Vacationing with the Vampire in Hallow's Cove by Lyonne Riley

Author:Lyonne Riley [Riley, Lyonne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2025-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

The following morning, all the groceries I requested are already on the table when I wake. Adeline took care of them, making sure I would have everything I need tonight to make a fine meal for Maisie.

The last time I cooked was when I was still alive. I did not build this house with the intention of cooking in it, though it does have a modest kitchen and I’m grateful for that now.

All day at the bookstore, I’m consumed with the thought of tonight. I look up recipes, curious at how more modern ingredients might improve the meal I have planned. I’d intended to make root vegetables, game hen and an apple pie, but discovered while researching that better, more modern spices could be introduced to the pie to bring out the apple’s natural flavor.

When it comes time to close shop, I find Maisie standing out front waiting for me.

“I don’t know where your house is,” she says, twisting one of her toes on the ground. “Can I drive behind you?”

“I did not drive,” I say. “I walk. But it is a long way, so if you have your car, then we ought to take it.” I don’t care much for cars, but they are a necessary evil in modern times.

“Oh, okay. Well, I’m in the lot out back. Come on.”

She leads me to a vehicle unlike anything I’ve ever seen before. It’s shiny and chrome and looks more like an airplane than a car. There is also no door handle.

“Sorry,” Maisie says, hurrying back to the passenger side to help me. She presses a button, and a handle pops out. “Pretty cool, huh?”

I glare down at it. “Unnecessarily complicated.”

Her face falls, and I regret it immediately. With a sigh, Maisie returns to the driver’s side and we both get in. The seats are black, and there are screens everywhere.

“I thought this was a car,” I say. “But it appears to be the interior of a spaceship.”

Maisie laughs as she pushes a button and the vehicle turns on. “What about a little bit of both?”

Then she zooms out of the parking lot. I grip the door as she comes to an abrupt stop at the street.

“Where to?”

Encouraging her to go more slowly, I guide Maisie down the darkened streets and deeper into the woods. We hit the dirt road that will take us around the cove, and the undercarriage of her low car grinds as it hits a pothole.

“Not even paved?” she asks, aghast.

I shake my head. “No construction machinery is allowed out this far. It would disturb the wildlife.”

“What kind of wildlife?”

“You don’t know? Hallow’s Cove is home to a rare owl. I worry that overdeveloping the forested areas would damage that habitat.”

Again, Maisie is quiet as we drive down the darkened road. She slows down even more, as if she might hit one of those rare owls by accident. Thank goodness.

Finally, the trees around us recede and the manse appears. I show Maisie where to park next to my own vehicle, which is sheltered in a carport.

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