Blood Warrior (The Arcadia Falls Chronicles #4) Read Online Free

of corn on the cob, green beans,
and a huge bowl of green salad.
    Anthony had gone about setting the
table while we were prepping the meal, so there were five tall
candles lining the center surrounded by all the food. He had even
used some really nice dishes which included two plates and two
forks.
    Anthony sat at the head of the table,
with me directly to his left and Luke to his right. “Now,” he
began, “we can enjoy this wonderful meal that everyone has helped
to prepare.” Everyone took that as the signal and began serving
themselves.
    Once we had all eaten enough that we
could possibly speak over our chewing, it was time to discuss
things. Anthony took initiative and got us started. “I am assuming
you will want to begin the hunt for Korina as soon as
possible.”
    Luke nodded. “You assume correctly.
The sooner we can end this, the sooner society can begin to
rebuild.”
    Drew finished chewing a bite of pot
roast and stabbed another one. “If we can get one bloodline
eradicated, that only leaves Pavlos and yours, which means far less
vampires to deal with than we have now.”
    “ I have a few ideas on
where she might be.” He had eaten his meat and then resorted to
pushing his mashed potatoes around on his plate. “I feel the need
to inform you, however,” he paused, “New Orleans is a city owned by
its people and they aren’t going down without a fight. There is a
resistance.”
    Christina tilted her head, “You mean
the survivors?”
    “ Indeed.”
    Luke leaned back in his chair, “and
what do you mean by resistance?”
    Anthony met Luke’s eyes as he
continued. “The survivors are gathering together, preparing to
battle the vampires for New Orleans. As far as I know, there are no
other Hunter’s in the area who have yet found the resistance. I’m
thinking that these survivors may be of some use to
you.”
    My plate was empty, so I pushed it a
bit further away from myself. “If you know of the survivors and the
resistance, then surely the Vampire Council knows about them
too.”
    “ Yes,” Anthony agreed.
“Most likely they have discovered these survivors by now. I do not
think it will be much longer before the vampires move against
them.”
    I looked over at Drew and then Luke
before speaking up. “I don’t want to use these innocent people as
decoys just so we have a better chance of accomplishing our
mission.”
    Drew placed his hand on my leg. “I
don’t think that is what he meant.”
    “ I don’t care, that is
what we would be doing if we ask them to help us.”
    “ But, the resistance is
about getting rid of the vampires, so I think that helping us is
what they would want to do,” Drew countered.
    “ I agree with Drew,” Luke
said in a low voice.
    Gavin, who was working on his third
corn cob, added, “Me too.”
    Of course they all thought we should
do this, like we didn’t put enough innocent people in danger
lately. I exhaled a long breath. “What about the rest of you. Do
you all want to find the survivors?”
    I was quickly out voted. Everyone
nodded their heads and voiced their agreement in favor of Drew and
Luke. “All right, I’m with you guys then. But, no one fights who
doesn’t want to.”
    Luke narrowed his eyes, “Chloe, you
should know that we would never make anyone do something they
didn’t agree to. Let’s find them first, and then we can see where
it goes from there.”
    I accepted the fact that it was going
to happen. I wasn’t happy about it, but I asked anyway, “Should we
go out tonight?”
    It was Anthony, not Luke or Drew.
“Yes, we can’t waste any more time. Each day that passes the
conditions get worse and worse.”
    I frowned. “What are the conditions
like?”
    Anthony leaned back in his chair. “In
expectation of your arrival, I have done a bit of reconnaissance
throughout the area and discovered quite a few interesting facts.”
He paused and there was a stagnant silence as everyone waited for
him to let us know what we were going