(eng) P. T. Hylton & Jonathan Benecke - Vampire World 03 by The Savage Dawn

Author:The Savage Dawn [Dawn, The Savage]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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Firefly woke with a start, his body already beginning to stand. It was as if he was being physically pulled to his feet. There was only one thing that could do that, he knew. An order from his masters. Somehow, even from a distance, they were calling him, and his body was responding even before his mind was fully awake.

He felt like utter shit.

The world looked strange, blurry. It seemed to swim before his eyes each time he blinked. And that was far from the worst of it. A feeling akin to nausea threatened to overwhelm him. But this nausea wasn’t only in his stomach; it was a sickness that sang from every cell of his body. He could even feel it in his teeth.

He’d had his share of rough mornings after a night of drinking at Tankards, but this felt like every hangover he’d ever had all rolled into one. His body throbbed with pain.

The worst part was that he knew there was a very simple cure to the sickness: sleep.

For the first time in his life as a vampire, he was experiencing daysickness. All his body wanted was to rest until the sun went down. If he lay down in this storm drain and closed his eyes, he’d be asleep in an instant and the pain would be gone. But his masters compelled him to come, so that was what he must do.

It was no wonder all the vampires he’d encountered during the day in his time with the GMT had been so pissed off. The way he was currently feeling, he’d probably rip out the throat of anyone who came into his immediate vicinity.

He ran through the maze of storm drains, instinctively knowing which way to turn at each junction. Once, he made a wrong turn, but he only made it a few steps before his instincts recognized the mistake and forced him to turn around.

The tunnels were crowded with sleeping Ferals, a fact that made Firefly nervous when he thought about it too hard. But they didn’t rouse when he ran by, or even when he leaped over them. He understood why. He was a vampire. It wasn’t worth the daysickness to go after someone who couldn’t even feed their hunger. If he still smelled human, the experience of running through this tunnel would have been far different, he knew.

His leg brushed against a Feral as he ran by, and he shuddered. The world had turned upside down. He would give anything to go back just a few days, to refuse to lead the Resettlers to their first night on the surface. If he could somehow get up to New Haven, he’d pay Fleming a visit. He’d slice the councilman throat to balls and he’d pull out the man’s insides. Then he’d sink his teeth into Fleming’s soft neck and drink deep. He could almost feel the hot blood flowing across his teeth and down his throat—

He shook his head, pushing away the fantasy and the hunger it had stoked.

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