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Vengeance (Hybrid Book 3)

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by Nick Stead


  Footsteps reach my ears and I tense, preparing to pounce. I will eat well tonight and once my belly is full again and my body rested, then I will continue with my story. Patience my friend, if I may call you that now. I will tell you more when the new day dawns, and you will have the answers to at least some of your questions soon enough. But first, allow me the indulgence of my dark desires once again.

  My victim is a man this time, elderly and less tender than I would like but I can’t afford to be picky. I drag him first into the darkness of the woods and away from prying eyes, and then into the darkness of Death’s embrace. Still mostly human in form, I wonder if that makes me appear all the more monstrous. No matter. I begin to strip the old bones of flesh, savaging them as I have so many times before, lost in the bloodlust once again. You can only watch as the light leaves the old man’s eyes, all that he ever was and all that he ever could be in whatever years should have been left to him stolen by my hungry jaws. Hate me if you wish but such pleasures are few and far between for me now and I must enjoy them when I can. Allow me this primal enjoyment to be had in the kill for the brief time it lasts, and then we will return to the cave. Until then, patience.

  Biography

  Nick began writing at the age of fifteen. His love of horror and werewolves in particular led to the creation of Hybrid, following a brainstorming session with his cousin to get him started on the first three chapters. Twelve years later at twenty seven and after two major redrafts, his dream of seeing Hybrid published was finally realised. Hunted and Vengeance soon followed and he has also written several short stories, most of which are free to read on his website. Now twenty nine, he lives with his two cats in Huddersfield, England, where he is hard at work on the next book in the Hybrid series.

  For more information about Nick, the Hybrid series, and other works visit: www.nick-stead.co.uk.

  Table of Contents

  Vengeance

  Book 3 of the Hybrid series

  A Wild Wolf Publication

  Published by Wild Wolf Publishing in 2017

  First print

  E-book Edition

  Prologue

  Chapter One – Fear and Confusion

  Chapter Two – Passage of Torment

  Chapter Three – Blood Debt

  Chapter Four – Sacrifice

  Chapter Five – A Glimpse of Hell

  Chapter Six – Poisoned Offerings

  Chapter Seven – Return to the Modern World

  Chapter Eight – Unseen Threat

  Chapter Nine – Death’s Angels

  Chapter Ten – Ghosts of the Past

  Chapter Eleven – Death Takes Her

  Chapter Twelve – Battle of Tooth and Claw

  Chapter Thirteen – Ocean’s Wrath

  Chapter Fourteen – How Much Does She Really Mean to You

  Chapter Fifteen – Shadow Guide

  Chapter Sixteen – Rebirth

  Chapter Seventeen – Dark Truths

  Chapter Eighteen – Between Life and Death

  Chapter Nineteen – Fight for Life

  Chapter Twenty – Family Reunion

  Chapter Twenty One – Irresistible Bait

  Chapter Twenty Two – Danger Below

  Chapter Twenty Three – Death to the Wolf

  Chapter Twenty Four – Mortal Danger

  Chapter Twenty Five – Terror Made Flesh

  Chapter Twenty Six – Endgame

  Chapter Twenty Seven – Predatory Pact

  Chapter Twenty Eight – Keeping Promises of Blood

  Chapter Twenty Nine – Vengeance

  Chapter Thirty – New Hope

  Chapter Thirty One – Hell’s Servant

  Epilogue

  Biography

 

 

 


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