Vampire Apocalypse (The Arcadia Falls Chronicles #3) by Jennifer Malone Wright Read Free Book Online

when they were very young and
considered women at an early age.”
    “ Forget about it and start
talking,” I blurted out, fuming over how blunt this guy
was.
    Drew picked up the conversation since
he seemed to know so much about the topic. “Anthony Christos is one
of the very first vampires. After discovering how evil his kind
was, he fought against them with the Hunters, but the evil
offspring had become too many for them to win the battle. Ever
since, Anthony Christos has lived in hiding or a chosen seclusion.
Either way, no one has heard of him or from him since that battle
long ago.”
    I almost rolled my eyes again. Really,
why was that such a big deal? He was the same as the next vampire
in my book.
    Anthony clapped his hands in a slow
arrogant manner. “Well done, Hunter. At least you know your
history.”
    I wasn’t at a point to even consider
moving my weapon away from him. “This doesn’t mean anything. You
are still a vampire, making you a threat and part of the
problem.”
    Surprisingly, he nodded. “Yes, I am
part of the problem.”
    Drew took a step forward. “You say
that you want to help, that we need you. What do you know that can
help us?”
    “ I am actually quite
shocked that none the fearsome Hunters have discovered the answer
to that question, especially since you are all supposed to be so
educated on vampire lore.”
    Drew ignored the jab.
    “ Tell us,” I
demanded.
    He smiled that half gentle, half scary
smile again. “To kill the vampires … all of them, you have to kill
the first in the bloodline. You do that and the entire line will
cease to exist.”
    I sat back a little bit in the hard
wooden chair. It seemed so simple. How could the answer to all of
this chaos going on around us be something so freaking easy. And
here, in front of us, sat the first in the line of many. “Do you
know what this means?”
    He nodded, his smile suddenly replaced
with a solemn expression. “I am willing to accept my final death.
After so many years of seclusion from my own kind, as well as
humans, my time has come.”
    Drew didn’t look convinced. I know I
sure as hell wasn’t. “So you’re just giving yourself up to us? That
is why you found us?”
    “ Not entirely.” He leaned
forward and folded his hands on the table. “You cannot possibly
think that I am the only vampire that is first in a bloodline.” He
lifted his hand, giving us a dismissive wave. “This … problem you
are facing right now did not start with my line. In fact, there are
very few left in mine.”
    It was my turn to lean forward. “Do
you know whose it is?” I asked.
    He nodded. “Of course I
do.”
    “ And you are going to help
us find them?”
    “ I will do my very best.
However, I stay alive until the other lines are taken down. That is
the deal.” Anthony looked to Drew for confirmation of the
deal.
    I didn’t like this at all. He was a
vampire! I knew some were worse than others, but at this point a
vampire was a vampire and I just wanted to kill them all.
Regardless, I had a feeling that Anthony was telling the truth, and
if there was any way that he could help us find the head of each
line, we were going to have to keep him alive.
    Drew met Anthony’s eyes. “I don’t
understand why you even want to help to begin with.”
    Anthony merely shook his head a tiny
bit. “You, young man, were raised as a Hunter, raised with the
understanding that all vampires are inherently evil. But, there are
some … very few, in fact, who are not. Yes, we drink blood and have
a lust for it that drives us to do the most ungodly acts, but the
few who can fight the demon inside do not like the creatures that
we are and want to rid the world of the evil ones just as much as
you do.”
    I almost laughed. Did he seriously
think we were buying this garbage? “I don’t believe
you.”
    “ Whether or not you want to
believe me is your choice. I have no reason to lie, even more so
since I have agreed to let you eventually kill