Moon Castle by April M. Reign

Author:April M. Reign [Reign, April M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rain Press
Published: 2020-09-30T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Just before sunrise, and after making lunch for my kids, I closed my bedroom door, crawled into bed, and fell asleep. Mary Lou had agreed to pick up Tammy and Anthony and take them to school. I slept for six hours before I got up, rushed around the house to pick up, and eventually got ready to start my day. It was two in the afternoon by the time I jumped in my minivan, called Mary Lou to make sure she didn’t forget to pick up Tammy and Anthony from school and started toward the precinct.

Sure, I started toward it, but I never made it there. Something in the castle called to me. Tugged at me. Clouding my thoughts and controlling my movements. I say controlling because I now stood at the top of that damn hill and had no memory of driving here, parking, or hiking to the top.

When I finally realized where I was, I came to the horrifying conclusion that I was oblivious to what transpired over the last thirty minutes. My arms dangled at my sides and like the structure in front of me, I hadn’t moved for quite some time.

The faint sounds that whispered through the air from the fortress held my attention. But what I found odd was that even with my heightened hearing, I couldn’t quite make out the cries. The words. What they were saying. One moment there were utterances in seemingly many voices and different languages and odd tongues, but all out of order.

Suddenly a clearer voice interrupted the others. The new voice was more authoritative and sinister, but had the ability to control the other sounds for a minute or two. I closed my eyes, the castle directly in front of me, and I attempted to hone in on the new voice.

A hand clamped down on my shoulder at the same time a voice said, “Sam? Are you ignoring me?” but I reacted and reacted fast. Grabbing the unknown person, I threw him over my shoulder, creating a loud thud from his back slamming the dirt floor and with his bent wrist still in my hand, I dropped a knee on his neck. Only then did I realize, Brent was beneath the strength of my leg.

Shocked, I took a step back. “What are you doing there?” I asked, reaching out to help him to his feet.

“Remind me not to sneak up on you ever again.” He shook his head and brushed off his lower back and ass. “Apparently your vampire senses have dulled a bit around this monstrosity.”

I glanced from him and back to the castle. He was right. My senses were off. The castle, the voices, and the cries threw me off. Dracula had appeared on my porch and I had sensed nothing. Brent walked up behind me and nothing again. My dulled senses were disconcerting, to say the least. Honestly though, I didn’t have time to worry about that. The voices grew and the utter need to understand them grew within me.

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