The Longest Night: A Drake Chronicles Novella by Alyxandra Harvey

Author:Alyxandra Harvey [Harvey, Alyxandra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literary Criticism, Children's Literature, Juvenile Fiction, General, Love & Romance
Publisher: Walker Childrens
Published: 2013-12-17T06:00:00+00:00

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The trees were thick with snow and the cold had already frozen the tip of Lucy’s nose. She had her crossbow in one hand and a belt studded with steel-tipped stakes. It was long past the time that regular, normal folk were in bed. She looped her arm through Solange’s, grinning. “It’s just like old times, isn’t it?”

“What, wandering about in the middle of the night looking for someone to attack us?” Solange asked wryly.

“Yeah, pretty much.”

“You love it.” Solange wore her black hair in a single braid down her back, just like her mother. Unlike Helena, there was already dried clay on Solange’s pants, instead of blood.

“Kinda. And you’re really finally home for a while?” she asked as they continued to tramp through the woods. “You’ve stopped beating yourself up and exiling yourself on a self-imposed guilt trip? Literally?” she added knowingly.

“Sheesh, a degree in social work and psychology and suddenly you think you’re so smart,” Solange said. She wrinkled her nose. “You’re right though.”

“The Battle of Violet Hill was not your fault.”

“Maybe not, but I sure made it worse.”

“Viola the undead vampire cow made it worse,” Lucy said very firmly. “Regardless, I’m glad you’re back.”

“I ran out of countries to visit,” Solange smiled. “You would love the vampires in Italy. They have a party in this tiny mountain village and their human friends make blood-cakes. Plus, there are chocolate fountains everywhere. And in the deserts near Morocco they have these midnight parades.”

“With all the new vampire tribes and traditions you know now, we could start a vampire museum.”

“See, now I’m really scared because I don’t think you’re joking.”

“I think it’s a great idea,” Lucy insisted. “And I’m going to set it up right in the Helios-Ra gym.”

“You always were subtle.”

“Subtle takes too long. Especially with some of these hunter types. They’re kinda dumb.” She grinned to soften the insult. “Hunter will explain it to them. She’s good at that.”

They patrolled for another hour until Lucy started to limp. “I think my toes froze and fell off.”

“I don’t see anything anyway,” Solange said. “Let’s go back.”

They were in the jeep when Lucy’s phone pinged. “Chloe traced an e-mail,” she told Solange. “Going through the farm’s wifi or whatever. She monitors it for us, just in case.” Lucy scrolled down the screen. “A recruiting e-mail from Whitethorn.” She paused, stomach sinking. “Sent to Aggie’s laptop.”

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