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CHAPTER ONE
“Please,”
The sniveling mess crawled across the blood-splattered concrete. His fingers reaching for old leather boots. His entire body shook with the effort of raising his head to kiss Hyde’s feet.
“Could you be any more pathetic?”
Hyde pushed him away, breathing hard and gesturing to the three men with a curled lip of distaste.. Their fists were wet with blood.
“Get him on his feet.”
Watching Thorn and Diesel pull the vampire to his feet, Hyde pulled off his leather jacket.
His neck cracking once than twice as he stared over at the trembling girl. A new vampire, her eyes wide with fear. Fangs exposed, hungry for the spilt blood, no doubt. She sat huddled at the feet of his Second.
God, he fucking hated vampire politics. But here he was, acting like a bloody cop.
The irony shaped his lips into a cruel smile.
“I’m sorry I won’t do it again,”
“You know the rules Harry, all new vamp babies have to be approved by the boss,”
His claws sliding free, he let a low growl escape his lips. His wolf eager to spill blood. It didn’t care whose blood it was, as long as it was fresh.
“I give you hers,” flinching at the shocked cry that escaped the girls’ lips. “Her life for mine” red thick tears spilled down his gaunt face as he shook with desperation. “Take her,” Harry was babbling as he begged, “I will make it up to Draven, I swear. I couldn’t resist her. It won’t happen again,”
“Fucking coward” moving faster than humanly possible, Hyde’s claws cut a path for his fist into the man’s chest. For a moment, his eyes met Harry’s shocked gaze. His lips curling up as his fingers closed around the vulnerable heart.
“I don’t like killing girls, Harry” His tone was low, almost friendly
With a twist, Hyde pulled the heart free, holding it up for the vampire to see before bringing down his free hand. His claws slicing through the vampire’s throat and spine.
The decapitated head rolling cross the floor to land next to the girl before it started to crumble and decay. The body falling to the concrete floor into a cloud of dust.
A loud string of curses escaped from both Thorn and Diesel as they stepped back. Dead dust was the hardest to clean off leather. It clung in a way that no dust should.
“Damn, he was an old one” Glancing at Valentine his second, Hyde took in the sobbing newborn at his feet. Huddling in on herself, she was trying to disappear into the concrete.
Moving over to kneel in front of her, Hyde used one bloody claw under her chin to raise her face so he could see her eyes.
He didn’t conceal the red, wolven eyes that had replaced his normal blue while staring into her gaze.
“Are you going to follow the rules?”
Glaring at her shuddering nod. He stood. The fear radiating off her made his beast growl low in his throat. He could kill her, maybe even let her run a little first. Give himself something to hunt. It had been so long.
Hyde retracted his claws, squashing the urge as he stepped backwards.
“Get up,”
He turned to his crew and gestured towards the empty, unused black body bag.
“Get that out of here. And take the newborn to Morticia,”
With a firm grip, Valentine hoisted her up and nodded.
“Dravens going to be pissed.”
