Sanctuary (Forsaken Realms Trilogy) Read Online Free
Author: Lillian Sage
nearly eight feet tall and roughly three hundred and fifty pounds, but had no facial features. No eyes or nose, and no mouth - which made questioning it impossible.
The light danced and flickered madly, casting and then destroying shadows that seemed to jump about the room.
"Interesting" noted Alexander.
"For hundreds of years that creature has been emitting a dull sort of glow" explained Gabriel "and two hours ago it erupted into this light show".
Alexander tried not to flinch as the light cascaded and pulsed over his body. When they had first discovered this creature centuries ago, they had learned the hard way that the light it emitted burned vampires the same as sunlight did.
When it had first been discovered, Alexander had used human servants (many human servants; the creature was incredibly strong) to capture and place it into a deep cave.
Years later, technology had advanced far enough to create the specially treated glass cage that blocked the deadly sunlight UV rays; the same material that Alexander used to treat the windows in his high rise building which allowed vampires to walk freely throughout the halls during the day without fear of a fiery death by sunlight.
But still, old habits died hard and Alexander had to remind himself that the he was safe from the light. After all, weakness of any type could never be shown, even in front of Gabriel.
"Do the sensors detect anything else?" asked Alexander.
"No, not a thing. The cameras detected movement triggered by the light, but other than that, it's not emitting x-rays, gamma rays, radio waves, radiation of any kind." explained Gabriel "What do you want to do with it".
"Continue to monitor it, notify me the moment anything changes" commanded Alexander as he peered into the glass box, inches from it's flawless side.
Smack!
With superhuman speed Alexander slammed the flat of his clenched fist against the glass causing the entire structure to vibrate; yet still the figure inside remained unmoved, not even so much as flinching.
Gabriel chuckled lightly.
The creature had been a mystery from the day it was discovered hundreds of years ago and Alexander could wait a while longer to discover it's secrets.
Besides, he had other things on his mind.
With that he turned and strode towards the elevator and back to his office. There was no way he'd be able to sleep today, so he resolved to head back upstairs to get some work done.
CHAPTER EIGHT
The night was filthy and wet, and Natalia ran. For the first time in her life she knew true fear.
At any moment she expected to hear the noise that meant death or worse, but so far fate had been kind and she and her companion Matrin evaded detection.
She knew that Medai warriors were pouring into her family estates from all directions and that her father was very likely dead.
At that moment a dozen Medai burst forth from a copse of trees and wheeled on Natalia.
"Go!" shouted Matrin "I'll hold them off".
"No!" screamed Natalia "We fight them together!".
"I promised your father I'd get you out, ten of us have already fallen making your escape, you cannot stop now. Go!" commanded Matrin.
And so she ran.
Natalia slammed upright from her bed in the sewers, sweat streaming down her forehead. Her eyes unfocused and focused again before she knew where she was.
"So long ago" she mumbled to herself, "and now...?"
She got up and wandered into Tym's small room to check on him but he was still dead asleep, his face reposed with an almost beatific expression.
Something had changed in Tym but she had no idea what it was or what it meant. But it troubled her. Too many strange things were occurring as of late.
She had met Tym three hundred odd years ago hiding beneath a burnt out monastery in eastern Europe. No one knew much about him, but everyone suspected he was some sort of monk before he was
The light danced and flickered madly, casting and then destroying shadows that seemed to jump about the room.
"Interesting" noted Alexander.
"For hundreds of years that creature has been emitting a dull sort of glow" explained Gabriel "and two hours ago it erupted into this light show".
Alexander tried not to flinch as the light cascaded and pulsed over his body. When they had first discovered this creature centuries ago, they had learned the hard way that the light it emitted burned vampires the same as sunlight did.
When it had first been discovered, Alexander had used human servants (many human servants; the creature was incredibly strong) to capture and place it into a deep cave.
Years later, technology had advanced far enough to create the specially treated glass cage that blocked the deadly sunlight UV rays; the same material that Alexander used to treat the windows in his high rise building which allowed vampires to walk freely throughout the halls during the day without fear of a fiery death by sunlight.
But still, old habits died hard and Alexander had to remind himself that the he was safe from the light. After all, weakness of any type could never be shown, even in front of Gabriel.
"Do the sensors detect anything else?" asked Alexander.
"No, not a thing. The cameras detected movement triggered by the light, but other than that, it's not emitting x-rays, gamma rays, radio waves, radiation of any kind." explained Gabriel "What do you want to do with it".
"Continue to monitor it, notify me the moment anything changes" commanded Alexander as he peered into the glass box, inches from it's flawless side.
Smack!
With superhuman speed Alexander slammed the flat of his clenched fist against the glass causing the entire structure to vibrate; yet still the figure inside remained unmoved, not even so much as flinching.
Gabriel chuckled lightly.
The creature had been a mystery from the day it was discovered hundreds of years ago and Alexander could wait a while longer to discover it's secrets.
Besides, he had other things on his mind.
With that he turned and strode towards the elevator and back to his office. There was no way he'd be able to sleep today, so he resolved to head back upstairs to get some work done.
CHAPTER EIGHT
The night was filthy and wet, and Natalia ran. For the first time in her life she knew true fear.
At any moment she expected to hear the noise that meant death or worse, but so far fate had been kind and she and her companion Matrin evaded detection.
She knew that Medai warriors were pouring into her family estates from all directions and that her father was very likely dead.
At that moment a dozen Medai burst forth from a copse of trees and wheeled on Natalia.
"Go!" shouted Matrin "I'll hold them off".
"No!" screamed Natalia "We fight them together!".
"I promised your father I'd get you out, ten of us have already fallen making your escape, you cannot stop now. Go!" commanded Matrin.
And so she ran.
Natalia slammed upright from her bed in the sewers, sweat streaming down her forehead. Her eyes unfocused and focused again before she knew where she was.
"So long ago" she mumbled to herself, "and now...?"
She got up and wandered into Tym's small room to check on him but he was still dead asleep, his face reposed with an almost beatific expression.
Something had changed in Tym but she had no idea what it was or what it meant. But it troubled her. Too many strange things were occurring as of late.
She had met Tym three hundred odd years ago hiding beneath a burnt out monastery in eastern Europe. No one knew much about him, but everyone suspected he was some sort of monk before he was
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