Pure (Book 1, Pure Series) by Mesick Catherine

Author:Mesick, Catherine [Mesick, Catherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scofflaw Publishing
Published: 2011-04-20T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11.

We ran to the car, and GM sped off into the night.

"GM, where's your phone?" I asked urgently. "Do you have your phone?"

"It's in my purse, Solnyshko," GM said, turning a corner sharply. "It fell to the floor by your feet."

Of course it was – I was the one who had dropped it. Fear was clouding my thinking. I found the purse and then fumbled with the clasp. I managed to get it open, and I searched frantically for the phone.

"Who are you calling?" GM asked.

"The police," I said. I felt panic rising in me as I continued to look for the phone.

"He told us not to go to the police, Solnyshko."

"I know," I said. "I'm not calling for us. I'm calling for him. The police should go out to the house to help him. Maybe they can scare the creature off."

I found the phone, and I dialed 911 with trembling fingers. A woman with a reassuring voice answered, and I told her that our house was being broken into. Then I gave her the address.

She told me help was on the way.

I considered calling Charisse to tell her we had to leave town and not to worry, but I knew she wouldn't answer. I considered calling Simon, too, but I knew he would answer. And he might try to come after us. I didn't want him getting mixed up in this.

"Who is he, Solnyshko?" GM asked after I put the phone back.

I looked over at her. Though the light was dim, I could see that her face was carefully neutral. It was the face she wore whenever she talked about troubling subjects – like the past.

"Who do you mean?" I asked.

"The young man at our house," GM replied. "Who was he?"

"He broke down the front door," I said. "He came to warn us about the attack. He's the only reason we got out of the house in time."

GM was silent.

I hoped she wouldn't ask me any further questions about William. I didn't want him to become something that would be off limits.

I thought back to the horrible, distorted white face I had seen in the hall back at the house. I felt sick with fear for William.

"Have you heard of a creature called a 'kost'?" I asked.

"Yes," GM said. "Did the young man say that that's what that was?"

"Yes," I replied. "And he gave me this iron cross. He said it would prevent the creature from tracking me."

GM fingered her own silver cross – I knew that she usually slept with it on.

"Is a kost one of those things that you don't believe in?" I asked.

GM simply sighed.

"Will he be okay back at the house?" I asked.

GM looked over at me then. "I hope so, Solnyshko."

I looked out the window. The streets were deserted, and the streetlights flashed across my eyes from time to time, blinding me. William was back at the house with that Gleb creature at this moment. Was it even now tearing him apart? I closed my eyes and felt tears work their way out from under my lids and roll down my cheeks.

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