The Legacy by Kay Derwydd

Author:Kay Derwydd [Derwydd, Kay]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Published: 2012-07-13T18:39:02+00:00

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Morgan groaned and tried to move, but the chains which held him shackled to the stone wall had no give in them. Two hours had passed without anyone coming in to see them and Ashley was looking worse with every minute. His skin was pale and his eyes were nearly translucent. He looked like Death itself. One of the men who had held Ashley before brought Morgan water once, but no one ever gave Ashley a drop. Morgan knew it was only a matter of time. Yet he held out hope, what little there was. Ashley's brother was nowhere to be seen, and with Ashley as silent as the grave, Morgan prayed his twin would find them quickly. He dragged his 170

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attention from Ashley's limp form to the other side of the room as a bolt gave way on the wooden door.

"Well, it's nice to see one of you coming around finally."

"Who the hell are you?"

"Oh, forgive me, Morgan, for my lapse in manners," the man said. "I'm Loren Matthews, lord of this house. I see you've met my favorite possession," he said with a nod toward Ashley.

"What do you want with us?" Morgan demanded.

"You know, Mr. Adamson, you have proven yourself to be quite a troublemaker," Loren said, ignoring Morgan's question.

"Leave him alone, Loren."

Loren turned to face Ashley. "Well, well," he sneered. He looked from Ashley to Morgan. "Don't you two make an odd couple." He walked to Ashley, then turned to face Morgan once more. "Tell me, Morgan," he said, drawing a knife from his own belt, "how has a mortal managed to stay alive this long with Ashley Porter?"

A deathly chill stole up Morgan's spine. "What?"

Ashley's pale eyes widened. "Loren, please," he pleaded weakly.

Loren turned a sinister grin to him. "Well, it's about time I heard you beg for me, sorcerer, but you are no longer in a position to ask for anything." He walked to Morgan, carrying the knife in his right hand.

"Loren!" Ashley begged.

"Has he tasted you yet?" Loren pressed the tip of the six-inch blade to the inside of Morgan's forearm at the bend of his 171

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elbow, and with steady precision, drew it up to Morgan's wrist.

Morgan sucked in a sharp breath through his teeth, and Ashley's face paled. Blood ran down Morgan's arm in a steady stream and Loren coated the blade in it. Then he returned to Ashley once more. Morgan's heartbeat slowed to a crawl as he watched Loren slide the blade across Ashley's lips. A sickening feeling begin in the pit of Morgan's stomach and surged through his body as Ashley's head fell back, blood trailing down his chin.

"Yes," Loren whispered near Ashley's ear, "the sweetest taste in the world. Feel it course through your veins, bringing an end to the pain of hunger. It's Morgan's blood, Ashley, sweeter than the finest wine and deadlier than the strongest poison."

Morgan felt weak and sick. Tears began to roll down his cheeks as he watched Ashley's eyes open and his tongue slide across his lips, tasting the blood on them.

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