Arjun by Fionn Jameson Read Free Book Online Page A

Which seems strange, considering just how many women I’ve been bet. “I’m h could n’t rayed by.”
    “Not all women are traitors," I said, in direct violation of my own private thoughts, but I felt the need to defend my own gender.
    His lips thinned. “That remains to be seen, doesn’t it?”
    I let that go. For now. “Okay. So you have me. What happens now?”
    “I will push myself into vampire society, get deeper and deeper until I find Shannon. Until I find out the truth. But in order to do that, I’ll need someone to watch my back. I’ve heard rumors of your abilities and I think you might be the one I’ve been looking for. You’ve got a special gift, I’m told. I could use it.”
    “I don’t know what you’re talking about,” I said automatically.
    Only two people were supposed to know of my ability: Elder Chang and Adrian.
    How did he know?
    He shrugged and swirled the liquor in his cup, the absence of ice making this a somewhat perilous task. “I suppose I’d think less of you if you copped out so easily. Be that as it may, I know what you can do. The best I could do is hire a vampire and I refuse to trust something I want to bring down. Or I could hire someone else and then get killed a day later through their incompetence. No, it’s better to get such a legend as yourself on my side.”
    I shook my head. “I don’t…I don’t understand exactly what it is you plan to do. You plan on entering vampiric society? With me as your bodyguard?”
    He looked at me approvingly. I wasn’t sure if I liked it. “You can understand, can’t you?”
    So easy and yet… “So once you enter their society, then what?”
    “I will petition to find out Shannon’s kidnapper. I will petition for her life. That’s all I care about.”
    I drew in a deep breath. “You must have loved her very much. You will put your life on the life for a woman?”
    “If that person had meant the entire world to you, wouldn’t you do the same?” he asked quietly.
    “I’ve never felt that way about anyone, so I wouldn’t know.” I pushed a lock of hair out of my eyes. “This is much more dangerous than simply killing someone in front of Noir’s mansion.”