Vampire's Eternity (Vampire's Valentine Book Four) by Bolter Rosette

Author:Bolter, Rosette [Bolter, Rosette]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2016-04-08T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

Christine sprung upright in bed, a tortured squeal exiting her throat. The horrifying depiction of Prudence and her wretched expression faded before her eyes into the darkness of the room. Beside her, Raymond reached over and turned on the lamplight, sitting up in bed with her.

“What is it?” he asked, touching her shoulder. “Bad dream?”

Christine turned to him, shaken. “It was Prudence.”

“Prudence? Where?”

“I … I was sitting next to her…”

“In your dream?”

“At first she said everything was okay and I should say goodbye. We … just go our separate ways. It was so weird. In the dream I knew I was dreaming, and I thought this is trying to tell me something – trying to tell me to move on –”

“Okay, okay,” Raymond said. “Just… Calm down. You don’t have to get it out all at once.”

Christine turned to him. “But then I looked back at her and her whole body had changed. She was like a completely different person, but it was still Prudence.”

“Okay…”

“She was screaming at me. Crying for help.”

“Well, it’s … it’s alright now. It was just a dream.”

Christine shook her head. “No.”

She pulled the cover off the bed and stood up. She hurried to the closet and began to get dressed.

“What are you doing?” Raymond asked.

“It’s like she was trying to give me a message,” Christine said. “Like she’s in danger, or –”

“It was just a dream, darling,” Raymond interrupted. “Come back to bed.”

“I can’t. I’ve got to do something.”

She rushed into the bathroom and ran the cold water. She splashed it in her face and then picked up a brush to comb her hair.

Raymond stood at the edge of the doorway.

“Would you please tell me what’s going on?” he asked.

“I don’t know!” Christine cried, slamming the brush onto the counter. “But I can’t just sit here anymore. Prudence is out there!”

Raymond stepped into the bathroom and closed the door behind him.

He stood there, blocking her pathway.

“Please move,” Christine said, marching towards him.

“Not until you start thinking rationally.”

“Raymond!”

The pair struggled a moment, before Christine collapsed, sobbing. Raymond got down beside her.

“I can’t do this,” Christine said. “I can’t keep still.”

He pulled her into him and held her.

“These are terrible times, I know,” he said. “But you’ve got to keep it together. You’ve got to stay focused. You’re smarter than this.”

Christine pulled away from him, to look into his eyes. “You weren’t there. You didn’t see her.”

“In the dream?”

“I don’t care that it was a dream!” Christine shouted. “With all the crazy shit going on? I believe that was Prudence. And she needs our help.”

“But we have been trying to help her. There’s nothing we can do. We don’t know where she is.”

“She … she said something…”

“What?”

Christine pulled a tissue from the counter and leant against it, dabbing her eyes.

“What did she say?” Raymond repeated.

“She said ‘He’s fucking lying.’ God, I can still hear her voice.”

“Who is lying?”

“I don’t know. I didn’t think about it. I … Maybe it’s a clue.”

“Well,” Raymond said softly, “if this was real.

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