Vampire Hunter D Volume 19: Mercenary Road by Hideyuki Kikuchi & Yoshitaka Amano

Author:Hideyuki Kikuchi & Yoshitaka Amano [Kikuchi, Hideyuki & Amano, Yoshitaka]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Comics & Graphic Novels, Graphic Novels, Horror, Manga, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Publishers, Dark Horse, Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Vampires, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Myths & Legends, Asian, Teen & Young Adult
Amazon: B00BUCJH4M
Publisher: Dark Horse Books
Published: 2013-03-18T16:00:00+00:00

“Who—who are you?” she asked, backing away a step and pointing the revolver in her left hand straight ahead of her. The thumb of her right hand cocked the hammer. Though she realized all she had to do to fire it was to pull the trigger, by cocking the hammer she decreased the distance she’d need to squeeze, and that would help keep her on target.

As expected, there was no reply.

“Who’s there? If you don’t answer, I’ll shoot!”

One shot, she thought. There’s no way he’s on my side. So there’s no harm in trying to hit him. Even if I miss, the flash from the gun will tell me something about where I am.

Irene pulled the trigger. She’d fired similar handguns several times in the past. It was pretty much a requirement for living on the Frontier. However, this one had a particularly nasty kick. The rounds were different. Both her arms flew up over her head as if she were surrendering, and her left hand came free of the gun.

There was no one in front of her. Only the muzzle flash was as Irene had expected. For an instant, it’d illuminated the stone floor and the darkness surrounding her. There was nothing there. In a space that seemed to go on forever, there was only Irene and the source of the voice she’d just heard.

“Where the hell are you?” she turned and cried. At least she knew he wasn’t in front of her. “Where are you? Where?”

Irene turned in a circle. She no longer knew which way she was facing.

“So nice of you to come,” the voice said. It was right in front of her.

Irene didn’t hesitate. The gun’s kick sent her back a step. Though she indeed saw a color that wasn’t that of the darkness in the spot where the voice was coming from, it was quickly lacquered over with pitch blackness.

“I have a fondness for strong women,” the voice said. It came from right in front of her.

Before the girl could fire a third shot, something cold and soft pressed against her forehead.

Don’t tell me that was a kiss! she thought.

The girl tried to simultaneously leap away and get off a shot. But she couldn’t move. All sensation was leaving her body. She still had all her limbs, yet she couldn’t so much as blink an eye.

“The strong ones have the hottest blood,” said the voice.

Irene tried to scream.

“This is my bedroom. I suppose it’s a bit too spacious for a human being. But it’s simply perfect for playing hide-and-seek!”

Their lips overlapped.

Irene strained her eyes, but she couldn’t see anything.

And the third kiss—that one, of course, came on the nape of her neck.

—

“I think we took some antiaircraft fire. That’s what we should expect from an army,” the hoarse voice remarked with amusement. “You know our location?”

All D did was nod.

The presumed enemy encampment was roughly a thousand yards to the south-southwest. The flying platform really hadn’t been far off the mark. Fortunately, they’d been at

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