The Vampires of Soldiers Cove by Jessica MacIntyre

Author:Jessica MacIntyre [MacIntyre, Jessica]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2013-03-31T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

We began our hour’s journey back to Soldiers Cove from Sydney in silence. I could sense he wanted to ask me something, that I wasn’t going to like it, and neither was he. But, all good Cape Breton boys love their cars and so I attempted to steer the conversation away from the uncomfortable topic, whatever it was, before I had to endure it.

“What kind of car is this?” I asked. Gavin smiled from ear to ear. Yep, a good Cape Breton boy.

“It’s a Mercedes SLR McLaren.”

“I knew I recognized that symbol from somewhere.”

“Guess you don’t know much about cars eh?” He guessed correctly.

“Nope, as far as I’m concerned they have either two or four doors and whatever type of car it is means its color. This is what I would call a sliver car.”

“Silver it is,” he said smiling to himself in amusement. “Let me tell you something. Even though I can run like the wind, listen to the minds of animals, and live conceivably forever, barring a major catastrophe of course, driving is one of the things I enjoy most about life. I can run faster than this car can go, but I’d rather be behind the wheel any day.”

“You can run faster than this car? No way,” I said teasing him.

“I can!”

“And how fast can this car go exactly?”

“Its top speed is two hundred and seven miles per hour.”

“You run over two hundred miles an hour? Give me a break.” Now we were both laughing.

“You don’t believe me?”

“I’ve heard of men bragging before to try and impress a lady but you might want to keep your story a little more realistic.”

Gavin gasped like he was insulted, “You’re hurting my feelings saying that. Tonight I’ll show you. You might almost be able to keep up too, if you really want to.”

“Ha! You’re on. I’d like to see that.”

“Well you will see that,” he countered.

“Well ok then,” I said teasing him further.

After the laughing faded, silence filled the empty space once again. I wished I could think of something else to say. The tension was starting to build and after a few minutes his expression grew sad.

“Are you going to tell me?”

“Tell you what?” I said feigning ignorance at his question.

“How you lost so much blood. I tracked how much you took in back there. Even for someone so young you shouldn’t have needed so much. And blood hunger should never come with that much…suffering, considering you fed so recently. You wouldn’t have been able to stop yourself from going on a murderous rampage in a few more hours.”

I didn’t know what to say, the silence consumed the car once again. My view of the dashboard grew blurry as my eyes began to hurt, but I didn’t want to make any sound so I gulped hard and held my breath. I glanced over at Gavin who now seemed to be tearing up slightly as well. We said nothing else until the car was parked.

He then turned to face me, I had been crying silently for over half an hour and so I kept my eyes on the ground.

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