Blood Warrior (The Arcadia Falls Chronicles #4) Read Online Free PDF

curiously between Drew and I. When I caught
his gaze and our eyes finally locked, I realized that he could see
something was different. Most likely it had been Drew who tipped
him off, since Drew wasn’t normally a very lovey dovey type of
guy.
    “ What?” I mouthed, to
which he responded only with a shake of his head.
    I felt bad about Gavin knowing
anything about that sort of thing between Drew and I, but he would
have to come to terms with it sooner or later, as he did with
everything that involved Drew … or me.
    He slammed the door and faced forward
in the seat so that he wasn’t looking at me. I did the
same.
    Once we were all loaded into the
Escalade and Zanders truck, the gate rolled open and we headed out
into the dusk.
    As we drove, Anthony passed the time
by telling us the intriguing tale of the LaLaurie
Mansion.
    “ For many years, the
LaLaurie Mansion has been known as one of New Orleans most haunted
homes. It never remained in the hands of one owner for an extended
amount of time.
    The home was occupied by Dr. and
Madame LaLaurie. Madame LaLaurie was one of those women of high
social status, but she was also said to be an intelligent and
beautiful woman. The house, as you will see is not much to speak of
from the outside, in comparison to other Creole homes in this city,
however Madame LaLaurie fashioned the interior of the house with
the finest of everything.
    The couple hosted frequent social
gatherings that were the talk of the town. Anyone who came across
the couple would describe Madame LaLaurie as a kind and generous
host. They appeared to be the upstanding citizens of New Orleans
that everyone wanted to be.
    Until, whispers began to spread
throughout the neighborhood of how Madam LaLaurie may be
mistreating her slaves. It had not gone unnoticed that new slaves
would arrive, replacing slaves that had not been seen leaving. The
final straw came when a young slave girl jumped to her death from
the highest floor of the mansion after Madam LaLaurie had furiously
chased her throughout the courtyard galleries.
    The laws in place prohibited cruel
treatment of slaves, thus, after the death of the young girl, the
slaves were taken from the LaLauries and auctioned to new owners.
This did not deter Madam LaLaurie in the least, she persuaded her
family to purchase new slaves, from whom she bought them in
secrecy.
    The rise of the LaLaurie couple was
nearing an end and it finally arrived when a fire broke out in the
kitchen, setting the mansion ablaze. It is a common rumor that
Madam LaLaurie chained the chef to the stove and that perhaps the
man had tolerated the mistreatment for too long. The story tells
that it was most likely he who set the fire to the
home.”
    Anthony paused and stared at the
streets ahead of us. “I apologize, I tend to get into the details
of a story and lose track of where I was at.
    “ The fire fighters arrived
soon, efficiently dousing the flames. However, they also were the
unfortunate souls who discovered the secret room in the attic. A
room where experiments were done on human subjects.
    Over a dozen bodies were found, as
well as various body parts lying carelessly around the cluttered
room. Most of the slaves found in the room were long dead, yet a
few still held a breath of life in them.
    These experiments performed on the
slaves were torturous, intended to bring pain and suffering for
quite some time. The condition of the bodies found is utterly
indescribable, with lips and eyes sewn shut, limbs removed, limbs
placed in areas where they weren’t supposed to be … one was even
found in a small cage with her limbs broken and reset at odd
angles, that one was still alive.
    The townspeople went into an uproar
and an angry mob formed outside the mansion demanding the couple be
hanged or punished for their actions. It wasn’t long after the mob
arrived outside the home that the LaLaurie family burst through the
gates in a carriage and right through the crowd until