Easy Street, Unpaved - A Vampire's Change of Fortune (Hugh- Vampire. Hunter. King.) by Wills Robert P

Author:Wills, Robert P. [Wills, Robert P.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2013-11-12T08:00:00+00:00

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The old woman was sprawled out on the floor of her mirror-image hallway of the now dead Laura. “Up early, are we?” he growled.

“You best get out of my house. I’ve already called the cops”, the woman bluffed as she moved to a sitting position. “I saw you take that man into Laura’s apartment and I’m sure he’s not coming out.”

Hugh just looked at the woman as she moved to a crouching then a standing position. She was a full head shorter than him, bent over with age. “So what are you going to do? Kill an old woman too? What kind of man are you?”

Hugh looked at his watch. It was now ten minutes until five. “Listen lady” he began.

She moved to face him. They were practically chest to chest. “No, you listen”, she cut him off, “I’ve lived in this city my whole life and I’ve seen thugs like you come and go. They are all gone and I’m still here!” She waved a bony finger in Hugh’s face, “So get out of my house.”

Not being invited in had made his presence in the house uncomfortable, and being ordered out more so. It was another of the idiosyncrasies of his condition that he could not fathom. Fortunately, breaking into a house with the owner unaware - neither invited nor uninvited - seemed to only marginally affect him. Without realizing it, he took a step back.

“That’s what I thought, just some thug who’s never had anyone stand up to them. What do you say to that?” she said as she poked him in the chest.

“Over four hundred years”, said Hugh flatly as he looked at his watch. It was now five minutes until five. The woman just stared at him. “Fifty-two weeks in a year”, he continued, “About two or three people a week.”

The woman poked him in the chest again. “What’s that supposed to mean?”

“That you’ll just be another one of the over sixty thousand people I’ve killed. An entire city’s worth of people dead because of me.”

Now it was the woman who took a step back. “You’re just a punk. Get out of my house.”

Without a word Hugh punched the old woman in the throat as hard as he could. Her head snapped back and to the side at an odd angle, throat visibly crushed. She fell in a heap on the floor. With the woman dead, the feeling of pressure on Hugh instantly lifted - as if an unseen weight had suddenly been removed from his chest. Unfathomable. Hugh went to the window of the apartment. The clear blue sky was aglow with the impending sunrise. A quick mental calculation and he realized he was too far from his basement apartment five flights down and a full fifteen blocks away to make it there in time- especially with a blazing morning sun with no clouds to affect its rays. Fury built in him as he turned and stalked to the front door. He locked it and, stepping over the old woman’s body, moved back to the window.

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