Vampire Wake by Tim O'Rourke

Author:Tim O'Rourke
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, young adult fiction, Vampires, paranormal
ISBN: 9781475264128
Publisher: Createspace
Published: 2011-09-16T00:00:00+00:00

…sat up in bed. Shards of grey daylight cut through the gaps in the curtain, dust moats caught within them. My face felt wet and warm. Touching my cheek with the tips of my fingers, I pulled them away to see the now familiar sight of blood. I felt woozy and sick as if I’d spent the night partying and now I was paying for it with a thumping hangover.

Climbing from my bed and heading to the bathroom, I couldn’t help but notice the sense of urgency and panic my nightmare had left me feeling. Was the dream another premonition of what was going on in the world on the far side of the walls that surround the manor and its moat? Without a phone and no access to newspapers or television, I had no way of knowing. I thought of how similar a situation I’d found myself in while working in The Ragged Cove.

How does the same shit happen to the same girl twice? I wondered to myself.

Flushing the toilet, I took a flannel and washed away the blood that had leaked from my eye. But things didn’t have to be like they had been for me in The Ragged Cove. The manor must have a T.V. and I wondered if Kayla had a mobile phone that I could borrow. I was no longer going to be a passive observer. The words of the man that had met up with Kayla kept going around and around in my mind and I wanted to know what it was that Kayla had to prepare herself for. But more than that, before the day was over, I was going to investigate the ‘forbidden’ wing.

So after a quick shower, I changed into some fresh clothes and I made my way from my room. And that was another thing – I am going to find out what that awful smell is! I thought to myself as I passed down the stinky passageway.

In the great hall, I looked at the door which led to the kitchen, but where did the other doors lead to? What lay behind them? There must be a T.V. set or telephone in one of them. Heading in the opposite direction to the kitchen, I came to a double set of doors. Heaving them open, I went inside. Like most of the other rooms at the manor, it was huge, with a high ceiling that towered above me in a series of criss-crossing wooden beams. The floor was tiled, but huge rugs covered much of it. Along one of the walls was the centrepiece of the room. I’d never seen such a big fireplace – it looked as if you could’ve almost walked into it. Thick stone pillars stood on either side of it and along the top ran a marble shelf. I weaved my way between the luxurious-looking sofas and armchairs that were scattered about the room and headed towards the fireplace. All along the marble shelf were pictures and photographs, ornaments and candlesticks.

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