Frankenstein a Life Beyond (Book 1 of 3) the Resurrection Trinity by Pete Planisek

Author:Pete Planisek
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Frankenstein, Mary Shelley, Ernest, Victor, classic literature, best seller, horror, fiction, romance, Ireland, creature, Geneva, cancer, kidnapped
ISBN: 9780985098209
Publisher: Pete Planisek
Published: 2012-08-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Reconciliations

Villeneuve, 1794

Though it was near sunset, the air remained stagnant and oppressive, a rare thing in the mountains beyond Villeneuve, a town which lay upon the extreme eastern bank of Lake Geneva.

“How far to this campsite of yours, Ernie?” Jack asked.

Clearly suspicious, he’d wisely chosen to remain mostly silent during the trip from Belrive.

“We’ll be there soon,” Ernest promised, though he was not entirely certain of that himself. After all, he’d never actually been to their destination and was lying to Jack about the true purpose of this trip. How could he be truthful? None of it was rational; therefore, reason was not important. Ernest only knew that he needed release and hoped this act would grant it to him. He’d been planning this for weeks, ever since his father’s astonishing announcement that Justine was to be buried in the family cemetery, next to William. Initially Ernest wanted to fly into a tirade, but instead, his anger found its voice as smoldering rage. But nothing he said convinced his father to retract his odious decision.

Finally, all Ernest could do was pressure him with questions.

“Why, Father, why? Must William never be at peace?” Alphonso Frankenstein said nothing, only leaned heavily for a moment against the doorframe before he re-entered his study.

“How can she have peace without William and Mother?” Elizabeth asked from behind Ernest.

His heart was ash. He glared at her before turning to leave.

“She was innocent,” Elizabeth called after him. “You know it in your heart.”

Elizabeth and he barely spoke after their father acceded to her request for Justine’s interment in the family cemetery. In fact, it would not be until the final months leading up to her marriage to Victor and her own tragic death that the wounds from this confrontation would begin to heal. Justine’s betrayal had consumed his dreams, changed his world, and corrupted Ernest’s soul. She haunted him in his sleep; his emotions had become increasingly erratic. He would become angry or sad in an instant, then feel perfectly normal and calm the next. At home, Ernest was becoming increasingly invisible, a forgotten son to his father. And Victor was too self-absorbed to notice much of anything.

Upon returning to the house in Belrive, he’d taken to spending long hours in solitude: first out on the waters of the lake and then hiking alone in the mountains. Victor’s moods were unpredictable, and by fall of that year, they would drive him away to the British Isles for some unknown purpose. He was a shadow, and it was not until after Elizabeth’s death that he took note of his brother again. Death surrounded Ernest’s life and touched all those who loved him to a varying degree. To escape such a grim and empty existence, he turned to the liveliest friend he had: Jack Clerval.

Henry had been everything that Jack was not: a poet, a dreamer, a romantic, a scholar, an obedient son, tall, gracious, quiet, and above all self-disciplined. Jack was the rambunctious, proud, direct, social climbing, money dropping, and brilliant but lazy son of Herrick Clerval.

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