Sleeping With The Vampire: Paranormal Romance (Immortal Vampire) by Grey Nikki

Author:Grey, Nikki
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hewlett-Packard Company
Published: 2024-10-02T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Lucca

My recovery took longer than I would have liked.

I am able to get up for a few hours, but then I become tired and have to lie down and rest. I am taking all sorts of potions and even though I’m improving, the progress is slow. It is infuriating as I can feel how things are happening behind the scenes. I want to go up to the Citadel, but it is too dangerous now.

Finn reports back that Sunil has gone into hiding. His shapeshifter crow has been to the house but nobody has been there in days. The city is in turmoil and rumors of imminent war are all anyone talks about.

Layrr bursts into the room and announces that our blood bank has been blown up.

“What do you mean?” I ask.

“The entire facility was destroyed yesterday morning. The official story is a gas leak but it was timed very carefully for right after the last truck left and there was no supply. The fresh donations had already been transported to the manufacturing plant.”

“So, it was a calculated move to hurt us?” I am thinking out loud.

“And they killed our people on the scene,” says Layrr. “They’ve effectively shut us down.”

“We need to increase security at our other blood banks,” I say, even as I realize this means we will be spread too thin. I can’t have men everywhere.

Finn says, “There are reports of blood shortages in the north. Vampires near Ginnerlong have attacked people out of desperation. There have been multiple mortalities.”

This is terrible news.

If humans think vampires are out to get them again, there will be widespread panic.

“We need to get product out there, maybe redirect from Port Johnson?”

Layrr says, “We can’t use the main roads, we have come under attack repeatedly on those routes.”

“I know what the problem is, come up with a solution!” I am raising my voice even though I know that Layrr is not the problem. I need to find out who is pulling the strings behind all of this.

I keep thinking of the boy’s vision of the laughing man and again try to call Sunil. In the late afternoon, I finally get hold of him.

“Father! Are you all right?”

The connection is poor but we are able to communicate at least.

“I am outside the capital in some town, trying to keep a low profile. Everything is shambles at the moment,” he says. “There is a reshuffle happening on the Council, nobody knows what will happen.”

“Why are you in hiding?” I ask.

“This is the time to tread carefully,” Sunil says. “There are odd accidents and explosions, unexplained deaths, and so on… the situation is very….fluid.”

Sunil sounded vague.

I was getting a bad feeling.

“You know Lord Elgin of the Caledon family? He was killed along with his wife and family. There was a fire, which destroyed the street. The whole road!”

I remember Elgin, a big fellow with a hearty laugh. Simonis often had him and his family over for parties. I wondered what he was doing in the Citadel why anyone wanted to remove him.

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