Blood Promise (Vampire Academy, Book 4) by Richelle Mead

Author:Richelle Mead [Mead, Richelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Horror, Vampires, Juvenile Fiction, Fantasy & Magic, High schools, Schools, School & Education, People & Places, Social Issues, Supernatural, Friendship, Dating & Sex, Europe, History, Asia, Russia (Federation), Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Siberia (Russia)
ISBN: 9781595143105
Publisher: Razorbill
Published: 2010-04-06T04:00:00+00:00

There was a slight pause. “Rose? What’s going on?”

“Are you back in Saint Petersburg?”

“Yes… where are you?”

“Novosibirsk. Do you guys have agents here?”

“Of course,” she said warily. “Why?”

“Mmm… I’ve got something for you to clean up.”

“Oh dear.”

“Hey, at least I’m calling. And it’s not like me ridding the world of another Strigoi is a bad thing. Besides, didn ’t you want me to let you know?”

“Yes, yes. Where are you?”

I put Denis on the phone briefly so that he could explain our specific location. He handed the phone back to me when he finished, and I told Sydney about the girl.

“Is she seriously injured?”

“Doesn’t look like it,” I said. “What should we do?”

“Leave her. The guy who’s coming will make sure she’s okay and doesn’t go telling stories. He’ll explain it when he gets there.”

“Whoa, hey. I’m not going to be here when he arrives.”

“Rose-”

“I’m out of here,” I told her. “And I’d really appreciate it if you didn’t tell anyone else that I called-say, like, Abe.”

“Rose-”

“Please, Sydney. Just don’t tell. Or else…” I hesitated. “If you do, I’ll stop calling when this happens. We’re going to be taking down a few more.”

God, what next? First torture, now threats. Worse, I was threatening someone I liked. Of course, I was lying. I understood why Sydney’s group did what they did, and I wouldn’t risk the exposure. She didn’t know that, though, and I prayed she’d think I was just unstable enough to risk revealing us to the world.

“Rose-” she tried yet again. I didn’t give her the chance.

“Thanks, Sydney. We’ll be in touch.” I disconnected and handed Denis the phone. “Come on, guys. We’re not done tonight.”

It was clear they thought I was crazy to be interrogating Strigoi, but considering how reckless they were sometimes, my behavior wasn ’t quite weird enough for them to lose their faith in me. Soon they grew enthusiastic again, high on the idea of our first kill on this trip. My uncanny ability to sense Strigoi made me even cooler in their eyes, and I grew confident they’d pretty much follow me anywhere.

We caught two more Strigoi that night and managed to repeat the procedure. The results were the same. Lots of insults in Russian. No new information. Once I was convinced a Strigoi had nothing to offer us, I’d let the unpromised go in for the kill. They loved it, but after that third one, I found myself growing weary both mentally and physically. I told the group we were going to go home -and then, while cutting around the back of a factory, I sensed a fourth Strigoi.

We jumped him. Another scuffle occurred, but we eventually managed to pin him as we had the others. “Go ahead,” I told Denis. “You know what to-”

“I’m going to rip your throat out!” the Strigoi snarled.

Whoa. This one spoke English. Denis opened his mouth to begin the interrogation, but I shook my head. “I’ll take over.” Like the other Strigoi, he swore and struggled, even with the stake against his neck, making it hard for me to talk.

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