The Vampire Diaries: The Fury (4) by L. J. Smith

Author:L. J. Smith [Smith, L. J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Love & Romance, Teenage girls, Horror, Horror & Ghost Stories, Fantasy & Magic, Brothers, Romance, Fantasy, Triangles (Interpersonal relations), Juvenile Fiction, Sibling rivalry, General, Occult & Supernatural, Vampires, Young adult fiction, Supernatural, Horror fiction
ISBN: 9780061990779
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2010-04-27T05:00:00+00:00

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He let her walk a few paces, then said, "You screamed that night at Caroline's, though, didn't you?"

Meredith turned back. "How do you know that?"

Tyler rolled his eyes. "Give me credit for a little intelligence, okay? I know a lot, Meredith. For instance, I know what's in your pocket."

Meredith's fingers stilled. "What do you mean?"

" Vervain, Meredith. Verbena officinalis. I've got a friend who's into these things."Tyler was focused now, his smile growing, watching her face as if it were his favorite TV show. Like a cat tired of playing with a mouse, he was moving in. "And I know what it's for, too." He cast an exaggerated glance around and put a finger to his lips. " Shh. Vampires," he whispered. Then he threw back his head and laughed loudly.

Meredith backed away a step.

"You think that's going to help you, don't you? But I'm going to tell you a secret."

Meredith's eyes measured the distance between herself and the path. She kept her face calm, but a violent shaking was beginning inside her. She didn't know if she was going to be able to pull this off.

"You're not going anywhere, babe,"Tyler said, and a large hand clasped Meredith's wrist. It was hot and damp where she could feel it below her jacket cuff. "You're going to stay right here for your surprise."

His body was hunched now, his head thrust forward, and there was an exultant leer on his lips.

"Let me go,Tyler . You're hurting me!" Panic flashed down all Meredith's nerves at the feel ofTyler 's flesh against hers. But the hand only gripped harder, grinding tendon against bone in her wrist.

"This is a secret, baby, that nobody else knows,"Tyler said, pulling her close, his breath hot in her face.

"You came here all decked out against vampires. But I'm not a vampire."

Meredith's heart was pounding. "Let go!"

"First I want you to look over there. You can see the headstone now," he said, turning her so that she couldn't help but look. And he was right; she could see it, like a red monument with a shining globe on top. Or—not a globe. That marble ball looked like… it looked like…

"Now look east. What do you see there, Meredith?"Tyler went on, his voice hoarse with excitement.

It was the full moon. It had risen while he'd been talking to her, and now it hung above the hills, perfectly round and enormously distended, a huge and swollen red ball.

And that was what the headstone looked like. Like a full moon dripping with blood.

"You came here protected against vampires, Meredith,"Tyler said from behind her, even more hoarsely.

"But the Smallwoods aren't vampires at all. We're something else."

And then he growled.

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