Bloodbreeders: Seeking Others by Robin Renee Ray Read Free Book Online

scream.
    “Did you miss the part where he said that they’re the sharpest , little man?” Sydney asked, laughing.
    “I think I hit the bone,” Derek grimaced.
    “Let me look,” Tammy said taking control once again, only this time Tanda was right there.
    “Think I’ll just leave mine in the sheath for now,” Brandon said looking at the open slice on Derek’s finger.
    Jacob lifted out another two long, two foot blades, handle to tip, and gave one to Sydney and Tammy telling another story of how they too killed their share and for them to use them well. It was when he put his hand back in that I got all excited, that is until  he took out this tiny little pin like knife and walked up to me. I said right out, “Are you kidding?”  He looked at me smiling and shook his head. I took it and slid the black blade out of its golden sheath that was small enough to rest in my palm.
    “I have only used it once.”
    “Like, period?”
    “Correct. I plunged it into the heart of the ancient that I drained. Only his heart was already mine and not the blades. I, like you, was overzealous in my actions. So, next time remember where you have this and use it before you take the heart with your deep drink.”
    “What about, Tanda?” Derek asked.
    “She and Jessie will not be joining us when we reach Cortez’s estate. They will stay back with Johnny and Shyanna,” Jacob explained closing the box.
    “Besides, Jessie already gave me this,” Tanda added pulling a similar knife to mine out of her back pocket.
    “That is so cute,” Derek grabbed his chest and everyone broke out with a roll of laughter. “Too bad bloodbreeders don’t do the whole gun thing. We would be able to do a whole lot more damage.”
    “And as I have said while teaching you a better way my young friend, many would come to the sound of war…yet those who do not know, will stay clear of the battle. Our kind has not survived the normals for so many years because we have made ourselves known.”
    “Well, I still say they would come in handy and I’m glad we still have the ones Bo gave us.”
    “I agree, Derek.” I smiled while putting my tiny black blade back into its sheath. No matter how sharp or how accurate we had become with our skills, I had to admit more guns and ammo would have made me feel a lot more secure.
    Jacob and I had had several talks about what we were going to have to do once we reached the Georgia coast, about as much as I hit him up about having seen anything else close to Shyanna, to which I got absolutely nowhere. Chin’s estate which was now apparently mine was further up and would take far too much time to maneuver our way out and back around to keep anyone on the inlands from making out the ship. So we were going to port at one of the spots on the map that Tabor gave us and hope that they would believe the words that he told Jacob to tell them. I was learning very fast that everything in the dark world was protective over their own and willing to kill to keep it that way. Why else would we be where we are now? I knew for a fact that not only were we willing, we had already put that fact into motion. It was like a wagon going rapidly downhill that had no prayer of stopping until some major crash.
    I had kept a thought in my head ever since we found our little winged friend, and I sat everyone down and told them my plans for her in our little escapade. I knew they were going to think that I was crazy, but I told them that I thought we could teach her to be our eyes in the sky. My mouth went dry when no one spoke. So, I added that she was a lot smarter than she appeared, that she was never taught, but could learn just like the rest of us.  I saw Garvin do his chin rubbing thing and I turned my attention to him.
    “All I need is someone to help me, to gain the trust that I have and just help me,” I said with as much pity as I could put into my eyes without breaking into real tears.
    “She already has a bit of trust with me.