Vampire Blood Trilogy by Darren Shan

Author:Darren Shan [Shan, Darren]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780007485086
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2000-09-04T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

MR TALL, Mr Crepsley and Mr Tiny were in the van when we entered. Evra was shaking like a leaf but I wasn’t especially nervous. Mind you, when I saw the worried looks of Mr Tall and Mr Crepsley, and realized how uneasy they were, it set me on edge a little.

“Come in, boys,” Mr Tiny welcomed us as though it was his van and not Mr Tall’s. “Sit down, make yourselves at home.”

“I’ll stand, if it’s all the same,” Evra said, trying not to let us hear the chatter of his teeth.

“I’ll stand too,” I said, following Evra’s lead.

“As you please,” Mr Tiny said. He was the only one sitting.

“I’ve been hearing a lot about you, young Darren Shan,” Mr Tiny said. He was rolling something between his hands: a heart-shaped watch. I could hear it ticking whenever there was a pause in his speech.

“You’re quite the lad, by all accounts,” Mr Tiny went on. “A most remarkable young man. Sacrificed everything to save a friend. There aren’t many would do as much. People are so self-centred these days. It’s great to see the world can still produce heroes.”

“I’m no hero,” I said, blushing at the compliment.

“Of course you are,” he insisted. “What is a hero but a person who lays everything on the line for the good of somebody else?”

I smiled proudly. I couldn’t understand why Evra was so afraid of this nice, odd man. There was nothing terrible about Mr Tiny. I quite liked him.

“Larten tells me you’re reluctant to drink human blood,” Mr Tiny said. “I don’t blame you. Nasty, repulsive stuff. Can’t stand it. Apart from young children, of course. Their blood is scrum-diddlyumptious.”

I frowned. “You can’t drink blood from them,” I said. “They’re too small. If you took blood from a young child, you’d kill it.”

His eyes widened and so did his smile.

“So?” he asked softly.

A chill ran down my spine. If he’d been joking, it would have been in very poor taste, but I could have overlooked it (hadn’t I just been laughing about poor Bradley Stretch?). But I could tell from his expression that he was perfectly serious.

All of a sudden, I knew why this man was so feared. He was evil. Not just bad or nasty, but pure demonic evil. This was a man I could imagine killing thousands of people, just to hear them scream.

“You know,” Mr Tiny said, “your face seems familiar. Have we met before, Darren Shan?”

I shook my head.

“Are you certain?” he asked. “You look wry familiar.”

“I … would have … remembered,” I gasped.

“You can’t always trust memory,” Mr Tiny smiled. “It can be a deceptive monster. Still, no matter. Maybe I’m confusing you with somebody else.”

By the way his lips twisted into a grin (how had I ever thought that was a nice smile?), I could see he didn’t think that. But I was sure he was wrong. There’s no way I’d have forgotten meeting a creature like this.

“Down to business,” Mr Tiny said. His

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