone. There was no doubt that the woman looking back at her was herself. But something had gone horribly wrong. Two needle-like canine teeth came down from her upper jaw. They were so long, they overlapped her bottom lip. Her eyes were a shade of blood red she had never seen before.

“What … what am I becoming?” Sloan managed to get the words out.

The woman finally relaxed her grip on Sloan. She stood beside her, gazing into the mirror. “You are becoming something this world has never seen. Your enemies are also growing in strength and number. They will also become monsters.”

“I’m not a monster.” Sloan didn’t even believe the words as they came out of her mouth. “I’m not.”

“You’ll be forced to fight a battle on two fronts.

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