King's Blood: Vampire Descent (A Serial Novel, Part 4) (21 page)

As the FBI director continued to talk, I noticed a gray-haired man with a thick mustache stand next to the senator in front of the blue curtain behind the podium. It was Rald Gerber.

I sat on the bed and placed my arms around Holly, comforting her as she witnessed her own country turning against her. I drew down my eyes. What was it that they wanted from me? Why go through all this trouble, involving countries, involving multinationals, and involving innocent lives, just to get access to me?

I looked at Samuel. “Who’s that senator? Know anything about him?

Samuel smiled. “Yeah. Schnell was his largest contributor in the last election. We’re fucked.”

To be continued in

King's Blood

Vampire Terminus

Q2-Q3 2013