Swear by Amanda Hocking

Author:Amanda Hocking [Hocking, Amanda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: BA
Publisher: Amanda Hocking
Published: 2016-11-08T18:30:00+00:00

EZRA STARED BACK AT ME through my computer screen, his mouth turned down into an apologetic scowl. “Sorry I can’t be of more help with that. You might be better off discussing these questions with a medium or a psychic.”

I sat up straighter in the dining room chair and looked toward the bedroom door, where I could hear the dog snoring loudly as she slept beside Jack.

“Hey, has Jack talked to you?” I asked, quietly so as not to wake him.

“About what specifically?” Ezra asked.

I glanced at the doorway again. “About him being dead.”

“He’s dead?” he asked in confusion.

“No, not really,” I said quickly. “He’s fine and he’s alive. We went to see a psychic, and she had this really strong reaction to him and claimed that his soul was dead.”

Ezra leaned forward, resting his chin on his hand. “Jack has not mentioned that to me. But are you sure the psychic wasn’t messing with you for more money?”

“I don’t think so, but I don’t know for sure. Have you heard of anything like that, though?” I asked. “Vampires without souls?”

“Not anything credible,” he said. “There are always stories and superstitions about demons and vampires. But I don’t think any of those would help you.”

“Where do you think vampires go when they die?” I asked honestly.

He thought for a second before asking, “Are you asking if I believe there is a heaven in general, or one specifically for vampires?

I shrugged. “Both? Either?”

“I’ve been alive for… 340 years now, I believe. In that time, I have seen many, many things. Some miraculous, some horrendous. Some I could explain, but others I’ve never been able to. But I have never seen irrefutable proof in anything beyond this life,” he said.

“So you don’t believe in heaven?” I clarified.

He shook his head. “I didn’t say that either. Back when I still served under Willem, he had a business associate. An aristocratic vampire called Bogdan who treated me respectfully, as an equal. He’d been alive for over 500 years when I met him, though he couldn’t be certain of his exact age, because it was much harder to keep track of time back then. He’d seen a great deal of things; empires rise and fall. He’d buried more family, lovers, and friends than I could even comprehend.

“After Willem would go to sleep, I would sit with Bogdan and watch the sunrise, and we would talk philosophy, astronomy, and religion until the sun rose so high we couldn’t bare it,” he went on. “The last time we went to visit him at his home, and toward the end, he told me that he had enough. He had seen everything the world had to offer, and he had nothing left to give back. He was immortal, but he was convinced that his time here was up, and he wanted to see what came next.”

“What came next?” I echoed.

“Yes. After life,” Ezra said. “He was certain there had to be something more, and he wanted to see it. He asked me to stake him through the heart.

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