Blood by K. J. Wignall

Author:K. J. Wignall
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781606842584
Publisher: EgmontUSA
Published: 2011-10-05T22:00:00+00:00

14

Will looked along the darkened nave as he waited for Eloise. It was no longer quite the same place it had been earlier, before that first attack. He no longer expected another demon, or at least he knew in his heart that Edward would trouble him no further.

But the air was charged now, as if the gates of the underworld were slowly opening, as if a great storm was about to break, and after all those centuries of emptiness, here he was at the center of it.

“Will?” He looked towards the cathedral toilets. Eloise sounded a little nervous as she said, “Could you come in here, please?”

He ran to the door and pushed it open, and even though she’d been careful to turn on only one light, he was momentarily blinded. As his eyes adjusted he saw her standing in the middle of the room, quite safe, but staring uneasily at the mirrors above the washbasins.

“What is it?”

“Look in the mirrors—tell me what you see.”

He didn’t understand. “I’ve told you, I cast a reflection.”

“No, I mean, look in the mirrors.”

Out of the corner of his eye then he spotted something moving in the mirrors. He looked across the room, but there was nothing there. He drew closer and immediately saw that there were shadowy figures beyond the glass, as if they were windows looking on to some dulled room, just visible beyond the reflection of tiled walls.

They were hooded, wearing dark robes, so at first Will thought they were monks, but almost immediately he realized from their silhouettes that they were women. He tried to see their faces but couldn’t and every time one came close she seemed to keep her face hidden from him.

“They’re whispering,” he said because he could hear it now.

“I thought they were. Can you hear what they’re saying?”

“No,” he said, lying, not wanting to tell her what it was. “I can’t see their faces either.”

“I saw them,” she said, her voice sounding small. He turned to look at her and she said, “They don’t have any. They’re just blank, or almost blank.”

Will looked into the mirrors again, but the women all seemed to be walking away from them now. A moment later, they were gone and the reflection showed only the bright room in which they stood.

Eloise smiled and said, “I suppose they were ghosts. I expect you’ve seen plenty of ghosts in here over the centuries.”

“Not until now.” That response seemed to trouble her, so he added, “Still, at least they meant us no harm.”

She seemed lost for a response, but then laughed and said, “Now that is a positive outlook. Shall we go?”

Will nodded and they walked back out into the nave, turning off the light as they left.

Eloise was mesmerized all over again by the misty half-light of the cathedral, so he slowed and eventually stopped for her to stand looking out at it.

“It’s so beautiful—I’d never really noticed that before, not until I met you.” She looked at him and said, “It was built before you were born, wasn’t it?”

He nodded.

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