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“Is that truly what you wish?” She asked. “When her life could be spared throughmetapherus archond?” I heard gasps and murmurs from the crowd.
“Yes,” Adam said, staring straight ahead.
“What the fuck Adam!” I screeched, but he continued to stare blankly ahead. I turned to the female. “Hey!” I shouted, getting her attention. “Will you please explain what thefuckis going on? Because I haven’t done anything wrong, and I don’t want to die.”
The woman stared down at me. “She has fire.”
I waited for her to continue, but instead she looked over my head to address the crowd.
“Is there anyone here who will accept this newborn?”
“What?” My eyes darted around the room. “What are you talking about? What does that mean?” No one paid any attention to me.
“I will.” A voice rang out from the back of the room.
I started to turn to see who had spoken, but was startled when Adam’s roar filled the room. He spun around, mindless of his chains, and lunged towards the crowd at the back of the room.
A guard rushed forward and jammed a baton into Adam’s back. His body jerked as electricity coursed through him, but he grabbed the end of the baton and yanked hard, sending the guard on the other end careening toward him. Adam lifted the guard and threw him across the room, just as two others rushed in. I watched in disbelief as Adam fought them both at once. Even with him chained, they didn’t stand a chance. He tore into them with his fangs and his claws.
The vampires in the room were all shouting and screaming, but I couldn’t take my eyes off Adam. He fought like an animal.Where had this strength been when we were captured?
An arm came sliding across the floor towards me.Justan arm. I slapped a hand over my mouth and jumped back as blood came pooling towards my feet.
The female on the stage was shouting, and four more guards joined the fray. They hit him with electric batons, over and over, eventually bringing him to his knees. Still, they did not stop.
I tried to run to him, but the guard at my side grabbed me and held me in place. I screamed his name and struggled to get free, but I was not strong enough.
“Enough!” The female on the stage shouted, rising to her feet. The four remaining guards lowered their batons and stepped away. Adam lay unmoving on the floor, his eyes closed.Was he alive? He had to be!Three dead bodies lay on the floor around him, one of them in multiple pieces.
“Adam-” I choked on a sob, hot tears running down my face.
“Well,thatwas unexpected,” a man said dryly. I turned and saw a vampire crossing the room towards me. He was massive, taller than Adam even, with olive tanned skin and short dark hair. He was wearing a black suit, and I stared at his polished shoes as he casually stepped over a dead guard on his way towards me.
“Julian Calahorra of House Velasco.” I heard the woman say. “Do you accept this newborn through metapherus archond?”
“Yes.” The man came to a stop only a foot away from me. I had to tilt my head back to see his face. He looked down at me, his dark eyes fathomless. I wanted to run, but my feet wouldn’t move. I was like a mouse caught in a snake's stare.
“I accept.” He stared directly into my eyes as he spoke, and I was unable to look away.
“Then it is done,” I heard the woman say.
“What is done?” I asked, still unable to look away from him. “What does that mean?”
His full lips slowly curved into a cruel smile. “It means you belong to me now.”
