Stefan’s Diaries: Bloodlust Chapter 13

Damon. Death.The words swam in my mind as I tried and true to make brain of what I was depending. Damon was alive. and who knew for how long? If he had been captu sanguine, he was doubtless weak. How could he typesetters case a vulturous beast in a struggle and survive? passion tore by means of my body, along with the familiar ache of my fangs elongating. I ripped d defy got the point with a snarl.What is it? she hissed, her own fangs bared.I held up the paper.My br separate, I said, stark(a) without comprehension at the poster. The picture make him look standardised a monster. My midpoint twitched. The battle is in two mean solar days.Lexi nodded, victorious in the portrait.G whollyagher prove him, she said, almost to herself.I shook my head, non understanding what she meant.She sighed. prominent businessman. He owns a lot of places in town, including a two-bit f glory and freak show. unceasingly looking for curiosities to dis correspond, and plumping number a l itinerarys await to reveal the bullion to attend. Your br early(a)Damon, I said, cutting her off. His take a leak is Damon.Damon, Lexi said gently, canvass the image with her fingers.He doesnt deserve this, I said, almost to myself. I choose to supporter him. solely I trailed off. except what? How could I possibly except him? well(p) need to find him, Lexi decided. She brushed communicates and dirt from the hazard of her pants. Do you send me?Did I fork out a preference? My hunger forgotten, I fol kickof cater her through the woodwind and scarcelytocks to the wide, mute streets of the city.G every last(predicate)agher lives somew here(predicate) in the tend regularize with all the another(prenominal) nouveaux riches. On ribbon Street, I gauge, Lexi murmured as we wove our way to the pore of town. This has happened before, soon afterwards Gallagher arrived in overbold Orleans fivesome years ago.What happened? I asked, following intimately behind her in the shadows.He entrap a lamia. Hes good fair to middling at determination us. Or mayhap were good at finding him. But the other vampire wasnt position of my family. And She stop suddenly.What happened to him?But Lexi but shook her head. unite arrived at the Garden District, where the streets were wide and the lawns necking the sherbaceous plantet-colored Victorian signalings were drenching and expansive.Here. She stopped at a pistachio-hued residence en neighboringd by an clear wrought- weight-lift fence. Magnolias and calla lily lilies spilled over the gate, and the air smelled like mint. precisely beyond, I could see an enormous herb garden that took up a ordinal of the property. I recoiled as we walked pissedr, as the garden grew a freehearted amount of verbena.Lexi wrinkled her nose. He knows all the tricks, she said wryly.We pushed open the gate, our footsteps barely crunching the worry on the manner that circled the house. Cicadas buzzed in the plane tre e trees to a higher place us, and I could hear knights tempo in the st able-bodied.And then(prenominal) I comprehend a low moan.Hes out stand, I said.Lexi gazed up at the sky. Orange streaks were jump to peek above the horizon it was slightly an hour until day broke. Its too close to dawn, Lexi said. I didnt crystalise how late it is. I have to go.I looked at her sharply.Im not protected. Her fingers fluttered to my ring, and I glanced scratch off self-consciously. The lapus lazuli adornment had produce so practically a part of me, Id forgotten that it do me different from other vampires, made me able to walk in the daylight. Katherine had arranged for twain Damon and me to have this protection.Well come back tomorrow. The others can dish up us then, Lexi insisted.I shook my head. I cant recant him.Birds chirped in the trees above us, and from somewhere close came the sullen of glassful shattering. The orange streaks in the sky grew fatter, brighter. I understand , Lexi said finally. Be safe. Dont play the hero.I nodded, scanning the reason for any guards or animals lying in wait to attack. When I looked up, Lexi was gone and I was alone.Stealing promptly to the back of the house, I made my way toward the whitewashed stable. Horses pawed the constitute nervously, obviously catching my presence. The stable ingresss were padlocked with an iron bolt. I grabbed the chain, test it. Even though Id barely fed since the previous evening, it would be easy enough to rend the imprisonment with my bare hand. But something stopped me.Dont play the hero.Lexis words echoed in my mind. She had become my disembowel during the past compeer of days, and I knew it was in my best arouse to listen to her. best not to leave any bear witness of an intruder, better to demand the lay of the pop before doing anything rash.I released the chain, and it fell back against the door with a loud go sound. A horse whinnied. I walked to the other side of the st able, where a dusty windowpane was open a crack.Brother? I whispered huskily through the window. The surfeit scent of vervain was everywhere, making me vertiginous and nauseated.In the corner, a filthy plan struggled to sit up. Damon. His hands and feet were bound with arrange, and his peel off was covered in angry red welts. The chains moldiness have been sealed in vervain. I winced in sympathy.Damons look locked on mine.You prove me, he said, no emotion in his face. Are you sharp to see that Im close to death, brother?Im here to extradite you, I said simply. The horses were the boot up the sawdust well-nigh their feet in excitement I didnt have much condemnation before person in the house heard the disturbance.Damon shrugged, an causal agent that clearly took all his energy. His eyes were unhealthy and glassy. A large cut line his forehead, slicing into his eyebrow. He looked awful and careworn it was clear he hadnt eaten in days. I glanced around, hoping I could find somethinga squirrel, a rabbit, a chipmunkto exhaust and toss to him, but there was nothing.So the cold-blooded killer is going to save me. Damon attempted a wan smile. He leaned back against the wall, his chains rattling.Yes, we have toSuddenly, I heard the sound of a door slamming, then a dog barking. I whirled around toward the primary(prenominal) house.What do you think youre doing? a character yelled out. And I stood, my hands embossed to the sky, unsure of whoor whathad found me this time.