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By the ti, it was too late The sun was already high in the sky It ell into the day after the King had fled the palace and he was running out of ti from the back of his car, he exclaimed, "It&039;s nearly noon, and we aren&039;t any closer than ere thisin circles! How is she still alive? The stor by the ti He rubbed the back of his hands, resisting the urge to strangle the person sitting nearest to hie man with dark stubble on his massive jaw His arms were the size of hams and covered thickly in dense hair He clutched a live rabbit and held it in his lap Celticad was a fearsoht when he was human After he turned vampire, not even his own kind wanted him around He had too th in his body, compared to the rest of the had kindly slipped this Tracker extra vials of blood since the fauard to become weak, but that was unpreventable Tooextra rations would be noticed, but one loner, freakishly large va&039;s strength While he fought viciously and feared no one, Celticad feared his King There was so&039;s skin didn&039;t have that sickly yellow tint, his eyes were cunning - always plotting, always thinking - and his wrath ift This particular setback was not Celticad&039;s fault, however the King had no one else to blahness" Celticad would not apologize They tracked the ite told the&039;s doing, Celticad wasn&039;t about to take the bla stared furiously, straight ahead, fuers rested on the door He pressed so hard into the plastic handle that it snapped under his pale it Instead, he continued, "The tracking device was contained within another animal She must have realized it was there and re a hu said calolden eyes on the Tracker, he lifted his pal reasonable, "There was no way to notice a change in body temperature or heart rate, no indication whatsoever that the chip was in a goddaainst the seat, his back perfectly straight, clutching the rabbit in his lap The ani yelled Celticad stroked it softly, trying to keep its heart fro Quite reasonably, Celticad repeated, "As I said, , the anomalies with her temperature and pulse could have been for any nuirl would take a knife to her back, remove the chip, and put it into another aniain There was no way she re fu about it He couldn&039;t return to the palace without the girl He couldn&039;t return without Will In a sudden display of rage, the King turned toward Celticad Grabbing his jacket, he roared in his face, revealing his fangs as his anger exploded, "Do you see these, Celticad? Do you see s?"
Celticad nodded While he feared for his life, he did not fight back To fight the King meant certain death "You are the most powerful vae vampire once, and released hi over the rabbits tre body "Then why is it that I a his finger behind them, out the back windshield "If I am the most powerful vampire in the world, why do I have to run from my oife!" It was a question that wasn&039;t meant to be answered, but Celticad cleared his throat, indicating he would respond The King&039;s fierce gaze lifted and flashed a warning not to speak, but Celticad didn&039;t listen
"You don&039;t have to run, "Celticad said brazenly Quickly he explained, "Queen Sophia does not realize hoerful you&039;ve becos, none that drinks blood straight from a warm body, none that can compel without a true nas, irl, a token of the Queen&039;s The girl was the one who ran, and therefore, the Queen&039;s wrath will fall on her, not you You could say that you did not har their blood before attacking you and killing uard You can return to the palace and resuirl But - "
The King cocked a dark brow at him, "But, what?"
"But, I believe you had another reason to return in mind You can easily overpower the Queen if you return You can kill her and her guard, and yet, we sit out here in the wild" Celticad paused, and ran his thick hand through his hair "I&039;irl&039;s worth, why you want her - but the player who makes the first move is the one with the upper-hand If you plan to eradicate the Queen, now is the tiirl is in hand or not" Celticad knew he&039;d spoken too openly, said too htered, beheaded by the Queen, then all who assisted hi worked his jaw as he listened to Celticad When the va hier the brute spoke, the lanced at him out of the corner of his eye, "That was extremely foolish, to speak out just now"
Celticad responded, "Or brave It depends on how you look at it"
"Apparently so," he considered Celticad for a moment and nodded, "So be it We will return to the palace I will seize the throne, and if that girl is still alive, I&039;ll hunt her downhis pearly fangs, thinking about sinking theain Kahli was still alive He could feel her heart beat, feel the steady pulsing of blood circulating her body That blood was his He would have her yet
The King reached forward and took the frightened rabbit fro it by the scruff of the neck, the King held the snohite rabbit up in front of his face The little ball of fur tre for a way to escape The King spoke to it gently, "There&039;s no reason to fear, little one" He smiled at the animal With a flick of his wrist, the rabbit&039;s neck snapped The sound of bone breaking echoed in the King&039;s ears "Here," he handed the lifeless ball of fur back to Celticad, "Skin it and strap its pelt to your belt Every time you look at its soft fur, re Reain nitude you et it"