The House on Blackstone Moor (The Blackstone Vampires) by Gill Carole

Author:Gill, Carole [Gill, Carole]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: White Rose Formatting
Published: 2012-05-01T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

I was frantic with worry, for how could I go on as if nothing had happened with Mrs. Darton knowing?

I asked him if he was certain it was her and not a servant. “Oh yes,” he replied. “It was Eve.”

“But Louis, how shall I remain here? It is not possible.”

He didn’t answer, other than to sigh and say I should not worry about it, for there were other things to consider first.

“I must tell you…”

My heart leapt. “Tell me what?”

“No, my love. There is so much more to say, but now is not the time, for now there is something already planned. Something it is too late to call off.”

I watched him go to the door. “I’ll have Dora bring up your meals. It’s best now if you stay in your room.” He paused there a moment before leaving. Leaving me to think of so much.

Dora did bring my meals. They were lighter and more to my liking and without that awful wine.

“I am relieved to be eating this, I can tell you!”

Dora smiled but did not reply. Then, when she was at the door I brought up the subject of the entertainments that Mr. Darton had mentioned. “Dora, some people are coming, is that right? I was told to stay in my room…”

I tried to read her face but it was difficult.

“Yes, Miss. That’s the best thing, I’m sure.”

She vanished then, left me to myself and my thoughts.

I was relieved to spend the rest of the day quietly. But as the day carried on, I began to feel something ominous and terrible was about to happen.

Little did I know just how correct those feelings were.

*

It all started shortly before I fell asleep. I heard the sound of carriages and people chattering and I went to the window to see. It was hard to see much as the carriages were probably near the front door.

I could have waited to see them as they rode down the drive to head back from whence they came, but truly I was far too tired to bother and went back to bed.

I fell asleep then and didn’t wake until I heard shouts and raucous laughter.

I will admit to being nosey, for I returned to the window. A light shone upon the moors, bright enough for me to see figures emerge from the shadows. I saw the figure of a naked girl rush out giggling…with a man in pursuit. At first I thought they were going to kiss but then he moved toward her neck—and she cried out, not in pain but in pleasure. He then laid her down upon the ground, kneeling too but not in an intimate way—for he was bent over her neck.

Not more than a moment later a swarm of hooded figures appeared, but they were not walking! They flew like a flock of birds, gracefully, gliding up and down, before landing upon the girl. They covered her completely—moving back and forth upon her like a great black wave.

If that

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