Testament (Dark Season VII) by Cross Amy

Author:Cross, Amy [Cross, Amy]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Dark Season Books
Published: 2012-02-04T00:00:00+00:00

8.

Ennis Penfold, my grandfather, was most certainly a racist, murdering old bigot. But he was also the man who sat me on his knee, told me stories about his life, and taught me to hunt. He was in many ways a good and decent man. To those he loved, he was true and loyal. He would have given his life to save me, or to save my mother. So although he had his bad sides, he was very much a product of his time. He went too far, obviously, when he lynched those men. But despite all of that, despite everything that the history books say... He was not a bad man.

“Any sign of the child?” asks a voice from behind me.

I turn suddenly, midway through pouring myself a glass of whiskey. I had no idea there was anyone else in my office. But he's here. He's standing in the corner, behind the curtain.

“Not yet,” I say. “I've sent her off for some special treatment at another clinic. Electro-shock therapy”.

Silence for a moment. My visitor, though familiar, chooses to remain behind the curtain so that I can't see his face properly. “How's that gonna help,” he says eventually. He takes a sip from his own glass of whisky. Nice. Obviously he helped himself to my drinks cabinet while he was waiting for me.

“If it unblocks her amnesia,” I say, trying to explain everything clearly, “it could help us to discover where she left the child”.

I hear laughter from behind the curtain. “Dr. Penfold, I don't think we're going to have much luck even if we do track the child down. Not at first, anyway. I think you know why”.

I take a sip of whisky. “Patrick,” I say.

“He's dangerous,” says the voice. “He's unstoppable. Well, not completely unstoppable. I stopped him, once, but he managed to get going again. But if he's got that child, we sure ain't gonna be able to just waltz in and take the little angel”.

“So what's your plan?” I ask. “If you don't think you can do anything to stop him, or to take the child, what's the point of all this?”

There's silence for a moment. “If we can get that child, we can use it as the seed to start a new race of vampires. No need to cut it up and figure out how it works, we can just breed it with humans and wait for our little army to arise”.

“And that's really what you want?” I ask. “A new race of these... creatures?”

“Of course, doctor,” says the voice. “It's been decades since the vampires were wiped out. It's high time we got ourselves a new generation, only this time they won't be skulking around in the shadows. They'll be the dominant species on the whole damn planet and that's when we'll be able to control everything”.

I pour another whiskey and glance at my watch. It's almost lunchtime. Sophie should be almost finished at the other facility by now. The van should be ready to bring her back, and then we can see how the electro-shock therapy went.

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