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"Mom, I have news," Deryn was exhausted but wanted to place the call before he passed out in the huge bed that Merrill found for him. Paul's bedroom was next door on the third floor and the Welsh policeman was already asleep.
"What is it, baby?" Deryn would always be Corinne Alford's baby boy, no matter how old he was. Since Tony's disappearance and probable death, she couldn't help herself.
"Mom, when the hotel got bombed, Tony was hit by flying metal."
"They found his body?" Corinne started to cry again.
"In a manner of speaking," Deryn replied. "Mom, something cut his femoral artery and he was bleeding to death. Someone found him, mom. Somebody who knew he was dying and that the emergency crews wouldn't be able to save him, even with a doctor standing over him. The one who found him was a vampire, mom. Tony asked the vampire to keep him alive, so he did. In the only way he could. Tony's a vampire now." Deryn heard the phone clatter to the floor and the thump as his mother's unconscious body hit immediately afterward.
"What the hell are you saying, son?" His father lifted the phone and shouted into the receiver.
The End
The Blood Destiny Series continues with Blood Royal, coming soon to an e-reader near you.
About the Author:
Connie Suttle lives in Oklahoma with her patient, long-suffering (still) husband and three cats. The cats let her know when they're out of gooshie food. Her husband lets her know when they're out of milk. Altogether, it’s a pretty good system.
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For information on forthcoming titles, please visit Connie's website at www.subtledemon.com, her blog at subtledemon.blogspot.com or find her on her Facebook page—at Connie Suttle Author. She is also on twitter as subtledemon.
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