AHC2 Vampire Asylum by Amy Cross

Author:Amy Cross
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: vampire series, vampire fantasy, vampire horror
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Part Five

The Garden of Dead Souls

Prologue

"Katia!" he calls. "I need you!"

Sighing, she realizes that there's no point trying to delay the moment any longer. She walks to the mirror and checks that her uniform is neat, and after brushing away a few creases, she turns and heads to the door. She rarely gets more than a few minutes alone these days, and even when she's at peace, she knows that sooner or later that voice will call out for her again, demanding her help. It has been like this ever since she arrived, and she can't foresee any situation in which she might ever be able to escape.

This, she realizes, is her life now.

"Where have you been?" he asks as soon as she enters the main office. "I've been calling for hours!"

"I was sleeping," she replies, even though it's not entirely accurate; she was alone, and she was still, and her mind was filled with thoughts of other places and other people, but she wasn't asleep. She was simply dreaming, while awake, of better times. "I'm sorry. Was no-one else available to help you?"

"They're all upstairs," he replies. "Helping him."

"Tell me what you need," she says as she makes her way over to him. She knows that it's always best to just cooperate and try to soothe his soul, but she stops as soon as she sees the naked body of one of her fellow nurses on the operating table. "What happened?" she asks, stunned by the sight.

"I'm a genius," he replies. "Remember that. Never, ever forget it. But I need help; I need someone to assist me with my work, and if you insist upon running off to do other things, how am I supposed to get things done? I mean, look at this." He holds up his hands, to show her the blood dripping between his fingers. "It takes me twice as long to work when I'm alone, and the patient always ends up suffering."

"I'm sorry," she says again. "I was just -"

"Dreaming?"

"Sleeping."

"Hold this," he replies, passing her a small screwdriver. "Have it ready for when I need it. This is a delicate procedure, and if I make one wrong move, I could end up completely disabling this unit with no hope of repair. I don't know if she's capable of feeling pain, but if she is, I'm quite certain that she must be in agony."

Stepping closer, Katia looks into the cavity that has been opened up in the nurse's chest, and she sees that buried in the blood and muscle there's a set of thick bronze wires. Although she has seen many experiments in recent weeks, she still shudders at the thought that one day, if she's unlucky, it might be her turn to be opened up and filled with whatever devices the man old man has come up with. He spends his days devising a series of increasingly horrific procedures, all in the name of science and discovery, and she fears that when he runs out of other subjects, he'll turn to her.

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