Dark Companion by Marta Acosta

Author:Marta Acosta [Acosta, Marta]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2012-07-02T22:00:00+00:00

On Monday, I raced home from class so I would be there if Lucky called or came by. I finished the rest of my homework before I read my Night Terrors assignment, a story called “The Vampyre” by John William Polidori.

I pored over the pages, searching for clues about Lucky’s behavior.

The story was about a young man named Aubrey, his best friend, mysterious Lord Ruthven, and a lovely young woman. Aubrey goes into a dangerous forest even though it was “the resort of the vampyres in their nocturnal orgies.”

When vampires kill the lovely girl, Aubrey becomes sick from grief, and Lord Ruthven cares for him. Lord Ruthven dies and comes back to life, causing Aubrey to go insane because he’s promised never to tell. Then Aubrey’s sister is slaughtered: “Aubrey’s sister had glutted the thirst of a VAMPYRE!” The end.

I hated the story and thought that it was typical that spoiled people, like the story’s author, had nothing better to do than imagine stupid scary fantasies. I was angry that I had to waste my time looking up the words I didn’t understand, reading the story again, and composing a 350-word synopsis. But learning all this junk was part of succeeding, so I powered through and did the work as meticulously as I could.

Lucky didn’t call that night, and I fell asleep thinking, Tomorrow he’ll come, tomorrow he’ll call, tomorrow he’ll hold me, tomorrow he’ll tell me how much he needs me …

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