Night Huntress 07 - This Side Of The Grave - Plot & Excerpts
There might have been others in history, but they managed to remain anonymous. She didn’t. Her name was Jeanne d’Arc, but you’ll know her better as Joan of Arc.” For a second, I thought Bones was kidding, even though he wasn’t the type to pull silly pranks. Then that same stunned part of my brain acknowledged he stared ahead at the road with a deadly serious expression, so this wasn’t a joke. “Joan of Arc?” I repeated. “Saint Joan? She’s the only other known half-breed?” Talk about a hard act to follow! “This was before my time, but I’ll repeat the story as Mencheres told it to me. Back in her day, Joan was well-known to humans for her battle skills and religious convictions. To vampires, she was also outed as a half-breed after one saw her actions on the battlefield. Apollyon seized upon her unusual status to sow seeds of rebellion among ghouls in Europe. He claimed Joan could be the most powerful undead creature in the world if her vampire abilities were combined with those of a ghoul, and if so, Joan would unite all vampires against ghouls.” “In other words, the same shit he’s spouted about me.”
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