Sight by Kailin Gow

Author:Kailin Gow
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
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ISBN: 9781597486354
Publisher: Sparklesoup LLC
Published: 2012-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Steve drove, with Maisy sitting beside him and Marcus, incongruously, on the back seat. Maisy hadn’t even tried to explain concepts like wearing a seatbelt to him, and the vampire bounced about with his hands firmly gripping the seats.

“It is not as comfortable as a real chariot,” he said.

“But it’s faster,” Maisy insisted. Or it would have been had they not been going down the track ways leading from the inn into town, and had Mrs. Edge’s car been a bit more up to date. As it was, they drove along at a sedate pace, with Steve looking nervously at the road ahead.

Or maybe it was just the atmosphere in the car. Both Maisy and Steve knew perfectly well that they couldn’t trust Marcus. Not after what he had said back at the house. Yet they couldn’t do anything to escape him either. They just had to go along with him for as long as it took to find a better option. That thought was bearing down on Maisy in particular, given that Marcus was sitting just behind her, and Maisy knew that he would hear every thought she had. Maybe it would be better if she put the radio on. At least that would drown out some of her thoughts.

That particular experiment didn’t last long.

“What is that?” Marcus demanded. “What is that noise?”

“It’s just music. It’s coming from the radio.” Maisy tried to think of it in terms the vampire would understand. “Think of it as being like a minstrel in a box.”

“If a minstrel played like that around me, there would not be enough of him left to go in a box,” Marcus promised. “Turn it…”

He didn’t finish that thought, because Steve chose that moment to hit the brakes hard. Aunt Sophie’s battered car skidded to a stop, and it was only as Maisy looked up that she understood why. There were vampires on the road, blocking the way. Worse, they were vampires in layers of fur and steel that matched Marcus’ clothing.

The vampire leader clambered from the car, gesturing for her and Steve to do the same, so Maisy had no choice but to follow. She tagged along at Marcus’ side, with Steve just behind her as they approached the group. There had to be at least a dozen vampires there.

“You have left the gate,” Marcus observed as he got closer.

One of the vampires, a man with a full beard into which small bones were woven, bowed low. “We were attacked, my lord. The princess came through with her companions, and we sought to take her, but she managed to escape with the aid of werewolves. Freya was slain.”

“Freya?” Marcus sounded surprised by that. “Was she bitten by them, Bjorn?”

The other vampire shook his head. “It seems that the bite of the werewolf does not kill here, my lord. No, she was slain by the princess. Beheaded.”

Marcus stared at his fellow vampire in obvious disbelief. “She does not have the power yet.”

“She does. I swear it. I saw her fight.

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