Vampire Redemption by Phil Tucker

Author:Phil Tucker [Tucker, Phil]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Vampires
Goodreads: 18362511
Publisher: TransientMe LLC
Published: 2013-12-24T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Pain. Selah shivered violently. Strapped in, head lolling down, eyes closed. Somebody was shouting, but it was far away. The pain was like a fire creeping up her side, flames licking her skin from within, awakening her flesh. She groaned, could barely open her mouth to do so. Where was she? A deep drumming sense of urgency beat at her, but she didn't understand what she had to do. Pain. It was growing sharper by the moment. With Herculean effort, she opened her eyes.

She didn't understand what she saw. Things were too blurred. Sparks were falling in beautiful cascades. She was buckled into a seat. But sideways, hanging against the straps, sagging toward the open side of the helicopter which rested on a mat of broken branches and tree trunks, fir needles thick and scorched. She was having trouble breathing. Having trouble even thinking.

McKnight was struggling beside her. As her safety harness clicked free, she half fell out of her seat onto the broken branches, catching herself at the last moment. Blood glimmered horrifically across her face. Selah lifted her gaze, saw Dominique hanging limply in her seat across from her. Gordon was gone. Selah coughed and pain blossomed white and absolute in her mind. She gasped, couldn't breathe, and then hands were on her, helping her out of her safety harness as well. She sagged free and fell into somebody's arms.

The pain receded. McKnight was steadying her, helping her sit on creaking and straining branches. She was yelling something. Selah couldn't understand the words. She could hear them, but they were just sounds. McKnight turned away in frustration and began to work Dominique free. Gordon appeared. Selah closed her eyes. She wanted to rest. Just for a moment.

Somebody lifted her. She was hauled up and out into frigid air. She opened her eyes. Gordon had her over his shoulder. It dug into her stomach. Nausea swelled up within her and she felt sharp flecks of glass grind against the inside of her skull. Gordon was making his way down, scrambling down a great tree. Then they were falling, hitting the snow with a jarring thud. He put her down and was gone.

She closed her eyes. Pain. She was no stranger to pain. She desperately fought for thought. They had crashed. Into trees. They were outside the lab. It was night. They had to move. They had to keep going. She tried to sit up and sank back down with a stifled cry.

The drumbeat of agony punctuated the darkness. Then something stabbed her in the thigh, and real fire began to pour through her veins, consuming her. She tried to scream and opened her eyes. Lee was crouched beside her, a fat hypodermic needle jabbed into her leg. He pushed down the plunger and then tossed it aside. The flames scorched their way up her body, and where they raced, they consumed the pain. Strength blossomed in its place, and with a gasp, Selah felt the tight bands ease around her chest and the headache recede.

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