Vertigo Vampire: a Supernatural Thriller (The Specials Book 2) by Tricia Owens

Author:Tricia Owens [Owens, Tricia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-06-29T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

A scream rolled up my throat but I clamped down on it and kept it inside as I watched the fingers slowly retract.

I was terrified. I couldn’t pretend otherwise. Fear of the unknown was the greatest fear of all, because there were no limits to what could exist. My imagination could conjure up exactly what it needed to to drive me insane.

But lots of people had faced fear during the war. I refused to be less than they were, or less than Nathaniel, who just moments ago had declared his intention to fight through any adversity. It didn’t matter that this thing was apparently hunting me. I grabbed my guns and flung open the door.

The hallway outside was empty. Something was running toward the elevator.

And it was giggling.

A shudder of revulsion tore through me but I took off after the sound. I had to contain the thing before it attacked anyone else or found a way to get to Nathaniel.

The only upside to this situation was that we were on the mezzanine level. Only Sinistera employees had rooms on this floor. The last thing I needed was another attack on a guest.

I began to draw closer to the soft thud of footsteps. Did this thing even need to run on two feet or was it using the sound to pull me toward it? It didn’t matter if it rolled like a wheel; I had to chase it, but it would be handy to understand how the thing’s thought processes worked. Up ahead, the elevator chimed brightly.

“No,” I breathed, sprinting harder. I couldn’t afford for it to escape to another floor.

But I skidded in front of the elevator banks just in time to watch the doors close on one of them. I stared up with dismay as the floor indicator began to light up above the doors as the car rose up through the shaft.

“Damnit.”

I holstered my guns and punched the button for the next elevator, all the while watching to see where the other elevator car stopped. There was a ding and a car appeared for me, so I thrust my foot between the doors to keep it in place while I strained backward to watch the lights on the other elevator. The car had stopped on four. I jumped in the car I held and pushed the button for that floor.

What was on four? Guest rooms, of course, but something else. The pool. Was the thing eager to take a dip? Did it not care about the pool at all and was after a guest on that floor? If I didn’t stop this thing now, I’d better find out who all was currently staying in the hotel, just in case this thing was on a mission.

I arrived on four in no time, and cautiously stepped out into the hallway. For a long time I didn’t move. I recalled acutely how easily the thing had changed its shape and size. Unbidden, something my grandmother had said popped into my head: He made so many, and all were from our nightmares.

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