Kim woke up one morning to find that she was dead ... well UNDEAD. Unfortunately, her Vampire after-life is a big mystery. The ones that know are out to kill her and her allies happen to be her food. In order to survive the Vampire Nation, Kim will have to outsmart and out think her enemies. The last thing Kim wants or needs are the three gorgeous men vying for her attention, one chocolate, one vanilla and the last caramel. How do you choose between the gorgeous protector, the charming and tasty food, and the scary dangerous elder? Warning; adult situations, graphic sex and language.Urban Vampire is created by Pepper Pace, an EGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.
Lihat lebih banyakCHAPTER 1
Power, it was a term that is rather popular, everyone can relate to the need for power and at the same time everyone wanted it for him or herself, I was no different, and for me power had a means, right from the age of 12.
You see I was a scrawny child from a really small town in New Jersey, growing up was especially hard since I had no parents, forgotten in an orphanage, aside that I wasn’t a cute kid that people came and awwned over and then decide they should adopt, I was ugly, there was no other adjective to use, I had a crocked nose, and even my teeth was scattered and it showed whenever I smiled, every time we were to line up for a prospective family, we were asked to smile and most of them didn’t hide their cringe when I smiled, I also hated myself so yeah, I didn’t blame them. Struggling against bullies and what not, at 14, I started sneaking into schools to get lectures and I put so much attention in it that in a matter of time I could speak as good as those rich kids and I started moving in their circle, pretending to be like them even if my cloth was an obvious tell, I stole cool clothes most times, but not as cool as those rich kids, you couldn’t steal from people you hung with, it would have been too obvious.
Aghh, an important detail, then I was called Anthony Long, more than the fact that I was poor without my will I had a horrible name, I mean what child would want to be called “LONG”, with Anthony, I could deal, but Long? I hated as much as I hated the stupid orphanage and the fact that they couldn’t care enough to put us through school, there was a Mrs. Betty who came every Mondays for basic knowledge like English and Maths stuff, but even I that wasn’t that good had more knowledge in the English and Maths.
Finally at 15, I stumbled on an opening in a restaurant, they didn’t mind I was a kid, the rules were simple, don’t steal his shit, that was Jack, an old pa, and that was when my life began to change.
Jack had this restaurant that was a cover for his back yard deeds, when I came in though I was a simple waiter, doing my duty and getting paid with food and 5dollars weekly, till I stumbled on him and some men beating a man to pulp, I remember that day like it happened yesterday.
“You bastard, how dare you try to run off with my money”, Jack had said before he lifted his booted feet and jammed it straight into the stomach of the poor man who was whimpering on the floor.
I had been so scared and had started backing of, when I hit the waste bin and it and I went tumbling down, my first instinct was to flee, but before I stood up, one of the guys was on me dragging me by my collar.
“Boy, what do you think you’re doing out here”, Jack had shouted.
“The bin, I came to dispose tonight’s waste, I had just cleaned up”, I had stammered, still held up in the air like a rag doll.
“Well then you should have turned right back after you were done”, he said spitting out his tobacco.
“What do we do with him boss”, one of the guys said, from the whimpering body’s side.
“His body will be easy to hide, he’s pretty small, he a girl or what”, the one holding me up said, turning me around and snickering.
“No, no, I’m sorry”, I had cried, shaking with fear, thinking of all the things I had to do.
“Run back in boy, and wait for me there”, Jack had said as the man who held me dropped me while muttering things about policies and witnesses, me I ran as fast as my legs could.
When Jack finally came in, he was sweating and swearing, and I was shivering, now that I think of it, it sounds pretty funny.
“Boy, what did you see?”
“Nothing sir”, I shouted standing straight and puffing out my chest.
He walked to one of the tables and brought down one of the sits since they were all arranged atop the tables as we had closed for the day.
“What did you see, boy?” he said as he sat down.
“Nothing sir, I didn’t see a thing, I promise”, and for the next hour this was how it went, me denying and he asking and asking till he finally stopped and ordered me to get him water.
“You piss on your body boy?” he asked when I came with the water.
“No sir”, I shouted, offended at the thought even though it was an almost.
“Well, that’s progress, I’ll teach you to be strong, but you won’t touch anything illegal, I won’t let you burn before you begin, me, I’m old, so if the police or any shit agency comes for me, I’m ready to go, but not you, you going to school and you’re going to be the best shit, because yes you’re a shit, but you’re going to be a damn fine one”, he said.
But all the while, I kept looking at the brown toothed fellow, who smoked tobacco and bullied people for money and how he will make me into what I saw for myself.
My heart burnt with anger as I saw a future with myself exactly like him and I wanted to break something, but I held it in and kept on looking at those brown tooth, so disgusting and annoying but I just nodded and gave him an obedient smile.
When he was satisfied with my nod he stood, “You’ll sleep atop the restaurant from today, boy, and lock up tight before you retire” he said as he left.
I stood at that spot grinding my teeth and squeezing my hands so tight.
After a while, I locked up and went to the room upstairs that was actually a store with a bed, that night I slept with rats and nightmares of myself as Jack and for the first time I actually really hated my life and I cursed the people who brought me into this damn world.
"Are you ready, my love?" Alexis asked."I'm not sure," I said. "She's still so little."Alexis kissed the dark curls at the top of our daughter's head. "Tiye is strong enough to travel back to our realm. We've been here a year. Don't you miss home?""Yeah, but a year here is only like five minutes in the Above," I said."More like a few weeks," Alexis said. "The Ladies are anxious to meet their new niece."He gently lifted his sleeping daughter, tucking her blanket carefully around her body. She had just turned three months old and was as round and plump as a melon. Her thick, curly hair was sure to be as wild as mine was when I wasn't wearing the plaits that Oni put them in. She looked like us—my brown skin with Alexis' nose and Mona Lisa smile.Alexis had named her after an ancient Egyptian Queen who was the deity of light. Leave it to him to name his daughter after an angel and a queen.He carried her outside and stood on the porch staring out at a vast sea made by his own h
Paul smiled and relaxed. I led him to the study where Alexis was waiting. Alexis nodded in greeting."Alexis, thanks for agreeing to this meeting," Paul said.Alexis gestured to a throne. "Please, have a seat."Paul looked at the throne and sat. "Mmm, comfy."Alexis moved the other two thrones to form a triangle, and we sat."We saw the gathering video," Paul said. "We didn't know we were being filmed," I said."I figured as much," Paul said. "But you made a good point when you said that one supernatural group cannot rule over another. My Werewolf Council has been meeting for the last few days. We don't want a war with the Neratomay.""And we do not want a war with the Werewolves," Alexis said.Paul nodded. "We have been in discussions with the Alliance of the Supernaturals, and I expressed King's beliefs that if we do not work together then we will all fall together.""That's right," I said."After a lot of negotiation, the Alliance would like to extend an offer for you to
Ran continued. "We asked the Wolves to coordinate their attacks with ours, and that is all they agreed to do.""But what about the carnage that occurred in Epic Cu?" The Councilmember asked."Are you for real?" I asked in irritation. "There were hundreds of Rectors at that gathering! All it would have taken was for one of those Rectors to snap Alexis' neck before he could summon King to close the portal to the Underworld. We had to take out the Rectors and luckily the Alpha aided us or—well we wouldn't be here and you'd still be kissing the ass of your demon master!"Alexis put his hand on mine but Ignacio smiled in amusement. Will you be quiet! Cyrene snapped silently in my head.When has that ever happened? I snapped back.Ladies, Alexis interrupted. Now is not the time. My love, try to be more…diplomatic.Fine, I replied."We won that war by any means necessary," Alexis said, his voice annoyed. "We don't appreciate your line of questioning. Do you want to go back to the way
The Neratomay flashed themselves away once they were outside of Epic Cut. The Supernaturals carried away their dead and injured, and what was left inside of Epic Cu was blood, gore, and ash. Paul left with his pack, and Ran, King, Alexis, and I flashed back to our villa where King fell in an exhausted asleep.Alexis and I watched him with pride. "It could have gone so much different," I whispered."No." Alexis continued to gaze at King's small sleeping form. "Not if we understand King's true potential—this is the way it was meant to be."It was time discover the fallout so we turned on the radio and television. Many countries were in a state of emergency based on what had happened over the last several hours. News outlets and radio stations made announcements that people should stay indoors because there were reports of wild, strange beast attacks. Videos of humans turning into Vampires and using impossible speed to attack the beasts clogged the Internet. Supposed experts in the s
I moved from zombie to Wraith, pushing them through the portal and trying not to think about those they had possessed.The Wraiths will take you…Oni had said.I saw Alexis keeping King in the light flowing from the portal, but the portal had grown smaller.It was working!King was closing the portal to the Collective!As I zapped zombies and Wraiths, I noticed with surprise that the Supernaturals were fighting with the Neratomay to kill the zombies! When they ganged up and killed a zombie and the wraith left the zombie's body, I was able to zap the Wraith and send it back where it belonged."Aleawdat 'iilaa alealam alsuflii!" I chanted loudly along with King. Although I didn't understand the words, I could repeat them exactly.Then Ran, who still stood sentry beside me, began repeating the words. Alexis joined our chant, and that portal began shrinking even more.The larger Wraiths became bottlenecked trying to squeeze up and out of the shrinking portal. They were so freaking g
I stared at the center of the pentagram where so much power was streaming through to seek out vessels, as if that power was a thinking, conniving being. It infused its targets with power so they could fight for it. And Alexis thought that my son should face that? My little boy?"Alexis, he's just a baby!""He is a demon!" he said sternly. "He only pretends to be a baby because that's what you need, Kim. You have to know that it has been many years since our son was a baby."The way King talked to the Wolf Council, the way he seemed to understood so much and so easily, the way he commanded attention whenever he spoke. I didn't want my child to fight this battle, but Alexis and King both knew this was what King was meant to do.Alexis released me and turned toward the pentagram. He raised his hand and began pulling power from the portal in the center, pulling so much that he glowed with the unnatural light that the energy emanated.Paul squinted and stepped in front of me, preventin
Alexis raised his hand. "We learned the truth, secrets that have enslaved us all!" Alexis' nose began to bleed. He stumbled and swiped at the blood angrily and then raised it to show everyone. "Secrets that prevent me from speaking these truths. But you see! You see!"Ran glared out at the group. "We know, even if we can't speak it. But if you can read it in our heads, you will know this secret, too!"The pain was so sudden that I could not have taken a step. I couldn't even see! Buzzing filled my brain as instead of a dozen bees, hundreds of them seemed to fill my head. I had expected it and thought I was prepared, but there is no way to be prepared when someone is inside of you filling your brain to bursting!"Kim!" Paul shook me.I tried to open my eyes then realized they were open. I couldn't see!"Build your wall!" Paul shouted. "Build it now!"I tried to imagine the bricks—white bricks. White…but I could only see black vapors!Then Alexis was inside my head cutting through
I smelled Alexis and Ran, but so had Paul. He was already heading toward them. When we finally met up, I dropped Paul's clothes on the ground before him. He changed quickly back to a man while I stared up at the castle where more Neratomay than ever attempted to enter Epic Cu."Once we're inside we cannot flash ourselves out," I said.Paul narrowed his eyes. "You'll be trapped inside?"Alexis frowned, but Ran and I nodded.Paul slipped his shirt over his head and peered at the castle. "We can blow this bitch up.""Blowing up Neratomay won't kill us," Alexis said. "Not unless our heads are severed or our hearts pierced.""Why does this castle remind me of Hogwarts?" Paul asked.I smiled. "That's what I thought!""How do we enter?" Paul asked. "That entrance is a hopeless bottleneck." "You could enter through the front door once we're inside," Alexis said, pointing at the opening four stories up. "That's how we exited."Paul licked his lips. "I can make that jump.""Not as a
"You're behind this, aren't you? Somehow—"His head exploded. I flinched at the spray of gore. When it turned to ash, I brushed it off me."Which one of you did that?" I asked."He searched my head," Alexis replied."Well, warn a sister next time," I said.Then I felt a loud buzz in my head, and across the room another Elder's head exploded.This created more bedlam and screaming from Council members who flashed themselves away or who sought the aid of another Elder."Do you feel that?" Ran asked."I don't feel anything because these people are screaming and hollering so loudly," I said.They were the most cowardly individuals I had ever seen. These powerful Vampires sat here crying like wusses! The very Council members and Elders who had tortured and murdered other lower level Neratomay could only hide and cry when they met a foe they couldn't overpower. They were the very definition of bullies!Ran turned to me. "It's Paul.""Paul? How…?""I can still hear him from my tim
The novel talks about multicultural fantasy scenes of Vampires. This is a book series written by Pepper Pace. The novel talk about Kim's journey as an Undead. As a new Vampire on the rough, she has to be protected by Alexis, Tony, and Paul. But her character slowly grows when a series of unfortunate experiences surround her making her strong and smart. Moreover, she lives each moment as something that she will improve - equivalent to an Alpha werewolf. Thus, she vies for getting her protectors away from her, but she falls in romance with one of them.
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