Celis T. Rono - Julia Poe Vampire Chronicles 01 by That Which Bites

Author:That Which Bites
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2012-02-11T00:21:42+00:00

7 - The Bicycle

POE WRESTLED WITH DOGGED images of the past days that would not give her rest. When she fell into an uneasy sleep, she did not quite reach the peace of mind she was after. The dream was the same thread of faces and events that made up an epic six-hour movie, full of beheadings, blood drinking, and fornicating nuns with breasts like Shady Melons.

She dreamed the night and day away, feeling more exhausted with each breath. Her body screamed to be woken at the slightest excuse.

Wake up!

The familiar voice she’d tagged as her utterly reliable half interrupted her dream. At once, Poe quickly snapped out of her slumber and sat up. The voice had never let her down before. Blinking awake, she barely registered a man hurrying out of the room before he completely disappeared.

“Who, who the heck was that?”

At first she thought it was Sainvire, but the man was inches shorter. The realization gave her a troubling feeling. She waved away the disturbing events from the night before and headed straight for the bathroom, taking her clothes, weapons, and pack with her.

In less than ten minutes, Poe came out decked in her vampire executioner outfit of olive green army pants and a Pixies t-shirt. She had twenty pairs of the same clothing in her bunker since she had found that bright colors gave her migraines. Her collection came in handy for someone who hated shopping despite the fact that everything in town was free.

“Not again, Poe,” she reprimanded herself as she crouched down to check if she had double-knotted her Adidas. She knew she really had to stop that nonsense. Up she stood.

Penny’s worried gaze silently followed her every move. Poe bent to look eye-to-eye at the dog.

“Hey there, doggy,” Poe said awkwardly. The dog looked away, perhaps sensing the girl’s discomfort.

“Look, Penny,” she started, not knowing what to say. “It’s just you and me now. Sorry about kicking you that one time. And for calling you ratty.”

The dog stared into her eyes. “Once you can handle being carried, I’ll take you to my house.” Poe sighed. “I’ll need company since I probably won’t be able to kill vampires or turn cattle loose anymore.

“I’m retired, I guess. If I hunt, I’ll be putting Sainvire and his people in danger.” She kissed the dog’s head that smelled like popcorn. “There’s only foraging and movies for us now.”

She gently pried open the mutt’s mouth and checked the severed tongue. The swelling had gone down, and the wound had almost completely fused together. Good! Her legs, on the other hand, would take longer to heal. Poor thing.

***

Like an ant farm tossed around by a dumb kid, the whole library shook, explosions ricocheting down to the foundation.

“Shit! An earthquake,” was Poe’s first assumption. Tremblers seemed to have been more frequent the past few years. But the explosion and gunshots deleted the thought. She ran outside the circular foyer to find clots of people splashing into each other, completely disoriented and panicked.

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