History of the Vampire (The Vanderlind Castle Series Book 4) by Gayla Twist

Author:Gayla Twist [Twist, Gayla]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2015-06-20T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 30

Colette

People just stood there. It was as if everyone was waiting for someone else to do something. I had a moment of that myself. I kept thinking, I’m just a maid and this is my first day. Surely someone else will come to his aid. Someone in charge will take command of the crisis. But everyone was acting like they were frozen to the ground. And I couldn’t bear the thought of the poor young man suffering. So I hurried forward, shouting as I ran, “Call a doctor. Somebody call a doctor.” Dropping to my knees, I reached out to clutch his hand. Merely touching him sent a charge through me like I had grabbed a live wire. I’d finally met the man of my dreams and he was probably hemorrhaging internally. The thought made me want to shriek and burst into tears. But I had to be brave for him. If he was going to die, then I had to be there to comfort him during his last moments on earth. He’d stolen my heart and we’d never even have the chance to say hello.

“Don’t move,” I said, trying to keep a tremor out of my voice. “We’re sending for a doctor.”

“I’m fine,” he told me, sitting up.

“You can’t be fine,” I insisted. “You just have a giant chandelier drop on your head.”

This made him smile. “No, I really am fine,” he assured me. “I think maybe I just wrenched my ankle.”

And shockingly, he was fine. I kept expecting him to collapse from internal bleeding, but somehow he’d only twisted his ankle. It was a miracle. My heart sang with joy.

I helped him to a loveseat and we both sat there, holding each other’s hand. He introduced himself as Jessie Vanderlind. It was a name I knew I would be whispering in my dreams for the rest of my life.

“Mr. Vanderlind,” Mrs. Denkler exclaimed, hurrying over. “I do hope you’re alright.”

“Fine,” he said, only glancing briefly in her direction before returning his gaze to me. “Better than fine, in fact.” His eyes were shimmering gray clouds before a sudden spring shower.

“I’m so glad to hear that,” the housekeeper said. “It’s quite the relief. I’m afraid in all the commotion, our new housemaid has forgotten her place.”

“Her place?” Jessie mused, frowning at where I was sitting, as if he couldn’t quite make out the words Mrs. Denkler was saying to him. “She’s perfectly fine, I should think.” And then he asked me, “Are you comfortable? You’ve had quite a shock. Would you maybe like a glass of water?”

I couldn’t believe he was asking about my well being. Of course I was alright. Besides the shock of almost seeing a man crushed to death by a thousand pounds of leaded crystal. And the fact that, in the few seconds between when I’d had first laid eyes on Jessie Vanderlind and when the chandelier had knocked him to the ground, I had fallen in love with him.

“Get up, girl,” Mrs. Denkler snapped, grabbing me by the arm and hauling me to my feet.

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