Author: catstark

From The Grey House:

Vincent sipped from the goblet of blood, wishing it were fresh. Fresh blood would take the edge off his anger at Edwin. The blood used for his parties were taken from willing humans and stored in a small refrigerator in his office. The vampires who drank the stored blood couldn’t receive sustenance from it, but they could still enjoy the taste. It helped relieve the fact that there were no human guests allowed in this part of the club for feeding purposes. His rules. Vincent wanted to keep his fellow vampires from killing anyone in the club. It was bad for business. Half the wait staff was human, but they were off limits. Joseph taught them how to stop vampires and other monsters before letting them work in the private room.

From The Grey House:

Edwin did not wait for a response but left the girl and took his bodyguard. Vincent watched them leave for a moment, a little baffled by the fact that Edwin seemed to relish the fact that he was not the actual Captain. He shook his head then realized: as long as Christopher was alive, no one could kill Edwin for the title, unless they were next in line. The next in line was doing everything she could to ingratiate herself with Edwin. The rest of them were watching their backs or getting killed systematically. Until Christopher returned and took his title back, Vincent would have to leave Edwin alone.

From The Grey House, Book One:

He laughed. “All right. Of course, I want your blood. Especially since you’ve already offered. As for money, I was changed when I was a railroad worker in the late 1800s. I learned to save. I need a place to go. If you want the information, you’ll get me contacts out of the city, away from here.”

From The Grey House, Book One:

Natalia shook with delight. Vincent’s men had captured Marshal. He was the newest of Zechariah’s groupies, and the cruelest. He joined about six months ago and took great pains to torture anything they chased. It didn’t bother Natalia until he chased her. At the beginning of her imprisonment, she had been tied defenseless to a post in a dark room. After Zechariah caught Marshal trying to take Natalia’s pants off twice, he untied her and told her she should defend herself if Marshal tried again. Marshal did not try again, preferring defenseless prey.

From The Grey House, Book One:

Slowly, deliberately, Vincent walked out of the office, down the hallway and out into the main room. Scanning the crowd, he found the quickest route through the guests to the private corner. Anthony and his mystery woman were still speaking softly. He stood unnoticed for two minutes. Vincent was not a happy man. He wanted to pull Anthony away from her, but he knew from experience that to rip a hypnotized person away from the hypnotist was a very bad idea. Instead, he cleared his throat. Twice.

From The Grey House, Book One:

“Hello, Marshal. Tables have turned, haven’t they?” She started walking around him, making him turn in slow circles.

From The Grey House, Book One:

“About two months after you bit me, I went on a road trip to find Donald. I was determined to find him and kill him. I found the route he used to take and drove it up and down, stopping at truck stops and restaurants; anywhere a trucker would stop. Along the way I met a Slayer. He told me about a training camp in North Dakota that was run by militants. Most of them didn’t know about Hellspawn, but as long as I was willing to do as they said, I could be trained on any number of weapons. All I had to do was mention the Slayer’s name and I’d be in. He gave me the information, but I wasn’t sure I wanted to go. I kept looking for Donald…. It was a human that convinced me to get training.”

From The Grey  House, Book One:

“Angela, Jamie, Adrian, Leon, Peggy and Jill you will stay here to continue taking care of things. Find a good place for the bodies, then start tearing everything down. Anything that can be used for the farms can be taken. Everything else, give to a charity. Drive it there yourselves, let no one come on this land that I haven’t sent. When the house is empty, tear it down, log by log. The rest of you will be returning home. Get ready, we leave within the hour.” He turned and left the house, wanting a less closed in area. Joseph joined him in his brief walk outside.

From The Grey House, Book One:

“You’re going to forget all about me. The next time I see you, you’ll think it’s the first time we’ve met. Thanks for all the information. In 30 seconds, you’ll wake up feeling very happy.” She kissed him on the cheek, said a word in Romanian, and walked into the alley behind them. As she turned back, Anthony snapped out of the hypnosis and looked around. A few seconds later he was joined by a second man. Natalia had seen him talking to Vincent and figured him for another of his trusted men.

From The Grey House, Book One:

“You really have a medical room here?”

“Lots of humans, vampires and werewolves living in one area. Safety first.”

“Right.”