Dark Goddess (A Devil's Kiss Novel) by Sarwat Chadda

Author:Sarwat Chadda [Chadda, Sarwat]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Juvenile Fiction, General, Action & Adventure, Horror & Ghost Stories, People & Places, Europe, Social Issues, Values & Virtues, Paranormal
ISBN: 9781423120216
Google: _Shj5AAACAAJ
Amazon: 1423120213
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Published: 2012-01-24T05:00:00+00:00

Dimitri drove them into the heart of the city. Unlike London with its labyrinth of narrow streets and buildings all cramped together, Moscow was wide and broad. The boulevards gave Billi endless panoramas, especially along the river. Ice shone on the roads, and a fresh cloud of snow was beginning to descend.

The tires rumbled on the cobbles of Red Square. Ahead stood the multicolored onion domes of St. Basil’s Cathedral. The composite building was actually interconnected churches, each with its own individual spire and dome. Veiled in snow, the cathedral looked as though it had been snatched from a fairy tale. Moscow had an ethereal magic when it was cloaked in winter. To one side stood GUM, the gigantic department store, its walls and windows outlined by thousands of golden bulbs. Opposite that were the immense, dark-red walls of the Kremlin fortress.

“Once, this was all ours,” said Ivan. His eyes shone with the reflection of the lights and dazzling colors. “My ancestors were crowned there.” He pointed to a series of golden roofs behind the red fortress walls. “Archangel Cathedral. Saint Michael was said to be the protector of our family.” He leaned back in his seat. “I heard a strange story about him recently.”

Billi kept her attention on the scenery, but her voice went soft and quiet. “Oh? What story?”

“Do you believe in God? In His archangels?”

“You’re asking a Templar that?”

“The Patriarch of Moscow is a close personal friend of the Romanovs,” said Ivan, referring to the head of the Russian Orthodox Church. “He told me that Michael had fallen; it came to him in a dream. That he had been cast down.”

Billi didn’t move, but sweat trickled down her back. Did he know? That she had cast the archangel down?

“I wonder what the other archangels must think, knowing that their brother has been sent to Hell.”

Billi could feel how close he was to her.

“What do you think, Billi?”

“I think you should be careful what you read into the dreams of an old man.”

Ivan laughed. Billi liked the sound of his laugh. His guard was down and the imperious barrier he usually put up had fallen away.

“You area difficult person to understand,” he said. “You have many secrets, I think.”

“No more than most.”

Ivan watched her thoughtfully. “Perhaps that is true: we all have things we are frightened of telling others.”

They drove along Kremlevskaya Naberezhnaya, the broad road that ran beside the riverbank. Billi watched the broken platforms of ice drift slowly down the Moscow River.

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