Anna and the Vampire Prince by Jeanne C. Stein

Author:Jeanne C. Stein [Stein, Jeanne C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-12-18T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

The road winds upward now, through gently rolling, glacier-carved hills. I find myself wondering about Vlad. How easy it was for him to find out where Cecily was and how in one day, we will close down this kidnapping operation.

But not before three girls were killed.

“Were you serious about what you told Trish? Were you really so self-absorbed that you were unaware that three young girls had been kidnapped and murdered?”

The look Vlad sends me is scathing. The heat of his sudden anger sends a scorching bolt through me. “Are there not murders of innocents taking place in your country every day? Do you involve yourself in them? I read the newspapers. There are serial killers at work in every state of your union. What are you doing about them?”

Heat floods my face. He’s right. I have no right to criticize him. He’s involved now because I asked him to be. What sends a chill through me is that if I hadn’t been here to ask, what would have happened to Trish’s friend?

Vlad reads my thoughts and his temper cools. Perhaps it has been too long since I’ve had close human connections, he says. I forgot how personal this is to you.

Still, I should not have called you self-absorbed. It’s not something one friend says to another.

Vlad relaxes, and his thoughts turn to how we’ll approach the cave where Cecily is being held.

“Cave?” I repeat aloud.

“We are going to a valley where the Niaux Cave of prehistoric paintings is located. On the other side of the valley is another cave. It’s thought that in this cave, the ancient artists who left the paintings lived with their families. This cave is harder to get to and not open to the public. It’s also sheltered so one could hide a person inside, unexposed to the elements.”

“How will we approach it?”

“The cave has a low ceilinged entrance that opens to a wide cavern. There is no way to approach from the front without being seen. To the back of the cavern, however, there is another entrance angled down through rock. It’s narrow, but we should have no trouble navigating it. My informant said they leave two people with the girl at all times. Once inside, between us we should have no trouble subduing two humans.”

“I hope they put up a fight,” I mumble, fingers flexing in anticipation.

Vlad shakes his head. “Remember, Anna, Cecily will be there. We can’t damage the humans too much. How will we explain it?”

He’s right, at some point we’ll have to bring in the police. “Did you have a plan for turning these scumbags in?”

“At my call, my informant will notify the local police in Niaux of strange goings-on in the cave. When they arrive, our story will be that we are spelunkers who happened upon the girl and her kidnappers. We were able to surprise them and free the girl. At that point, we are out of it, and the locals take over.”

“So I won’t be able to take even a little blood?” I whine.

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