like a living
breathing thing. I stared into Lucretious eyes and I let my anger
grow. I watched as he realized what was happening. The dark place
rose up inside me and grew until it was sitting there in my throat,
choking the life out of me, feeding off of me. I struggled in
Roman’s arms, unable to keep still, and yet it grew.
“ It should have been me!” I screamed
it in my head like I was going crazy. Roman heard it, Lucretious
heard it, Perdita and Calliope were oblivious.
“LeKrista?” Roman called my name, but I
couldn’t answer. All I could do was let out the most anguished,
angry, hateful scream I’d never known I had within me. I felt it.
All the way down in my toes I felt it build until I couldn’t hold
it in any longer and it ripped through me. I felt it tear at the
tender flesh in my throat until no more sound came out and I tasted
real blood this time.
Everyone was looking at me. Good, because I
wanted their attention. Calliope had disappeared. That was just as
well. If I lost it, I didn’t want to take it out on her.
Lucretious was looking at me strangely. I
couldn’t place it. Perdita was staring, confused and afraid.
Good!
I wasn’t close enough.
“ Let me go,” I shouted at Roman so
forcefully that he did exactly that before he thought about it. I
ran as fast as I could, hoping to get there, before Roman realized
his mistake. He got his arms back around me more quickly than I
wanted, but it didn’t matter. I wasn’t going to go down without a
fight, and chances were, if I went down I was going all the way
down.
“Where did you find this one, Centurion? I
think she’s a bit touched, yes?”
Roman shrugged with me still struggling
violently in his arms. “You found her, my child. I just followed
you.”
“Ugly bitch.” I whispered it, because I had
no voice left, but Perdita heard anyway.
“What did you just say?” I didn’t answer.
“Why don’t you say it out loud, or are you too afraid.”
I shook my head and let my hatred for her
show in my eyes. “I’m not afraid of you, ya little parasite.”
Perdita stepped closer to me and laughed. “I
like her. I might just have to play with her before we kill her,
Lucretious.”
She was almost close enough. I grinned. “Why
wait?” I whispered, and it hurt.
Two more steps. All I needed was two more
steps and she gave them to me, stepping a little closer. My grin
broadened.
“Die bitch,” I whispered, and using Roman’s
solid weight as an anchor, I kicked out with my feet, sending the
heels of both my stilettoes deep into the flawless vampire’s chest.
The world froze around me. Lucretious looked from me to his love,
skewered at the ends of my diamond-tipped stilettos. I kicked the
shoes off and dropped my bare feet to the floor. Roman’s arms
dropped to his sides and I could feel his surprise like a wave of
cool air. It sent a shiver down my spine and goose bumps popped up
on my arms.
I don’t think Perdita was dead, due to her
age and that I’d staked her with two diamond tipped heels and not
wood or silver. She held a hand to her chest, the tips of her
fingers barely touching the blood that trickled from the wound.
When she looked up, the look on her face said she couldn’t believe
she’d just been stabbed in the heart by stilettoes.
I looked up at Lucretious, who seemed to be
having trouble figuring out what had just happened. “You’re next,
bastard!” I lunged, yanking the cross necklace over my head and
slipping it around his neck before he could connect the dots. His
screams started before he knew what I’d done. He didn’t burn from
the cross out as I assumed. He didn’t even go up in flames or begin
to smoke. I don’t know what happened to him, because as he screamed
he pulled me down with him. I dropped to the floor in a lifeless
heap as fiery pain consumed my body long before I lost
consciousness.
CHAPTER SIX
When I first woke up, I thought someone was
on top of me. There was so much pain
breathing thing. I stared into Lucretious eyes and I let my anger
grow. I watched as he realized what was happening. The dark place
rose up inside me and grew until it was sitting there in my throat,
choking the life out of me, feeding off of me. I struggled in
Roman’s arms, unable to keep still, and yet it grew.
“ It should have been me!” I screamed
it in my head like I was going crazy. Roman heard it, Lucretious
heard it, Perdita and Calliope were oblivious.
“LeKrista?” Roman called my name, but I
couldn’t answer. All I could do was let out the most anguished,
angry, hateful scream I’d never known I had within me. I felt it.
All the way down in my toes I felt it build until I couldn’t hold
it in any longer and it ripped through me. I felt it tear at the
tender flesh in my throat until no more sound came out and I tasted
real blood this time.
Everyone was looking at me. Good, because I
wanted their attention. Calliope had disappeared. That was just as
well. If I lost it, I didn’t want to take it out on her.
Lucretious was looking at me strangely. I
couldn’t place it. Perdita was staring, confused and afraid.
Good!
I wasn’t close enough.
“ Let me go,” I shouted at Roman so
forcefully that he did exactly that before he thought about it. I
ran as fast as I could, hoping to get there, before Roman realized
his mistake. He got his arms back around me more quickly than I
wanted, but it didn’t matter. I wasn’t going to go down without a
fight, and chances were, if I went down I was going all the way
down.
“Where did you find this one, Centurion? I
think she’s a bit touched, yes?”
Roman shrugged with me still struggling
violently in his arms. “You found her, my child. I just followed
you.”
“Ugly bitch.” I whispered it, because I had
no voice left, but Perdita heard anyway.
“What did you just say?” I didn’t answer.
“Why don’t you say it out loud, or are you too afraid.”
I shook my head and let my hatred for her
show in my eyes. “I’m not afraid of you, ya little parasite.”
Perdita stepped closer to me and laughed. “I
like her. I might just have to play with her before we kill her,
Lucretious.”
She was almost close enough. I grinned. “Why
wait?” I whispered, and it hurt.
Two more steps. All I needed was two more
steps and she gave them to me, stepping a little closer. My grin
broadened.
“Die bitch,” I whispered, and using Roman’s
solid weight as an anchor, I kicked out with my feet, sending the
heels of both my stilettoes deep into the flawless vampire’s chest.
The world froze around me. Lucretious looked from me to his love,
skewered at the ends of my diamond-tipped stilettos. I kicked the
shoes off and dropped my bare feet to the floor. Roman’s arms
dropped to his sides and I could feel his surprise like a wave of
cool air. It sent a shiver down my spine and goose bumps popped up
on my arms.
I don’t think Perdita was dead, due to her
age and that I’d staked her with two diamond tipped heels and not
wood or silver. She held a hand to her chest, the tips of her
fingers barely touching the blood that trickled from the wound.
When she looked up, the look on her face said she couldn’t believe
she’d just been stabbed in the heart by stilettoes.
I looked up at Lucretious, who seemed to be
having trouble figuring out what had just happened. “You’re next,
bastard!” I lunged, yanking the cross necklace over my head and
slipping it around his neck before he could connect the dots. His
screams started before he knew what I’d done. He didn’t burn from
the cross out as I assumed. He didn’t even go up in flames or begin
to smoke. I don’t know what happened to him, because as he screamed
he pulled me down with him. I dropped to the floor in a lifeless
heap as fiery pain consumed my body long before I lost
consciousness.
CHAPTER SIX
When I first woke up, I thought someone was
on top of me. There was so much pain
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