The Huntress Trilogy 02 The Vampire in the High Castle by Chanel Smith

Author:Chanel Smith [Smith, Chanel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rain Press
Published: 2015-07-05T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

That evening, taking their bags and rifles with them, they met up with the group from New York in the center of Timisoara, just outside the town hall. There was a coach with German license plates waiting for the group. Gilda O'Brien happily greeted Veronica and began introducing them to the group.

They got on board the coach and the three vampires found a place at the front, just behind the driver. Gilda O'Brien, again in mock gypsy clothing, sat down close to them. She was still very chirpy and very talkative. But as the coach began to move, she became silent and moved to sit with a sallow-faced man at the back of the bus.

“Who the hell is she?” Alexei asked softly.

“Vampire fanatic. All these people are looking for vampires and hoping to find them,” Veronica explained.

Alexei chuckled. “We could show them?”

Veronica shook her head. “It's easier to travel with them. At the very least, it saves us having to pay for our own transportation. And also an easier way to feed.”

Alexei shrugged and looked ahead at the road in the brightness of the bus's lights. Anastasia laid her arm around his shoulder. “We'll be there soon.”

Alexei snorted, showing his disdain.

“I'm not sure I want to be there.”

Veronica rolled her eyes. “Look, buddy. The deal is that you go to Csejte Castle and live there with the Watchers of this continent. As far as I am aware, you are meant to become Elders eventually. It's what you were born to do, and it's what you're supposed to do.”

Alexei yawned. “Boring.” He closed his eyes and cradled his head in his arms, pretending to be asleep.

Anastasia rolled her eyes too, looking at Veronica and shrugging.

The bus trundled into the night, the driver following the prompts from his satellite navigation device all the way to Bsitritz. The talk on the bus was nearly all about vampires and Anastasia, with the patience of a princess, listened to the stories. She began moving around the bus, eventually settling next to a young man who seemed incredibly nervous from her proximity. Alexei kept up his pretense of being asleep and Veronica moved about the bus as well to see whether anyone would actually be talking about something other than vampires and what they believed about them. She found better conversation with two larger men at the back discussing the latest hockey game. Apparently the New York Islanders had been hammered by the New York Rangers and the Boston Bruins had been butchered by the Montreal Canadiens. She did not give the first flying shit about hockey, but it was better following that discussion than listening to the endless vampire prattle.

It will get better once we're in the country though. Bound to be.

Well after midnight, the bus trundled into the old streets of Bistritz. It stopped at a hotel in the center of the town. The reception was open for the group and as they prepared to get off the bus, Gilda O'Brien said they

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