1 Blood Price

Table of Contents

 

This was it. Vicki was as sure of it as she’d ever been of anything in her life. She started to run. Fifty running paces from the corner something crossed her path. It slipped down the narrow drive between two buildings and when Vicki followed, she could see red taillights burning about a hundred yards away.

It smelled as if something had died at the end of the lane.

Vicki could hear a car engine running, movement against the gravel, and a noise she didn’t want to identify.

The evil that had lingered in the subway tunnel had been only the faintest afterimage of the evil that waited for her here.

Something shrieked and the sound drove her back a half a dozen steps. Ignoring the cold sweat beading her body and the knot of fear that made each breath a labored fight, Vicki forced herself forward again, turning on her flashlight.

Caught in the beam, a young man crouched, at his feet, a body, blood still draining from its ruined throat. The crouching man stood, his open coat spreading and bracketing him like great black leather wings. And then he was moving toward her. . . .

 

Copyright © 1991 by Tanya Huff.

 

All Rights Reserved.

 

 

DAW Book Collectors No. 850.

 

DAW Books are distributed by Penguin Group (USA) Inc.

 

All characters in this book are fictitious. Any resemblance to persons living or dead is coincidental.

 

The scanning, uploading and distribution of this book via the Internet or any other means without the permission of the publisher is illegal, and punishable by law. Please purchase only authorized electronic editions, and do not participate in or encourage the electronic piracy of copyrighted materials. Your support of the author’s rights is appreciated.

 

Nearly all the designs and trade names in this book are registered trademarks. All that are still in commercial use are protected by United States and international trademark law.

eISBN : 978-1-101-52599-9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Printing, May 1991