Immortal Vendetta: Blackstone Vampire Clan: 3 by L.A. McGinnis

Author:L.A. McGinnis [McGinnis, L.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fools Journey Press
Published: 2022-08-28T16:00:00+00:00

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LOGAN

For the next few hours, I concentrated digging the shard of metal out of my shoulder, until my fingers were numb and blood coated my entire side. Utterly defeated, I flopped my head back on the stone wall. I hadn’t eaten in two days, my body was shutting down, and the smartest thing I could do right now was conserve every last bit of energy.

A storm was rolling in; fat raindrops splattered in the churned-up muck of the prison yard. Worried about infection, I’d tried to keep my open wounds out of the thick mud, but even so, I was plastered with it, and my clothing was stiff with Shane’s dried blood. I doubted Laird Stewart would drag this much dirt into his fancy house, so they’d most likely clean me up before they took me inside.

When my captors did unlock the iron door and jerked me to my feet, it took me a minute to get my wits about me. They dragged me through the ankle-deep mud, across the courtyard, where I was stripped naked beside the horse trough.

Or almost naked. When they reached my bright purple underwear, none of them seem to know what to do next.

After a bit of discussion, a battered wooden pail was dipped in the water and dumped over my head. The water wasn’t much cleaner than I was, and though it sluiced off the mud, I now had pieces of hay stuck in my matted hair.

Two more buckets and I was deemed clean enough for the laird. I shivered when they dragged me back through the courtyard and down the winding maze of hallways and corridors as the heavy rain leaked through the windows and puddles spread across the stone floors. I shook so badly my teeth were chattering, and my feet failed to gain traction as I futilely fought the two men dragging me past the richly appointed meeting room, then up a spiral set of stone steps I assumed led to the laird’s bedchamber.

I use the last dregs of my energy to kick and bite my captors but only managed to amuse them. They were still chuckling when they tossed me onto a thick wool rug, where I lay panting, staring up their bearded faces.

“When I dig this fucking piece of iron out of my shoulder, I’ll kill you all.”

They just laughed again, then bowed deeply as a set of polished boots appeared in my line of sight. Laird Stewart wound his fingers into my hair and yanked me backward until I stared up into his face. Into those eyes that could’ve well been my own.

Well, before mine had turned dark.

“I’ll teach you not to fight me.” He released me, and when I hit the floor Stewart kicked me square in the stomach, flipping me over on my back. I tried scuttling away, but my body wouldn’t obey, like there was some kind of disconnect between my brain and my muscles. All I could do was lie there as he loomed over me.

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