The Soul's Mark: FOUND by Ashley Stoyanoff

Author:Ashley Stoyanoff [Stoyanoff, Ashley]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780988077515
Google: jrRFLgEACAAJ
Amazon: B008N9L2TS
Publisher: eBookit.com
Published: 2012-05-15T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 17

Amelia was a bundle of nerves. She paced her room for a full hour trying to come up with a plan but she knew deep down there was nothing she could do. She cried, she yelled into a pillow, and then she paced some more.

Just after 7:00, Mabel brought in a bowl of homemade chicken noodle soup. Amelia tried to talk to her. She had so many questions. Did Mabel know about them? She was sure that the older woman wasn’t a vampire. But Mable wouldn’t talk to her. She just dropped the food and left. Despite her best efforts not to, Amelia gobbled the food down. She was starving and she ate it so fast she barely even tasted it.

When the sun set, the night started to play tricks on her. Lurking shadows filled every corner of her room, reminding her of all those horror movies she had seen and what could be hiding under her bed or in her closet. Her fairy tale castle no longer felt like a fairy tale. It felt too big, and spine-chillingly creepy. And it really was filled with monsters, the fanged bloodsucking kind. Amelia got down, peered under her bed and checked her closet. She was starting to feel really stupid when a gust of wind hissed through the open window, whipping the curtains around and she jumped.

She let out a nervous little laugh and went to the window, pulling it shut. She was about to turn away, and start the restless, helpless pacing again when a movement caught her eye. She peered out into the cloud-covered night. Standing outside her window, on her terrace was Kandi, smoldering scarlet eyes staring in at her. Amelia recoiled and blinked and when she opened her eyes, Kandi was gone.

Keep it together, Amelia, she scolded herself silently. It’s just the night playing tricks on you.

Deciding she needed to relax, Amelia went into the adjoining bathroom and turned on the taps filling the tub with warm, steaming water. She added a dollop of strawberry-scented bubble bath to the water, and lit some vanilla spice candles. Instantly, the room filled with their soft scent and she stripped off her clothes, tossing them wherever they landed. She took a deep calming breath, letting the aroma soothe her.

Amelia was just about to climb into the tub when she heard a little knock at the door, so soft that she almost missed it. And if she hadn’t still been so jumpy she probably would have missed it, but she was so wired with jitters that every little bump was making her jump out of her skin. She snagged her silk housecoat from the hook, and went to the door, unlocking and swinging it open.

It was Eric. He had that mischievous twinkle in his eyes and he raised his finger to his lips in a shhhh gesture. He glanced surreptitiously over his shoulders and then without a word snuck past her into her room, moving with all the stealth of a cat burglar.

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