Her Vampyrrhic Heart by Simon Clark

Author:Simon Clark [Simon Clark]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Severn House Publishers
Published: 2013-08-01T16:00:00+00:00

FORTY-NINE

Kit Bolter saw the woman standing in the back yard. Light fell from the bedroom window, shining on her face. In fact, the skin that reflected the light seemed to glow brighter than the light itself. Her blond hair shone, too, as if each strand had its own internal illumination. Kit was amazed by her choice of clothes. She’s wearing a cotton dress. At night! In winter! Kit stared in astonishment at the floaty, yellow dress that seemed no more substantial than a spider’s web.

‘Mother, there’s someone in the yard.’

The reply his mother gave could have meant anything. A slurring sound came from the direction of her bedroom. He checked the time. Ten past nine. Damn it, her drinking had got heavier. She wanted Dad back. Dad had yelled he’d NEVER EVER come back. So a sad story, endlessly repeated the world over, of someone wanting the person they can’t have and being destroyed by longing.

Kit turned his attention to the woman in the yard. Slim, pretty. Long blond hair in a Rapunzel plait. He couldn’t see the colour of her eyes, even though she stared this way.

Forget her. Must be a lunatic, or a drug addict, he told himself. For some reason he found himself recalling the raging argument with Owen Westonby. What’s more, he realized that their friendship had started to rot the moment that Owen had met Eden Taylor. A pretty face had sent his old friend nuts. Suddenly, Kit went a little bit nuts, too.

No, he went a lot nuts. Because he felt intense anger at the woman down in the yard. Yes, she seemed pretty. Sexy, too, in that floaty, cotton dress, with the blond plait hanging down over her full breasts. Maybe she’d be smooching round Jez before long?

Kit ran downstairs, wrenched open the door, and went out into the yard.

‘Hey you!’ he yelled in fury. ‘This is private property! Whoever you are! Clear off! Get away from here!’ He picked up a stone and whipped his arm back like he was intending to throw a rock at an animal. ‘Hey, did you hear what I said?’

She said nothing. The yellow dress rippled in the cold breeze.

Why am I doing this? This isn’t like me. I never threaten anyone. I hate bullies. I hate violence. But the rage and sense of rejection by his friend made his emotions erupt. He wanted to dump that anger on the stranger.

‘I said GO!’

She didn’t speak; her face was hidden by shadow.

‘GO!’

He lunged forward. She moved faster. Before he could even yell out she’d thrown him clean across the yard. As he lay there, she sped towards him, fast as a cat.

With a cry he scrambled away on all fours. She grabbed his foot. He felt a spike of pain in his ankle. She dragged him … she actually dragged him across the yard. Dragged him as easily as if he weighed nothing at all.

‘Leggo!’

The woman’s body quivered. Anger? Excitement? He couldn’t tell. All he could be sure of was that she hauled his body across the dirt.

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