He held aloft a pearl-handled dagger with a polished black blade in one hand and, in the other hand, a crimson gemstone set into an intricate golden lattice. The latter pulsed with an inner light. It made her think of a heartbeat. The more she watched it, the more she felt it. The light of the gemstone was in time with her own heart. It had to be the Amulet of Akarath and, if it was matching her heartbeat, there could only be one place he meant for it to go.
He’s going to cut out my heart and put that stone inside me!
This time, she was able to scream.
Lord Caulder looked down at her with disdain and disgust. He sighed, “Such a disagreeable noise. I should have given you much larger measures of the brandy.”
He knelt and stabbed Vera through the heart.
She went quiet.
Her eyes emptied of life.
“There,” he said, “that’s better. Now then, where was I?”
END
Author’s Note
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Titles available by Greg James
The Age of the Flame Trilogy – YA Fantasy
The Sword of Sighs
The Sceptre of Storms
The Stone of Sorrows
The Chronicles of Willow Grey – YA Fantasy
The Door of Dreams
Voyage of the Pale Ship
Khale the Wanderer – Grimdark Fantasy
Under A Colder Sun
Lost is the Night
Hordes of Chaos
The Eyes of the Dead
Shapes in the Mist
Hell’s Teeth
The Sevengraves Cycle – Horror
Sevengraves
The Thing Behind the Door
Standalone Horror
This Darkness Mine
London Ghost Story
The Clowns Outside
Zombies by Moonlight
The Oeuvre
Short Story Collections
Made for the Dark
Night Residue
Poetry Collections
Untitled I
Untitled II
About the Author
Greg James is the critically-acclaimed author of the Vetala Cycle series and the best-selling Age of the Flame trilogy. He was born in Essex and grew up along the south-east coast of England. He has taught English as a foreign language in the Far East. He lives in London where he can be found writing into the small hours of the morning during the week, and sleeping in on Saturdays.