Obsessed (Book #12 in the Vampire Journals) by Morgan Rice

Author:Morgan Rice [Rice, Morgan]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2016-02-07T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

The biplane landed roughly in a field near Caitlin’s grandmother’s house, Caitlin spending the whole two-hour flight gazing anxiously out the window. At one point, she thought she had seen shapes on the horizon—Immortalists chasing them—but these had just turned out to be the silhouettes of birds on the horizon. There had also been a fierce storm raging in the distance behind them, and a strange glowing light that had made Caitlin’s stomach twist and turn. She had ignored all her worries and tried to focus on what was to come.

As the wheels of the plane touched down and it taxied to a halt, Caleb looked over at his wife.

“What are you thinking?” he said.

“Nothing,” Caitlin said distantly. “I’m just thinking.”

“About Scarlet?”

Caitlin nodded and chewed her lip.

“I feel terrible for having left her behind,” she said.

Caleb reached out and stroked his wife’s hand.

“I know,” he replied. “I do too. But if you think you can save her, can cure her, then we will be helping her in the long run.” He looked up at the dark, clear sky and twinkling lights. “Whatever danger she is in now, it will all be over once she’s cured.”

Caitlin wanted to nod, to feel comforted by his words, but she just couldn’t bring herself to hope.

“Come on,” Caleb said. “Let’s get inside.”

They climbed from the biplane and crossed the barren field toward Caitlin’s grandmother’s house. As they went, Caitlin thought of the small leather box that had led her to come here, the one that sat in her grandmother’s attic. She remembered the symbol on top of it, the circle inside a flower of alternating scarlet and blue petals, and the surreal drawing of a face at its center. The very same picture had turned up in the Voynich manuscript when she’d been searching for a cure for Scarlet. The sight of it had made her gasp. The fact that Caitlin’s grandmother had never let her touch the box suggested to Caitlin that it was of great importance. And now here she was, ready to find just how important the box, and the symbol, really was.

Caitlin had been so lost in her thoughts she’d hadn’t noticed Caleb lagging behind. She turned back to face her husband.

“What is it?” she asked.

He shook his head, but there was a grave expression on his face.

“Something’s wrong,” he said.

Caitlin felt her heart rate increase. It wasn’t like Caleb to sense things; that seemed to be a trait that she had exclusively to herself. Seeing him like this made her nervous.

“What’s wrong?” she asked with trepidation.

Caleb seemed on edge. He kept looking over his shoulder as though expecting something to appear from the shadows. He tugged at the neckline of his shirt, seemingly uncomfortable with the hot Florida air.

“Caleb, you’re scaring me,” Caitlin said. “Please tell me what’s wrong?”

“Just go on inside,” Caleb said hurriedly.

“What about you?” Caitlin asked.

“I’ll keep an eye on things.”

Caleb’s eyes darted from left to right. He was wound up so tightly it seemed as though he could explode any second.

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