“It’s delicious. The vampire will easily take her now.”
Chapter 29
We were no longer in Laeddin’s world. The scent around me had changed. I knew I’d been brought back to the human world, to the house that was my mother’s. I wanted to open my eyes, talk to Laeddin, but my body wouldn’t allow it.
Somehow I was still connected to Maleficent.
I watched her fly through the night, using my wings. She was no longer clad in black, but wore blood red pants and a shirt that contrasted sharply with my wings. She reminded me of someone, but as soon as I had the thought, it vanished.
I watched Maleficent attack a human. His eyes stared lifelessly into the night as she drained him dry. That caused my mind to reel with disbelief. Had my wings changed Maleficent into a vampire? When she finished drinking, she flew into Sharra and descended on Titan’s mountain.
Row after row of crypts lined the catacombs inside the mountain. I had no idea so many magical creatures had been imprisoned.
Maleficent roamed the crypts, until she found the one she wanted. Then she opened it.
A female vampire lay inside. Maleficent tore a gash in her wrist and placed the wound over the vampire’s mouth. After several moments, the vampire corpse lifted her hands to Maleficent’s wrist and began to. “Drink, Velencia. We have much work to do.”
As Velencia drank another vampire entered the catacombs.
“What are you doing here? I know you’ve served under the new Queen.”
The vampire bowed low. “I’ve seen the error of my ways and have come to realize Snow White is not the ruler we need. It is you.”
Maleficent gave her an evil grin. “Well, Ciana, that you knew I was here tells me your loyalties are at least somewhat true. I may have use for you.”
“Thank you,” Ciana said, standing upright.
My already sickened heart sank deeper into despair. I’d believed Ciana to be my friend, almost like a second mother.
Maleficent suddenly seemed to realize I watched her. She hissed, allowing her fangs to show. Shocked, I tried to get away. Maleficent smiled and lifted a hand across my eyes.
My mind went numb. Life no longer glinted in a kaleidoscope of colors. There was only gray.
***
Loud voices erupted all around me. I wanted to make them to stop, but I was too tired.
“If we don’t take her back to Sharra, she’ll die.” That was a guy’s voice. It was strange, but it sounded like Peter. How would he know about Sharra? The question sparked me into action. I tried to open my eyes, but couldn’t.
“I can’t let you. She is bound to me and I cannot disobey her wish.” Laeddin sounded pained, like he ached to help, but my wish demanded I stay in the human world.
“You have to let us. You must. It’s been a week since you brought her back and nothing’s changed. She hasn’t moved.” It sounded like Zoe’s voice, but that was impossible. If Zoe and Peter were from Sharra I would’ve recognized them. I knew nearly every magical creature in my land, and certainly vampires. Unless… could it be? I went back over the past couple of weeks. The brief time we’d spent together. Each time though I was left with a sense of compassion. I was drawn to them. Looking over our interactions it was obvious. It shocked me I hadn’t realized who they really were before now.
Zoe and Peter were…
“She’s waking,” Laeddin whispered. “And I can’t let you take her back. Maleficent didn’t break the bond between Jasmine and me. She still has two wishes and I cannot be separated from her until I grant them.”
“You can come back too,” Zoe insisted.
“No, I can’t. Her first wish still holds. She must remain in the human world.” Laeddin’s voice echoed with finality.
“Ugh! Fine.”
“Don’t tell her what you know. We’ll find a way to help her on her terms.” That was Peter’s voice.
“Keep our secret, genie. If you care for her the way I believe you do, don’t say a word. Obviously her wish is important, even now. Perhaps if I would’ve been more understanding we wouldn’t be in this situation,” Zoe said.
“Nonsense,” Peter added.
My mind was whirling. How did they know? Why hadn’t they said anything?
And if they were in the human world, what was to become of Sharra?
End of Book 1
Coming September 14th ~ Vampire Secrets book 2.
Afterword
Thank you for reading the first book in the second season of Blood and Snow. In Vampire Lies we meet Jasmine. She’s comparable to the Original Vampires in that she has wings, but she doesn’t like being different.
Over the course of this season she’ll come to realize that what makes her different is the attribute that will save those she loves.
I hope you enjoyed Vampire Lies. If so, please go back to Amazon and leave a review. I would really appreciate it.
Thank you!
Sincerely,
RaShelle Workman
The Beastly Series
A Beauty So Beastly
“For your vanity, your cruelty, and your cold unfeeling heart, a curse I leave upon you . . .”
What happens if the beauty is also the beast?
The stunning Beatrice Cavanaugh is considered American royalty. She has everything except the ability to love. Cursed on her eighteenth birthday, she becomes more beastly than ever, having a newfound craving for raw meat, and an undeniable yearning for the night. Bitterness is her only companion.
After accusing a maid of stealing, a disgustingly kind and exquisitely handsome guy named Adam shows up asking Beatrice to drop the charges against his mother.
Infuriated by his goodness, Beatrice vows to break him. Destroy him. Make him hurt the way she hurts. So she agrees. On one condition: Adam must take his mother’s place as a servant in the mansion.
Because Beatrice won’t stop until he’s more beastly than she is.
A Beauty So Beastly
Coming December 21st, 2014 is a brand new story.
Across the Ages
Ghosts are real. So is time travel.
Eighteen-year-old Lucy Channing discovers this reality after her dead grandmother gives her a beautiful locket. As soon as her fingers brush the cold copper, Lucy is swept out of the nineteenth century and into the twenty-first.
The first person she encounters is none other than twenty-year-old William Godwin. He’s uber-rich, arrogant, exciting, and oh so handsome.
William agrees to help the strange girl find her way home. Or into the nearest mental institution.
But what the two uncover reveals more than ghosts and time travel. Lucy and William discover a love greater than time itself.
A love so strong it reaches...
Across the Ages.
About the Author
RaShelle Workman is the author of the popular Blood and Snow series. She loves to reinvent fairy tales teens and adults can sink their teeth into. Her stories include kissing, vampires, werewolves, witches, aliens, and more kissing. Sleeping Roses, Exiled, Beguiled, and Dovetailed have foreign rights contracts with a Turkish publisher. RaShelle is also one of the co-founders of Indie Recon LIVE.
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Sleeping Roses
Across the Ages
Exiled
Beguiled
Dovetailed
Blood and Snow (1-12)
The Cindy Chronicles
Vampire Lies (Blood and Snow Season 2, #1)
A Beauty so Beastly (the Beastly series, #1)
Vampire Secrets (Blood and Snow Season 2, #2)
Short stories:
Cindy Witch
The Hunter's Tale
Gabriel
After the Kiss
Zaren's Travels
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