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things.” I squinted to focus on him. “As red as a rosy apple?”
“Red is better than no flesh at all.”
“I can hear it now. Everyone’s going to have something to say.”
And sure enough, they did. I stayed acting like I was going over the layout of the estate that Jacob and Tammy had drawn up the night before, as they all begin stirring about. I never once thought it would be my Shyanna that would be the first to give me away. “Pretty.” I heard her and looked down where she was squatting by my chair. She did her little head tilt and batted her big black eyes at me and said it again.
“What’s pretty, Shyanna?” Tammy asked coming across the room.
I put my elbow up on the table and laid my chin in my hand acting like I wasn’t paying attention to anything but what was in front of me. I felt Tammy at my back, as Shyanna hopped around the table and pointed a talon finger at me. “Pretty…yes…pretty.” Tammy asked her what she was looking at, while also getting several other’s attention and bringing them right into the act. I let out a breath and looked over my fingers, seeing Jacob sit back with his arms crossed, smiling like he had just swallowed the bright yellow bird.
“Fine,” I said, as I stood and turned around.
At first everyone just stared at me. Derek broke the silence with a full blown belly laugh, followed by the slow building of several sounds of joy at my expense. When I was asked why I had painted myself I thought of a great idea that would put everyone in my position. A huge smile spread across my face. Cortez had said that I was a demon, well he was about to get a whole herd of us, right in the middle of his big, demented, little world. By the time an hour had passed I was laughing as hard as they had at me, because even Jacob now sat covered in red paint.
“Can you explain one more time why you find this to be of an importance?” Jacob asked sourly.
“My ma would call it, ‘putting the fear of God in them’. In our case it would be putting out that ‘the fear of death is coming’.”
“I think it’s great,” Derek interrupted rubbing the red stain into his hands. “Time to pay the devil his due.”
“With that said, I believe it is time for us to board the boats,” Garvin said stepping back into the room.
Jacob, Garvin, and Sydney took the small dingy, while Brandon, Derek, Tammy, Jessie, and myself took the larger. We went through the same small opening that we had come through the night before, only this time we had our way lit with torches that were spread out. We followed the river deeper than we had before, and came upon a small community of homes built from the very earth on which they stood on. Cabin like homes stood in a circle around a group of several burning fires that had numerous amounts of people waiting on us.
Women, children, and men of all ages had their eyes on us as we pulled our boats up to the dock. Jamous was the first there to greet us. We stood looking back at the first village of normals that any of our bloodbreeder eyes had ever seen, other than Jacob. I was totally amazed that no one’s eyes showed fear, but rather it was more like the look given by those who carried admiration, and quite frankly I found that to be stranger than the fear.
“We stand seven men strong to join you. Most are too old or have suffered injuries that prevent them from coming.”
“Your help is most appreciated Master Jamous, but this is not a battle for flesh as weak as your own,” Jacob said, stepping up to the head of our group.
“Don’t take my help, but don’t insult my pride while doing so.” Jamous stood straighter.
Jacob moved so fast that not even I saw him put the huge man up over his head. “You see my friend, I meant no disrespect, I merely told you the truth,” he said setting him back down. “We are a different breed and our skill outweighs that of a man of normal flesh.”
“Yes,” he replied pulling his shirt down. “All are
“Red is better than no flesh at all.”
“I can hear it now. Everyone’s going to have something to say.”
And sure enough, they did. I stayed acting like I was going over the layout of the estate that Jacob and Tammy had drawn up the night before, as they all begin stirring about. I never once thought it would be my Shyanna that would be the first to give me away. “Pretty.” I heard her and looked down where she was squatting by my chair. She did her little head tilt and batted her big black eyes at me and said it again.
“What’s pretty, Shyanna?” Tammy asked coming across the room.
I put my elbow up on the table and laid my chin in my hand acting like I wasn’t paying attention to anything but what was in front of me. I felt Tammy at my back, as Shyanna hopped around the table and pointed a talon finger at me. “Pretty…yes…pretty.” Tammy asked her what she was looking at, while also getting several other’s attention and bringing them right into the act. I let out a breath and looked over my fingers, seeing Jacob sit back with his arms crossed, smiling like he had just swallowed the bright yellow bird.
“Fine,” I said, as I stood and turned around.
At first everyone just stared at me. Derek broke the silence with a full blown belly laugh, followed by the slow building of several sounds of joy at my expense. When I was asked why I had painted myself I thought of a great idea that would put everyone in my position. A huge smile spread across my face. Cortez had said that I was a demon, well he was about to get a whole herd of us, right in the middle of his big, demented, little world. By the time an hour had passed I was laughing as hard as they had at me, because even Jacob now sat covered in red paint.
“Can you explain one more time why you find this to be of an importance?” Jacob asked sourly.
“My ma would call it, ‘putting the fear of God in them’. In our case it would be putting out that ‘the fear of death is coming’.”
“I think it’s great,” Derek interrupted rubbing the red stain into his hands. “Time to pay the devil his due.”
“With that said, I believe it is time for us to board the boats,” Garvin said stepping back into the room.
Jacob, Garvin, and Sydney took the small dingy, while Brandon, Derek, Tammy, Jessie, and myself took the larger. We went through the same small opening that we had come through the night before, only this time we had our way lit with torches that were spread out. We followed the river deeper than we had before, and came upon a small community of homes built from the very earth on which they stood on. Cabin like homes stood in a circle around a group of several burning fires that had numerous amounts of people waiting on us.
Women, children, and men of all ages had their eyes on us as we pulled our boats up to the dock. Jamous was the first there to greet us. We stood looking back at the first village of normals that any of our bloodbreeder eyes had ever seen, other than Jacob. I was totally amazed that no one’s eyes showed fear, but rather it was more like the look given by those who carried admiration, and quite frankly I found that to be stranger than the fear.
“We stand seven men strong to join you. Most are too old or have suffered injuries that prevent them from coming.”
“Your help is most appreciated Master Jamous, but this is not a battle for flesh as weak as your own,” Jacob said, stepping up to the head of our group.
“Don’t take my help, but don’t insult my pride while doing so.” Jamous stood straighter.
Jacob moved so fast that not even I saw him put the huge man up over his head. “You see my friend, I meant no disrespect, I merely told you the truth,” he said setting him back down. “We are a different breed and our skill outweighs that of a man of normal flesh.”
“Yes,” he replied pulling his shirt down. “All are
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