Alex Van Helsing The Triumph of Death by Jason Henderson

Author:Jason Henderson
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Harper Collins, Inc.
Published: 2012-07-23T17:00:00+00:00

Minhi pointed at Paul and Sid as she scolded Alex. “You do realize that they’re lying for you without even knowing why. They could get in serious trouble.”

Alex nodded. Okay, that was true. “I totally did not ask anyone to do that,” he said, but he knew that was not the way to treat a friend.

Minhi shook her head. “Where have you been?” she demanded. “You completely disappeared; we might have thought you were dead.”

“Madrid,” Alex said.

“You were in Spain?” Sid sat down and threw his sneakered feet up on the table. “For a day?”

Paul snickered. “You get any paella?”

“Yeah, Vienna ordered some in.”

“You saw Vienna?” Minhi asked. Her mind seemed to trip through several options and suddenly she brought her hand to her throat and said, “Does she still have the…”

“Yeah, but she says it’s not holding her head on anymore.”

“You ask her to prove it or did you just take her word for it?” Paul asked.

“Totally learned my lesson on this.” Alex held up his hands.

“Wait, wait, back up,” Sid said, with a delirious sort of smile on his face. “Why were you in Spain eating paella with Vienna?”

“Right,” Alex said, suddenly trying to decide where to start.

“Why don’t you start with, ‘I suppose you’re wondering why I’ve called you all here,’” said Minhi.

“Seriously?” Alex squinted.

Sid nodded. “Yeah, actually that would be very cool.”

Alex smiled. “Okay, let me start with this: I’m really sorry, guys. I shouldn’t have disappeared. There’s something terrible going on. We’re not really sure how to stop it. And I seem to be in a life now where the Polidorium snaps its fingers and I cross continents for them.”

“So, what is it, Alex?” Minhi asked, her tone softening slightly. She had leaned back on the table next to Paul.

“Actually it is what you said: the Triumph of Death. Apparently the painting is an illustration of what the world will be like after Queen Claire sets off a curse. She will plunge the world into darkness, and the vampires will be free to run wild.”

Paul exhaled. “So…how long do you have?”

“Till Monday, it looks like.”

“Are you mad?” Paul said. “The world goes dark in less than a week?”

“Should we call home?” Minhi asked. “My mother could warn the government in Mumbai.”

“My dad might get home,” Sid said, his eyes darting. “He’s off consulting on something in Italy, I think. But he could get back to Canada. Everyone would need to get home.”

Paul seemed to be thinking and then he deferred to Alex. “But you don’t think that’s a good idea.”

Alex shrugged. “What would you say? ‘Hi, Mom, my friend the vampire-hunting spy wants you to know that there might be a global catastrophe next week?’ Without proof?”

“Right.” Paul nodded. “So that’s not the plan. But what is the plan?”

“We have to solve it.” Sid rose and went to a whiteboard, and the other two instantly seemed to snap into a different mode, going around to take seats and pop open laptops. From the whiteboard Sid

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