Running in the Dark
“I caught him abruptly, the outward edge of his power like the warmth of fire from a distance. He wouldn’t let that out unless he was using it, or could no longer control it. My eyes roamed, trying to pick out a surge of vampire reinforcements. Nothing but the taillights of the Honda as, blocks away, it turned right.
“Come on, Soraya,” I whispered, waving the bandage languidly through the air, hoping that the spoor left on it would be enough to attract her. Tilde couldn’t afford to wait any ...longer. Malcolm’s energy intensified, and still I didn’t feel any other vampires. Maybe he was just pissed because he’d arrived to find the place empty. I took a couple steps forward. Or maybe Vorster had been here, they’d clashed and Malcolm had been left behind. I imagined him, lying on the cold, dark floor…dying alone while I waited out front.
I left the bandage in the center of a loading-bay ramp. Several of the ground-floor windows had been busted up, and I climbed between the jagged, broken boards.MoreLess
“Come on, Soraya,” I whispered, waving the bandage languidly through the air, hoping that the spoor left on it would be enough to attract her. Tilde couldn’t afford to wait any ...longer. Malcolm’s energy intensified, and still I didn’t feel any other vampires. Maybe he was just pissed because he’d arrived to find the place empty. I took a couple steps forward. Or maybe Vorster had been here, they’d clashed and Malcolm had been left behind. I imagined him, lying on the cold, dark floor…dying alone while I waited out front.
I left the bandage in the center of a loading-bay ramp. Several of the ground-floor windows had been busted up, and I climbed between the jagged, broken boards.MoreLess
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