Vampire Uprising (53 page)
Authors: Marcus Pelegrimas
Tags: #Fantasy, #Horror, #Occult & Supernatural, #Contemporary, #Fiction
The boy in the room stirred but was too frightened to move any more than that.
“When one falls, another shall rise,” Randolph growled. “Hopefully you will serve us better than poor, misguided Henry.”
The girl watched him intently, recognizing Randolph but unsure why. Shifting into a taller, unsteady two-legged form, she stretched her arms up to claw at the ceiling and let out a prolonged, wailing howl.
Cole knew what Paige was capable of. Still, he was shocked to see that weapon come toward his chest.
There was no hesitation in Paige’s movement.
There was no trace of anything clouding her judgment.
There was no pity in her eyes.
Sorrow, but no pity as she was about to plunge the crude weapon to the spot that would pierce Cole’s body, destroy his heart and kill the thing currently attached to it.
“I’ve seen it happen, Cole,” she said quietly “And I won’t see it happen to you.”
Without another word or even another breath, Paige dropped the hammer toward his chest …
MARCUS PELEGRIMAS’s
SKINNERS
“An amazing talent!”
—Robert J. Randisi
“Peels you right down to the nerve. A must-read.”
—E. E. Knight, author of the Vampire Earth series
“A hell of a lot of fun…. Fans of Jim Butcher and Laurell K. Hamilton will definitely want a bite of this!”
—Jonathan Maberry, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of
Patient Zero
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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Copyright © 2010 by Marcus Pelegrimas
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ISBN 978-0-06-198633-8
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