Risen (Book #6 of the Vampire Legends). Emma Knight
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Название: Risen (Book #6 of the Vampire Legends)
Автор: Emma Knight
Издательство: Ingram
Жанр: Историческая фантастика
Серия: The Vampire Legends
isbn: 9781939416711
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“I, um, I am lost,” Rachel said, shyly. The second she said that, she started kicking herself because she knew she shouldn’t have admitted to being lost. Now she was a target in this guy’s eyes. He could do anything to her. She’d always remembered her parents telling her never to speak to strangers and never ever tell someone you’re lost or you can’t find your way. She knew this could turn out to be a bad situation, but she weighed her current options, and given that they were both unfavorable, she had nothing to lose. She could die out on these streets alone.
“Where are you trying to go?” the driver asked.
She looked up at the man and surveyed him, before answering. He wore a brown straw hat with a big gold buckle and a green and navy flannel short sleeved shirt. He had a pipe in his mouth and as he spoke you could hear the years of tobacco had taken a toll on his vocal chords.
“I’m going to my grandmothers, but I seem to have lost my way,” Rachel admitted.
“What’s her address, maybe I can help,” the driver said, smiling down from high up in his truck.
Rachel reached into her pocket and pulled out a small piece of paper with her grandmother’s address on it.
“12 Maple Way,” she said, and then looked up.
“Hmm…12 Maple Way. I think I know where that is. You need a ride?” he asked.
Rachel knew never to take a ride from strangers, but at this moment it felt like the right thing for her to do. After all, this guy didn’t seem like a predator, nor did she think he’d hurt her.
“Um, sure. Only if it’s on your way thought. I don’t want to put you out,” she added.
“Put me out? Don’t be silly. I couldn’t let you out here on these streets alone. It’s not safe out here. You’re lucky you made it as far as you have,” the driver said.
Feeling increasingly scared and nervous to be on these unknown streets, Rachel quickly said yes, and climbed high into the passenger seat of the car. She turned to the driver and surveyed him again. He seemed like a good, honest guy, but she couldn’t be sure. She trusted her gut and smiled back at him as the truck pulled away down the dark empty road.
CHAPTER THREE
Rob couldn’t wait for one more second to see Rachel. He was so happy that he finally found her house in Pennsylvania, or at least he thought he’d found her house. All signs pointed towards this one, and as he stood there, staring at the modest house on the corner of the street, his heart began to race. This could be the beginning of his great love with Rachel, he thought to himself. He couldn’t wait to see her, and after a second of wallowing in his daydreams, he ran quickly up the front walkway and rang the doorbell.
Nobody answered.
He made a fist with his hand and banged loudly on the front door. He waited for a minute, and then heard a voice calling from inside.
“Could ya hold on for a second?”
Rob stood there, excited and nervous all at the same time. He knew this was the moment he’d been waiting for his whole life. He knew that he and Rachel would fall madly in love and be together forever.
He knocked again, knowing that it would anger the voice behind the door but he didn’t care. He had to get inside.
“Did you hear me? I said hold on a second!”
“Let me in!” Rob screamed. “I have to see Rachel!”
Suddenly the door swung open and Rob stood there looking at Rachel’s father who looked back at him angrily.
“What do you want?” he asked.
“I need to see your daughter!” Rob answered.
“Well, she’s not here now. I’m sorry,” her father answered.
“What do you mean she’s not here. I don’t believe you. I know she’s here!” Rob said, looking inside the house.
“She’s not here. Please leave now,” her father said coldly.
Rob couldn’t just leave. He quickly ran inside and started yelling for Rachel.
“Rachel! Rachel!”
Nobody answered.
“What are you doing? Get out of my house! I’m going to call the police!” Rachel’s father yelled out.
“I’m not leaving until I find her,” Rob said.
“RACHEL!”
“What is your problem? She is not here. What do you not understand about that?” her father yelled.
“Don’t lie to me. I can smell her here. I know she’s here,” Rob said, realizing that what he just said was a little bit crazy.
“Smell her?” her father said. “This has gone too far, please leave my property now!”
“Where is she. I love her. I need to be with her!” Rob yelled back.
“You are crazy. You don’t deserve to be with my daughter anyway,” her father said.
Rob was so mad that he walked over to Rachel’s father, picked him up off the ground and lifted him high up into the air. His head hit the ceiling with a bang and Rob started shaking him up and down, hitting his head with each motion.
“LET ME DOWN!” Rachel’s father yelled. “You’re insane!”
“Just tell me where she is and nobody gets hurt,” Rob said, in a creepy voice.
“I don’t know!”
“Well then, we can do this all day!” Rob said lifting him up into the air and spinning him now above his head with his super human strength.
“I think she’s gone again,” her father said, finally.
“Gone where?” Rob asked, still torturing the poor guy.
“I don’t know, but I think I know who might know,” he said.
With that, Rob put her father down on the ground and waited to hear what he had to say.
“So?” Rob asked. “Who shall I go to next?”
For a moment, Rob thought he wasn’t going to tell him, then he opened his mouth to speak. “She had visited with her mother not long before she left us again. I think her mother knows where she is or might have an idea to point you in the right direction.”
Rob was thrilled by this information, and part of him was surprised that her dad gave it to him. He was sure he wouldn’t have, but then again, his life was at stake, so he didn’t have much of a choice in the matter.
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