A Bloody London Tale (Book 1): Unrest Rising by Prichard Cornelius

Author:Prichard, Cornelius [Prichard, Cornelius]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Horror | Vampires
Publisher: BookBaby
Published: 2015-02-03T05:00:00+00:00

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When I was a street away from home I heard a strange noise. It was nearly dawn and I knew I shouldn’t be out alone, but I wasn’t going to accept Jake’s offer to walk me home, not when I knew how close dawn was. Alison was already asleep and I wouldn’t let him wake her up, either. Normally I walked a lot. Normally I wasn’t out walking at nearly dawn during the riots, when an interview I did was put of the telly. Having my face disguised did help. There was no point in them hiding my voice, though, because people already knew it from when I rang the studio. I put my hand into my coat pocket, hunting for the knife Lise had convinced me to carry.

At the same moment I found it the person who was following me jumped me. The only thing I could do, in the hope it would scare him off, was scream. Loudly. It startled him enough that he jumped, which gave me a chance to get the knife out, and I held it out, hoping I looked like the sort of person who’d use it. Instead he laughed at me. “You’re not going to use that, little girl.”

“She might not, but I will.” I knew the voice and I wished I could work out why. “I have no problem with stabbing you when you just attacked a female walking alone.”

“Traitor bitch.”

“Oh, it’s one of you. How wonderful.” That voice was one I wasn’t expecting to hear and I looked up at the sky. “We’re okay, Tree. I’ve still got twenty minutes before I need to find shelter and I’m sure Lise won’t kick me out when I saved your life.”

“I can save my own life, thank you very much.” I couldn’t help smiling as the man who’d been pinning me down was lifted off me. “I appreciate the help though.” That was when I found myself facing the owner of the first voice. “Susie!” I smiled at her. “Alison’s told me so much about you.”

“How did the interview go? I haven’t had a chance to see it yet, even though I wanted to.”

“It was really good and then we went to talk with Jake.”

“Ever since the beginning of the riots he’s bloomed apparently.”

“Meeting Ben does that to people”

“He knows Liv’s Ben?” Paul walked over to us. “That’s a surprise, but I don’t know why it is. Ben’s always been a gatherer of people who need guidance.”

“And Liv hasn’t?”

Paul shrugged. “You make a good point there.” He took my hand. “Now, let’s get you home, and then I can get some kip. It’s been a long night.”

“What were you up to?”

“Showing Susie all the places she needed to be recording.”

As we walked I sighed. “Seriously?”

“It’s time people knew the truth, Tree. We can’t hide things from them. They need to understand how hard things are for us.”

“I know, but taking a human there…” I look at Susie. “I’m sure you can cope with it.

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