The Vampire Burns (Three Nights of the Vampire Book 2) by Amy Cross

Author:Amy Cross [Cross, Amy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-09-21T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirty-Five

Chloe

“For everything you destroyed, Chloe, you must now pay a heavy price. For Judith, for all the pain. For how she died. Did you really think I'd let you get away with it?”

Hugo's words hung in my thoughts as I warily watched Judith set a basket on the ground. She was the same girl who'd brought me food and water while I was in the jail cell, but I hadn't known her name at the time. And although I tried to tell myself that this might not be the same Judith that Hugo had mentioned, deep down I knew that her arrival couldn't be a coincidence.

“How did you find us?” Matthias asked. “Is Hugo with you?”

“You were in a hurry,” she replied cautiously, “so I guessed you'd go to a place that you knew to be abandoned. My family's old farm fits the bill perfectly. And... No, Hugo isn't with me. Hugo probably hasn't even noticed that I'm away from the house.”

“Then what are you doing here?” Matthias continued.

“I'm doing what I always do,” she said, glancing briefly at me. “I'm trying to help people.” Getting to her feet, she took a moment to brush her hands on the sides of her dress, and then she stepped toward me. “We haven't been properly introduced. My name is Judith.”

“Chloe,” I replied as we shook hands.

“Judith is my brother's lover,” Matthias said darkly.

“And before you ask,” Judith added, “I'm only human. I'm just a normal person.”

“You shouldn't be here,” Matthias told her. “The last thing I need right now is for Hugo to find me.”

“Hugo's in such a rage,” she replied, “he won't think clearly for hours. He went to Chateau Malafort and, from what I understand, he must have arrived just an hour or so after the pair of you left. When he found out that you'd been there, he lost control. I've never seen him act that way before, he was completely inconsolable. I wouldn't have liked to have been any of the guards at that place, not if he decided to take his anger out on them. Well, who am I trying to fool? Of course he took his anger out on them.”

“And Zieghoff?” Matthias asked.

“I heard Zieghoff screaming. He sounded... not himself. As if he'd lost his mind.”

“My brother needs to learn to stay out of my business,” Matthias said. “I'm grateful to him for nursing me back to better health, but sometimes his attempts to protect me go too far.”

“He will find you,” she told him, “and when he does, it won't be pleasant.”

“I'm starting to find his actions rather suspicious,” Matthias replied. “Why does he want so badly to control me? This wouldn't be the first time that he's hidden his true motives.”

“Matthias,” I said cautiously, still unable to stop staring at this Judith woman I'd heard so much about, “can I have a word with you? In private?”

“Not now,” he muttered. “Judith, thank you for coming to check up on us, but we have to leave this place soon.

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