Vampire Shift by Tim O'Rourke

Author:Tim O'Rourke
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: General Fiction, young adult fiction, Vampires, paranormal
ISBN: 9781463646424
Publisher: Createspace
Published: 2011-06-06T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Luke left me just before dawn. As I had lain wrapped in his wings, I’d asked him where it was that he lived. He explained that he slept during the day, along with the other Vampyrus – Murphy and Potter – in the cells at the station. He told me that it was close to their hatch – should they need to go back beneath ground in a hurry. When I asked about Chief Inspector Rom, he said that Rom spent most of his time below ground, but didn’t explain why.

I’d asked where this hatch to The Hollows was and Luke reminded me of the padlocked grate in the corridor that led to the small cellblock back at the station. I was surprised by this – not about its location – but by its ordinariness. It was nondescript, black metal, with a big rusty-looking padlock. Leaving me feeling sleepy and the most at peace that I’d felt since arriving in The Ragged Cove, Luke told me to meet him at the police station at seven that night.

“But I thought I was banned?” I said, feeling half asleep.

“I’ll speak to the others,” he assured me.

Then taking my face in his hands, he kissed me. His lips were full and soft, and they lingered over mine. Kissing him back, I could feel his fangs, but in a strange way it didn’t seem unnatural. When he kissed me, the feelings I felt were so intense, they almost consumed me. To feel those soft wings around me, I felt protected – safe. Enclosed in them, my skin against his, I felt as if everything outside of them didn’t exist. It was that moment that mattered – nothing else.

Not wanting him to leave me, I clung to him. “Stay,” I whispered.

Brushing his lips over mine, he said, “I can’t Kiera, I need to get back.”

Releasing him from my grasp, I watched as he rolled back his shoulders and his wings disappeared back between his shoulder blades. Putting his police shirt back on and buttoning it up the front, it seemed hard to believe what he kept hidden beneath it. Back in his uniform, he looked like any regular cop. Smiling at me, he headed towards the door.

“See you tonight, beautiful girl,” he said, and then he was gone, closing the door behind him.

Rolling onto my back and pulling the covers over me, I drifted into sleep imagining those soft but powerful wings all around me, brushing against my skin and making me feel safe.

I found myself running along the shore of the cove. I was out of breath. The sea crashed against the sand in thick, black, oily waves. Smashing against the rocks, giant sheets of freezing cold water sprayed into the night. Ahead there were two huge cliffs, stretching up into the sky like deformed monsters. Behind me there was a noise and it sounded like a frantic heartbeat. Gasping for breath, I could see a cloud. It was dark and moved across the night sky at a great speed.

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