The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod: Twelfth Grade Kills by Brewer Heather
Author:Brewer, Heather
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: PENGUIN group
Published: 2010-09-29T16:00:00+00:00
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ECHOES FROM THE PAST
VLAD WAS SITTING ON NELLY’S BACK STEP, listening to the sounds of night around him, punishing himself for having even considered feeding from the source. Forcibly. Without consent.
There was something wrong with him.
Yeah, said that other voice—the one that only spoke when he was feeling ravenous-something was wrong, and that something was that he was hungry. He was a hungry vampire. What else did he expect?
A little self-control. That’s for sure.
But he wasn’t just beating himself up over considering drinking from that Slayer woman in the park—or even over attacking her and knocking her unconscious. He was also waiting. Waiting for answers.
After he’d left the park, he’d returned to Nelly’s house. And as he’d placed his shoes inside the coat closet, he couldn’t help but notice something wrapped up in a plastic bag and tucked in the very back of the closet. Curiosity had gotten the better of him, and he’d peered inside the bag. What he found had shaken his world and brought a flood of questions to the tip of his tongue. Questions that only Otis could answer.
He’d paced the kitchen for almost an hour, his thoughts flitting from one strange equation to another, with nothing adding up in Otis’s favor. At last, with a deep breath, he walked out the back door, sat down on the step, and reached out with telepathy to his uncle. “Otis, are you sleeping? ”
Moments later, Otis creaked open the back door and poked his head out. “What’s the matter, Vladimir, couldn’t sleep?”
He patted the step beside him. “Have a seat, Uncle Otis. There are some things I need to talk to you about.”
Otis nodded, the smile slipping from his face, as if he knew this were coming. He took a seat beside Vlad and they watched the night for a while. The stars were bright and shining, and the sky was so full of them that it almost seemed like there were too many stars in the sky, too much brightness in the world when Vlad’s thoughts were so dark and shadowed. Vlad glanced at his uncle and said, “I was attacked by a Slayer tonight.”
He could see Otis visibly tense, but his uncle’s tone remained as calm as could be. “Are you all right?”
Vlad nodded. He decided not to mention how close he’d come to draining the woman dry. There were, of course, far more important things to discuss. Things that had been plaguing Vlad ever since he’d opened the bag at the back of the coat closet. “Uncle Otis ... I’ve been doing a lot of thinking. And some things you’ve told me over the years don’t quite add up.”
His uncle didn’t respond, merely folded his hands together and kept his eyes on the ground in front of him. It seemed to Vlad an act of contrition, like he were guilty of just about anything Vlad would accuse him of, and was a little bit relieved that he’d been found out.
Taking a deep breath, Vlad continued.
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