Fang Girl by Helen Keeble

Fang Girl by Helen Keeble

Author:Helen Keeble [Keeble, Helen]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00


Chapter 16

Worthing hospital?” Dad said dubiously, eyeing the long, low building over the top of the steering wheel.

“Evidently.” The pull of the Bloodline was unmistakable. “Maybe Superluminal’s a doctor. It would be an easy way to get blood.” I felt nervous, exposed, despite the fact that I was squashed into the backseat with Ebon and Zack. At this hour, the hospital parking lot was nearly deserted, apart from a line of staff cars. I tapped my dad’s shoulder. “Drive down a bit farther.” As we crawled past the main building, I concentrated on the Bloodlines, making careful note of their directions. “Well, Brains and Superluminal are definitely inside.” I tried looking through each set of eyes in turn. “They’re both still in the dark. Maybe Van hasn’t found the right room yet.” I hoped so. For all I knew, Superluminal might be capable of bouncing Van off the ceiling with one hand, but Lilith had seemed anxious to keep my weird Bloodline a secret. It couldn’t be good to have my worst enemies finding out about it.

“We’d better try to get inside quickly.” Dad swung the car into a space marked RESERVED, and killed the engine. “Any ideas?”

“Visiting hours are over,” said Mum from the passenger seat. There were hardly any lights on in the bulk of the hospital, though the Accident and Emergency department entrance was still lit up. “Can we break in?”

“I believe that shouldn’t be too difficult,” Ebon said, looking up from the text message he was sending to let Hakon know where we were. His eyes narrowed as he studied the building. “There,” he said, pointing at a ventilation duct. “We may obtain entrance through that shaft.”

The duct was barely longer than my forearm, and covered with a slatted metal grill. “Uh, I’m seeing a slight flaw in your plan, Ebon.”

He cast me a small smile. “Ma chérie, I believe it is time for your next lesson in the ways of the Blood.” He shimmered, and I thought that he was going to turn into a cat again—but he just went dim and flickery, as if he were a hologram projected into a smoky room. I couldn’t feel his hip against mine anymore.

“That’s. So. Awesome,” breathed Zack.

Ebon coalesced back into solidity again. “The old legends of vampires turning into mist, or flying, or becoming invisible, or even shape-shifting, are not entirely unfounded in reality.”

Mum was staring at Ebon as if he was a personal affront to her worldview. “How can you do that?” she spluttered. “It’s not physically possible! It’s—you’re—breaking the laws of thermodynamics!” Clearly, she thought this should be punishable by execution, or at least a severe fine.

“Madame, I’m a walking corpse that feeds on blood. I violate several fundamental physical principles.”

Dad patted Mum’s hand. “Don’t worry, honey. It’s probably something quantum.”

“I prefer to call it ‘magic.’” Ebon shrugged. “In any event, our physicality is somewhat a matter of habit. If one is able to overcome one’s own self-image, one can achieve a number of interesting effects.



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