The top vampire is willing to give the mortals one last chance. An excerpt from Caden is Coming: A Southern Vampire Epic.

In my horror novel, CADEN IS COMING: A Southern Vampire Epic, a desperate group of individuals find themselves besieged in rural gentlemen’s club by a clan of vengeful vampires, led by their maker, Lafayette Caden. He is seeking a book that was stolen from his plantation home in Georgia, this being the Archive of the Clans, a history of the Undead. This book has fallen into the hands of Henry Marko, a mob enforcer acting as a middleman for a prospective buyer for Caden’s book. Marko, who takes great pride in always getting a job done right, is not about to be stopped by a clan of blood drinkers and their leader. In the excerpt below, the night is getting short, and Caden’s patience with Marko and the others inside the club is getting thin. The vampire knocks on the door one last time in attempt to end the situation in his favor in a way that will leave at least one mortal still alive.

An excerpt from CADEN IS COMING: A Southern Vampire Epic:

There was a gust of fresh air when Henry opened the door, reminding him just how stifling the inside of the Sundown Club had become with the air conditioning out of commission. The sultry heat of the day had finally loosened its grip somewhat in the wee hours before the sun returned with the first light in the eastern sky. Henry knew that moment of salvation was still more than two hours away as he regarded the boss vampire, his face a fine shade of tombstone marble, standing before him on the front porch in the same spot where he’d stood for their first conversation hours earlier. Elisa, Frank Reilly, Thompson, and Ellison, stood behind him, just as they had done hours before. The only adult missing was Spivey, he’d been told to stay put behind the bar. This time his place was taken by Bobby Holland.

“It’s getting kind of late to come calling, isn’t it?” Henry said by way of a greeting. “Haven’t you and your traveling band of blood drinkers better be thinking about a nice safe place to get out of the sun. It’s about to get awful bright around here in a little while. With that pale skin, you’re going to get a terminal sunburn.”

“There is still plenty of time, Mr. Marko.” Caden sounded quite unconcerned by the lateness of the hour. “And I know exactly where my clan and I will spend the hours of sunlight, you need not worry yourself about such things. Your main concern should be how fast you can return me my property. Unlike the last time we talked, it is now in your possession, so let’s bring this wretched business to an end as quickly as possible.” The vampire was not carrying his sword, not that he really needed it. Henry knew all too well what Caden was capable of and made sure the tips of his shoes were firmly planted more than a few inches back from the threshold.

“Quickly as possible you say. I don’t believe I can accommodate you there. As you well know, there’s another party with an interest in said Archive and I’m here representing them. The least you’d have to do is match their offer and then some before I could consider what you’ve said. In the meantime, the Archive of the Clans stays high and dry and out of anyone’s hand but mine.” Henry had returned Caden’s Archive to the duffle bag, and it was now hanging from one of the idle ceiling fan blades above the table where Elisa had bandaged his hand. He’d reminded the rest of them to keep their distance as he picked up the shotgun and headed for the front door.

Henry thought his words might provoke the vampire, but to his surprise, Caden looked almost amused. “You misunderstand me,” Caden replied. “This is no transaction of commerce here. I intend to have what is mine restored to me and settle the score with those who have put me and my clan to so much trouble. My original word stands—the one—and only the one who puts the Archive of the Clans in my hand gets to leave here unmolested. This is the last warning I will give, and I am being more than generous.”


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