The Chosen Trilogy Boxset by David Leadbeater

Author:David Leadbeater [Leadbeater, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-05-26T22:00:00+00:00

SIXTEEN

Lysette suppressed a shiver. Not far out of Vienna, where the hills rolled gently and formed the foothills and gateways to even loftier places, a castle perched in shadow, its high spires pointing to a place its occupants could never go. Reminiscent of the Cinderella castle in Disneyworld, it contained none of the cheeriness of a theme park and none of the safety.

It was a vampire fortress, a black bastion for night crawlers and bloodsuckers. Ceriden’s first responsibility was to take them there. His second was to warn them to always be on their guard and never walk alone. Lysette saw the way Ethan grinned at his king’s words and resolved to watch the kid like a hawk.

Once inside, the dark menace that pervaded the place fell over them. Cleaver unfastened his duster and kept a hand close to his shotgun. Jade walked on the balls of her feet, always ready to leap into action.

“Don’t worry,” Ceriden said to them, constantly vigilant himself. “New country. Different house. Protocol demands we pay our respects, but I am king. There are many vampires here. A sizeable security force.”

“And my master. My king,” Ethan said happily. “This is his place.”

“Yes.” Ceriden stuttered a little. “Strahovski. He’s the king of Europe and number two to my reign. He is . . . a tricky old chap.”

“Tricky?” Lysette echoed with arched eyebrows.

“Think of me as David Beckham and him as Roy Keane. That might help.”

“It would if I followed bloody soccer. I don’t. Do you two have a problem?”

“Strahovski is unruly. There may be some rivalry, nothing too nasty, but it’s best left unpoked. He is a wild child. If Britney was a man and had fangs, she would be Strahovski.”

Lysette tried to imagine it. Failed. “Looks like we’ll play it by ear then.”

Ceriden nodded. “That sounds good to me.”

The black castle groaned and echoed to the sounds of good-natured vampiric shrieks. The fanged creatures congregated to watch them pass. Their nostrils flared. Lysette thought about Daniel in the lion’s den. She thought about poor old Ken and his group, walking the byways of hell.

She moved deeper into the castle.

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