Divided: Brides of the Kindred 10 Read Online Free

to loved ones, some arguing or
talking to each other. Strangely, though, there were no females in sight—it was
all males.
    All men. And I’m… Becca
looked down at herself and saw that she was still naked. The other Kindred
males seemed not to see her but still… Far! she complained, trying to cover herself with her hands and arms. Since this is
your vision will you please put some clothes on me? And put some on Truth and
yourself too. I don’t need to see all that.
    I can’t. Far still sounded distressed. The vision shows what it will. I cannot change it.
    Well, maybe I can, Truth said. Let’s see…
    Looking anxiously down at her naked self,
Becca suddenly saw her nipples go a shade lighter.
    Hey—what? she began angrily.
    Sorry, Truth sent, sounding anything but. I just thought I
might have gotten it wrong before. Should they be darker, then?
    Clothes! Now! Becca demanded.
    Sorry, Rebecca, he sent again. But I—
    Hush, can’t you feel
it? The vision is coming, Far whispered. This
will be a bad one—I can tell.
    How can you tell? Becca sent anxiously, forgetting to be angry.
    I just know. I feel
it in my bones.
    Far sounded so
apprehensive that Becca felt a shiver run down her bare back. Truth, however, evidently didn’t feel the same.
    What is this? he demanded. What’s supposed to be so frightening about
the Unmated Males area of the ship? What—
    Suddenly all the
activity around them ceased. One
moment all of the various Beast and Blood and Twin Kindred were going about
their business and the next they all froze. Then, as she and Truth and Far
watched, Becca saw every single one of their heads lift up to look at the
vaulted ceiling of the Mother Ship above. It was eerie—as though they were all
puppets being pulled by the same string.
    What in the Seven
Hells is going on? Truth demanded. This
time even he sounded anxious and uncertain. What are you doing, Brother?
    Nothing—I do not make
the visions—they come to me.
    Well make it
stop—you’re scaring our lady.
    I cannot. The vision
must run its course. Look!
    A dark cloud of black smoke was suddenly
coming down, drifting like a deadly rain from the air vents in the ceiling far
above. As it touched them, the warriors in the Unmated Males section began to
change.
    It happened all at once. To Becca’s horror,
their faces began to run like wax, revealing horrible, dark visages beneath.
Their handsome, regular features became sneering, leering masks of evil and
hatred.
    And then their eyes began to glow…

 
    * * * * *
    “Ahh!” Becca came back to herself yelling in terror. She sat up
so fast she almost knocked Far, who was leaning over her anxiously, in the
head. He sat back just in time and she was able to launch herself up off the
grass.
    But standing up so suddenly made her head
throb and the world whirled giddily around her. Becca stumbled and almost fell
but Truth caught her arm.
    “Easy, Rebecca.”
    “Leave me alone.” She jerked away from him
and stepped back, putting distance between herself and the two of them. “Just
don’t…don’t touch me for a while.”
    “We’re sorry.” Far really did look
completely remorseful. He still knelt on the grass where he had been cradling
her head in his lap, looking at her as though he thought she hated him now. A
glance at True showed a similar look. Their expressions made Becca feel bad.
    “Look, I’m sorry, guys,” she said, taking
a deep breath. “But that was…what was that, anyway?”
    “I don’t know but I’ve never had a clearer
vision,” Far said quietly. “I’m sorry if it scared you, mi’now, but it’s
probably just a passing dream. Half my visions are, you know.”
    “No,” Truth said flatly. “No, this is
going to happen. I don’t know how, exactly but I could feel it.”
    “But…how could such an awful thing really
happen?” Becca protested. “I mean, did you see them? Their faces were running
like wax and their eyes were glowing… They…they looked so