Chapter 3 Excerpt
“Drink this,” she ordered tartly. Crystal tilted the glass so every drop slid down my throat. She handed it back to someone and ordered more. She sighed and looked back at me. “Julia, it is not Sunday. It’s Wednesday. Moreover, you have not seen Adam in months, remember? You saw me on Saturday. Father and I.”
“But I thought it was Sunday today. And I swear I saw–”
Crystal cut me off, saving me although I didn’t realize it at the time. “No,” she said firmly. “You saw me on Saturday and it is Wednesday. You’ve been very sick, Julia. You’re delirious. You have no idea what you’re saying.”
“She knows exactly what she’s saying! She did see that son–of–a–”Gregory started from behind her.
“Gregory, be quiet! She saw me on Saturday. She’s been running an incredibly high fever and until now had been having coughing fits constantly. She’s seeing and hearing things. Besides just why is her jaw all purple and swollen? She has no idea what she’s saying. A little while ago she was talking about strange lights in the sky and vampires. We know they do not exist, right?”
“True,” Gregory growled, avoiding her question. He turned and left the room. Minutes afterwards, I drifted back into unconsciousness.
It was night and I was just emerging from a house. It wasn’t my mansion, but a smaller, less comfortable home. It looked almost like a wooden shack compared to the home I was used to. Adam emerged out of the house right after me. “So, this is living in the night,” he commented casually.
I nodded, glancing at him. “More or less. You blend into the shadows and do not see many people,” I answered.
Adam grinned. “I can get to like this. I can see you for the rest of eternity.”
“Forever,” I agreed. I turned and walked down the street. It was supposed to be pitch black out in the dream, but surprisingly I could see everything perfectly, including the dark green of tree leaves. “A child of the night,” I muttered softly. I smiled a little and continued walking. Adam followed.
“And I thought vampires were supposed to be evil. I guess they’re just...different,” he said quietly.
“Different but not necessarily bad,” I replied. The image was replaced by a different image instead. It was of Gregory holding an ax. I was bound and gagged behind him. Adam was thrown into the room by someone I didn’t know. He was unconscious and showed no sign of waking. Gregory raised the ax and I tried to scream, to warn him, but the gag prevented me from doing so. The ax came down across Adam’s back and there was blood everywhere. Somehow, I wasn’t gagged anymore and I began to scream endlessly.
I awoke to a world that held nothing for me.
“But I thought it was Sunday today. And I swear I saw–”
Crystal cut me off, saving me although I didn’t realize it at the time. “No,” she said firmly. “You saw me on Saturday and it is Wednesday. You’ve been very sick, Julia. You’re delirious. You have no idea what you’re saying.”
“She knows exactly what she’s saying! She did see that son–of–a–”Gregory started from behind her.
“Gregory, be quiet! She saw me on Saturday. She’s been running an incredibly high fever and until now had been having coughing fits constantly. She’s seeing and hearing things. Besides just why is her jaw all purple and swollen? She has no idea what she’s saying. A little while ago she was talking about strange lights in the sky and vampires. We know they do not exist, right?”
“True,” Gregory growled, avoiding her question. He turned and left the room. Minutes afterwards, I drifted back into unconsciousness.
It was night and I was just emerging from a house. It wasn’t my mansion, but a smaller, less comfortable home. It looked almost like a wooden shack compared to the home I was used to. Adam emerged out of the house right after me. “So, this is living in the night,” he commented casually.
I nodded, glancing at him. “More or less. You blend into the shadows and do not see many people,” I answered.
Adam grinned. “I can get to like this. I can see you for the rest of eternity.”
“Forever,” I agreed. I turned and walked down the street. It was supposed to be pitch black out in the dream, but surprisingly I could see everything perfectly, including the dark green of tree leaves. “A child of the night,” I muttered softly. I smiled a little and continued walking. Adam followed.
“And I thought vampires were supposed to be evil. I guess they’re just...different,” he said quietly.
“Different but not necessarily bad,” I replied. The image was replaced by a different image instead. It was of Gregory holding an ax. I was bound and gagged behind him. Adam was thrown into the room by someone I didn’t know. He was unconscious and showed no sign of waking. Gregory raised the ax and I tried to scream, to warn him, but the gag prevented me from doing so. The ax came down across Adam’s back and there was blood everywhere. Somehow, I wasn’t gagged anymore and I began to scream endlessly.
I awoke to a world that held nothing for me.
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