BITTEN (Book #3 of the Vampire Legends) by Emma Knight Read Free Book Online Page A

voice of a girl came pouring in. “No, please don’t hurt me. Please!” she shouted.
    Into view came a girl with blonde hair, dressed in an orange prison robe, being dragged into the jury room by four other large security guards. Hunter couldn’t get a close look at her face, but somehow knew he recognized her voice.
    “Wait!” Hunter said, trying to buy time, waiting to see who this mysterious, beautiful girl was.
    The guards stopped dragging him out as Violet said, “HALT!”
    “Did you suddenly remember where your coven is?” Violet asked.
    Hunter waited, as the girl was brought into the room and placed right next to him. They took off her blindfold and had her stand there, alone, waiting to be sentenced.
    “Penelope?” he asked. “Is that you?”
    The girl turned her head and looked at Hunter, then smiled and began to walk towards him.
    “STOP RIGHT THERE!” Violet said. “How do you two know each other?”
    Hunter tried to hide the passion he felt for her. He didn’t want to reveal the two had been lovers many centuries ago when they studied abroad in London. He couldn’t let her find out—if she did, she’d surely kill both of them, he thought to himself. But, he hadn’t seen her in hundreds of years. He’d though she died in one of the great wars that had passed.
    “I thought you died?” Hunter said, looking longingly at Penelope.
     “It was a close call, but I survived!” Penelope said, smiling. “And I tried to find you, but…”
    “I searched everywhere for you, Pen, I really did,” Hunter said.
    Violet cleared her throat.
     “I’ve heard just about enough of this love story,” Violet said. “Hunter, it seems like you just can’t keep your hands off of anyone these days.”
    Hunter stood there. Not responding.
    “And YOU,” she said, pointing to Penelope. “Seems like you may know a thing or two about Hunter here?”
    “Well,” Penelope said, cowardly. “I haven’t seen him, as you know, in many many years.”
    Hunter tried to figure out what she meant by that. Then she spoke again.
    “You’ve kept me here since the last great war. I haven’t seen or heard from Hunter. You know that,” Penelope said, now getting angry.
    “GUARDS, execute her! She’s worthless to us now,” Violet screeched.
    “NO! WAIT!” Hunter retorted. “Don’t kill her, take me!”
    “Tell me where Benji is?” Violet said, bargaining with him. “If you tell me where he is, we will set her free.”
    Hunter looked at Penelope and her beautiful blue eyes, staring back, hoping, and praying for survival.
    “Let her go!” Hunter yelled again, getting heated.
    Violet gave a nod and the guards came and poked her with a sword.
    “OUCH!” she screamed as a tiny bit of her arm was pierced by the sword. Hunter saw the blood oozing out in small drips.
    “NO! NO! I can’t bear to watch this anymore,” he said.
    “Then, you know what you have to do. Tell us and she will be saved.”
    “Well,” Hunter said, taking a deep breath. “I know Benji and the first thing he would do would be to rally the troupes and to get the Blue Tablet.”
    Moments after he said it, he regretted it. He knew he shouldn’t betray his coven like this, but the sight of Penelope’s execution was too much for him to stand.
    “The Blue Tablet?” Violet asked smugly. “And where might that be kept?”
    Violet nodded her head again and the guards came marching back up to Penelope with their swords drawn.
    “It’s um…” Hunter said, before they could hurt her again. “It’s at Grandvia Castle.”
    “Grandvia Castle, Grandvia Castle,” Violet hummed. “I haven’t heard that name in centuries.”
    “TAKE HER AWAY! EXECUTE HER AT DAWN!” Violet yelled to the guards.
    “NO, VIOLET! You promised.”
    “Look at you, Hunter. You’ve betrayed your brother and your coven to save this poor girl. Now look how far that’s gotten you.”
    “AHH!!!” Penelope shrieked as she was dragged out of the jury room with her