Genevieve: A Witchblood Story (Witchblood Series) by Emma Mills Read Free Book Online Page B

room in one graceful movement, her arms extended, her fangs protracted. She landed on the second man, knocking him back against the wall where she sank her teeth into him , ripping the skin across his throat and sighing with pleasure as his blood pumped into her mouth.
    ‘What the hell…’ the other man shouted and rushed at her, swinging his musket towards her. She pulled her head back from her victim and swiftly knocked the musket out of her way, ripping the unfortunate man’s arm off at the same time. His scream died, gurgling in his mouth as he fell backwards, his head slamming against the wall . He slumped to the ground, blood pouring from his shoulder and sending Eva into a feeding frenzy, where she dropped her initial victim and began lapping the blood from the floor.
    Without a thought for their lives the two remaining soldiers burst into the room and skidded to a halt upon seeing the horrific scene before them.
    ‘Out… out… run!’ the third soldier commanded as they both turned tail and fled, but neither made it past the door frame. Eva leapt from her position on the floor and with her hunger somewhat satisfied, Sebastian’s words ringing in her ears. She shot past them, made it down the stairs to the kitchen and back up again before either of them had made it to the top step. There she drove the carving knife deep into the first soldier’s stomach, retracting it and using it to kill the second just as swiftly.
    ‘ Eva … what in the lord’s name has happened?’ Sebastian exclaimed, as he surveyed the carnage.
    ‘You weren’t here. I didn’t go out and they broke the door open…’ Eva began.
    ‘I can see that,’ he said. ‘Hurry ! I’ve secured the door as much as I can, but we won’t have long,’ he said clearing the staircase in one leap and following her into the salon where he stood speechless.
    ‘Sorry!’ Eva said quietly as she watched him.
    ‘I don’t know how we are going to explain this to The Council if they find out. Eva, human’s aren’t capable of ripping people’s arms off…’
    ‘I know but…’
    ‘It’s fine. I wasn’t here, it’s to be expected. It will be me that gets into trouble. Eva, we’re going to have to leave immediately. It was only a matter of time anyway, but they’ll hunt us down for this. We might escape the knowledge of the Supernatural Council finding out about your killings, but the humans here in the town… they know something isn’t right. Since the night your mother was killed this village has had more violent murders than the centre of Paris, and now you’ve killed four gendarmes, all of whom were armed.’
    ‘Well , you were the one that killed the first four peasants in the cottage,’ Eva said with a quick shrug. ‘I just finished the job.’
    ‘You can’t just kill people that get in your way Eva, or the council will find out and we will both be tried. I don’t want that.’
    ‘But I don’t see why we have to stay hidden. We are so much stronger than them, and I’m guessing the angels and witches are all pretty fie rcesome too. It’s the humans that should be hiding, not us!’
    ‘Eva , it’s hard to explain to a newborn, which is why you are bonded to me, but if we didn’t have rules and vampires were allowed to kill as they wished, feed as they liked, the human race would swiftly become extinct and then where would we be?’ he asked.
    ‘What about angels ? Couldn’t we feed from them? Or witches?’ Eva said with a grin.
    ‘I’d like to see you try,’ he said with a laugh. ‘No , that’s definitely not an option. You wait until you come across one. The point is Eva, we need to leave. Those soldiers will be expected to report in soon and it won’t be long before they come to find them.’
    ‘Shhh,’ Eva said as s he leapt to the window and flung it open. She could hear them, just as he said. There was a chanting, shouting noise coming from the square and focusing her eyes through the darkness she could make