A Shade of Vampire 8: A Shade of Kiev by Bella Forrest

Author:Bella Forrest [Forrest, Bella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-09-25T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 23: Kiev

Damn it.

Ungrateful witch.

My first attempt had backfired. It was disappointing, but my failure only served to fuel the fire to conquer the challenge that was Mona.

And the sooner I win at this, the sooner this nonsense is over.

The next evening, as soon as the sun set, I rushed through the forest to the bank of the lake and, discarding my shirt, jumped in. The clear water was cool and pleasant to swim in, and it wasn’t long before I had reached her cabin.

I gripped hold of the edge of the wooden platform that led to her front door and hoisted myself up. Dripping wet, I knocked three times. When she didn’t open the door after more than five seconds, I knocked again, more impatiently this time.

“Who is it?” the witch’s voice called.

“Kiev.”

“Go away.”

“I have something for you.”

“I don’t want it.”

I crept around to the large glass doors that opened onto the verandah. No sooner had I reached them than she ran around the cabin drawing all the curtains.

“Go away,” she called again.

I walked back round to the entrance and entertained the idea of just breaking down the door. But I paused as my hand wrapped around the doorknob.

Wait. I can’t do that. It will make her more hostile.

I continued to prowl around the cabin, looking through the windows for any gaps she might have left in the curtains. But she had done a thorough job at blocking me out.

In a last-ditch attempt, I degraded myself to begging.

“Please?”

Silence.

Angered that even this had been in vain, I brought my fist down hard against a small wooden table in the corner. Too hard. A crack filled the air. To my horror, the table gave way and fell to pieces.

No. No. Now she’s going to hate me more.

I scrambled around on the deck looking for… God knew what. I didn’t know what the hell I expected to find on that narrow porch. Glue?

The front door opened and Mona stormed out, wearing a short black nightdress.

“What the hell, vampire?”

Her eyes blazed when she saw what I had done. She ran at me, and although she wasn’t heavy, the unexpected force knocked me back into the water.

“Go. Away.”

The foundations of her cabin shuddered as she slammed the door shut.

Disheartened but still in no way defeated, I swam back to the mainland.

The first thing I did was seek out the ogre, Brett, whom she had appeared to be friends with. I passed a werewolf in the woods who informed me of the location of his home.

It turned out that Brett lived in a cave at the base of the same mountain I’d met Matteo at the other night. Mossy rocks surrounded the cave’s damp entrance.

“Brett?” I called, my voice echoing off the walls.

A loud snore emanated from the back of the cave. I took the liberty of climbing through the entrance and saw the ogre lying in a heap on top of a bed of straw.

“Brett,” I repeated.

He continued to snore louder than ever.

I nudged his back with my foot.

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