Hair, Greg - Werewolf 03 by Requiem (v5.0) Read Free Book Online

my purpose. I am not going to allow a boy to rule me.
    “You see, Landon is the only one who is capable of defeating me, though even I am not sure how he can. I believe Landon has been chosen, no, sent, by God to kill me. But, he, and He, will fail. This is not the first time God has come after me. His first attempt at an assassination was the first vampire, and I’ve waited centuries for Him to try again. And He is—through Landon.
    “But, He will fail, again. And this time, I’m going to make sure He is defeated—permanently. I’m going to do what Lucifer failed to do. I’m going to kill God.”
    Annelise opened her eyes slightly, looked at Nicholas, and closed them again.
    “You can’t kill God,” she said.
    “That’s what everyone thinks, my dear, but I know otherwise. It took a great deal of time to understand how, but history has demonstrated that it is possible. People no longer worship Greek, Roman, or Aztec gods, because those deities have been replaced by another.
    “The first thing I have to do is dispense with all other werewolves and vampires. The upcoming battle will take care of most of them for me. The majority will kill each other. After that, I’ll do the rest myself. Then I’m going to restore myself to the position I once had—a god. I will give humans a choice: they can be converted to a werewolf, and take me as their leader; they can remain human and be my slave; or they can die. Those who choose to live will be enslaved.”
    “People will not allow themselves to become your slaves. History has shown that those who are enslaved will rise up.”
    “My dear, millions of people are already slaves, they just don’t know it. The easiest way to enslave people is not through actual slavery, but through religion. You see, through their worship of me, as their only god, I will be their master.”
    “All those vampires and werewolves that you think will come to you, will not. You will be alone when Landon arrives.”
    “Not so,” Nicholas said. “By forming a union between werewolf and vampire, between Jamie and Serinda, those who hate the Senate, the Consuls, and all their petty rules, will follow me. They know that Landon is a part of that world, but by marrying the son of Landon, to a vampire, then trying to kill the father…they will come.”
    “And what will happen to Jamie and the others, the ones who are here that have followed you from the beginning?”
    “They must die. They will all die. Both species have become weak over the centuries. I must start anew, create a new race of werewolves, from scratch. This time, without vampires.”
    “Even Jamie, Serinda, and Tsukiko?”
    “Especially them. If they discover the truth, they will turn against me. I cannot allow that. Besides, like I said, they are weak. And stupid. I have been instructing Jamie in the ways of The Prince, telling him not to trust anyone, to use people, anyone necessary, to achieve his goals. Little does he realize, that I have been talking about what I am doing to him. Jamie is the way to get to the one that can kill me.
    “He will choose me as his successor so that, when he kills Landon and receives his father’s powers as the natural succession to Consulship, when I then kill Jamie, I will receive the powers of Consul. Those powers added to my current strengths, will only make me more powerful. Unstoppable. Thankfully, Jamie has no children who will automatically inherit his gifts.”
    “You will fail,” she said, in a weakened voice. “Landon will find a way to kill you.”
    Nicholas then heard the earlier chant begin to work its way back to her vocal chords.
    “Save the children.”
    “I think we are finally done here,” he said. “I have a wedding to officiate. And as I said moments ago, you are not invited…but the entirety of the local village is. So I have many guests to attend to.”
    He waited, wondering if the conversation were finally finished. Seeing that it was, he got up and casually