Dryden Black and The Nazi Vampires by SA Campbell

Author:SA Campbell
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: vampire, thriller, horror, adventure, action, nazi, war, dracula, spy, war 2

Chapter 29

It was late in the afternoon and the light had turned their world grey. Snow drifted gently through the gaps in the high pines to lay a gentle carpet across the forest floor around them. But the peace of the woodland gave no solace to the pursued.

The silence was broken by Dryden, who sat with his back to a tree looking at his own footprints.

"Bastard snow."

They had marched at pace for hours, and were all exhausted beyond their own experience.

Nicole stood a few meters away, her back to the others as she studied their tracks through the low light. She raised her head and closed her eyes to catch some of the gently creeping wind for a trace of their pursuers. She had first stopped every half hour but now the snow was thickening she made them stop every fifteen minutes. There was no chance of hiding their tracks, the snow found its way through even the densest parts of the forest and if they did find an untouched patch, it wasn't long before they had to cross another patch of white and crush the signature of their boots into it. It was clear to each of them, that it was no longer a matter of if, but when the German soldiers would catch up.

Dryden stood from his place by the tree and moved toward Nicole.

"Anything?"

She turned.

"Not yet. We've matched the average pace of a foot patrol so far, but there are parts of this wood they could have accessed by road to cut us off."

She looked at the black patch of encrusted blood around his neck and the two large holes.

"How's the neck?"

"I must look like a giant vampire got me."

She smiled and moved closer to look at the wounds.

"They won't heal while we're on the move. You need to sleep, and you need to feed."

"I was going to ask you about that. How long can we keep going?"

She turned and looked back at the tracks once more.

"The longer we go, the slower we'll get."

She closed her eyes and again concentrated her senses.

"And the closer they come."

Dryden felt his own senses sharpen around him, the thought of battle awoke a deep instinct. And it came to him in an instant of clarity.

"Then we should let them."

Nicole's eyes snapped open, a brilliant shining green.

"What?"

"It's getting dark, we're in deep cover and we're armed to the teeth. I think it's time to slow them down a bit."

She nodded.

"We fight, we survive."

They turned with renewed vigor back to the Frenchmen.

"Gentlemen, can you walk?"

They both nodded at Dryden.

"We have a plan. It's not a pretty one but it might just get us out of this alive."

Pascal rubbed his legs and stretched.

"And what is this plan?"

"You carry on ahead of us, we fight. We'll be able to pick them off on the flanks if you leave a clear trail. And none of them should get too near you."

Pascal looked at them suspiciously.

"You want us to be bait?"

Dryden grinned as he pulled the guns from his holsters.

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