Read Online A Shade Of Vampire 6: A Gate Of Night by Bella Forrest - Free Book Online Page B
Authors: Bella Forrest
Ads: Link
whatever I could get.
“Very well then. Where are you taking me?”
He placed his hand on the small of my back and gently pushed me forward. “Follow me.”
We walked through hallways with high ceilings and imposing pillars. Heavy velvet curtains coated with dust and cobwebs hung closed by every window. Everything about the castle was dark, foreboding and imbued with fear. Kiev led me into a room that looked like a laboratory of sorts.
“What is this place?” I grimaced, half-expecting Dr. Frankenstein to show up somewhere.
Kiev propped me on top of a desk. “Don’t do anything stupid, Sofia. Sit still.”
Within minutes, he was drawing blood from me through a syringe.
“What are you going to use my blood for?”
“You’ll know soon enough.”
“Where is Abby? Why would you take a child like her? What could you possibly want from her?”
Kiev eyed me for a moment, as if debating whether or not he should answer the question. To my relief, he did. “She’s an immune. Just like you.”
I felt the blood drain from my face. “How would you even know that? That only means that you…”
“Clara tried to turn her.”
“She’s just a child.”
“As if Clara cares. Truth be told, I wouldn’t be surprised if she’s drinking the child’s blood now.”
“And you don’t care that this is happening? Is there no humanity left in you?”
He began to chuckle. “Humanity? In me?” He pouted to mock me. “Is that what you’re looking for, sweet Lady Novak? Are you actually trying to find some good in me? I’ll show you what’s good about me.” He pressed his lips against mine. Invading. Intruding. Violating.
I tried to pull away from him but my struggles did me little good. When our lips parted, I gasped for breath—something he mistook as a gasp of pleasure. This can’t be happening to me. Not again.
He gave me a smug smirk. “Good enough for you? You know, Sofia, if you ever tire of your mortal, remember that I’m waiting for you to give yourself to me. After all, without his power, Derek might be a lot less appealing to a young woman like you.”
The idea that he was actually into me was sickening. I didn’t know if I had it in me to fend off another Lucas or another Borys. “You disgust me,” I spat at him. “I will always be Derek’s. Always.”
“Ah, yes.” He smiled with genuine pleasure. “I must say it’s beautiful to see the eternal love of Derek and Sofia Novak playing right in front of me. Riveting really. But I hate to say it, sweetheart. I doubt he’ll want you after we’re finished with you.”
“What are you talking about?”
“I think it’s time I start asking the questions. Don’t you agree?”
“What are you going to do to me?”
“Why did you fall in love with him?”
“What does it matter to you?”
“Come on, tell me, Sofia. What exactly did you see in him?”
“Why are you such a monster?”
He seemed to tire of our questioning game, because he tilted his head to the side, ran a hand through my hair before grinning. “Mrs. Novak, believe me when I say that you haven’t got the slightest clue just how much of a monster I am.”
The moment the words left his lips, his fangs appeared and sank into my neck. At the same moment, he stuck a syringe into my arm, causing me to lose all consciousness.
Chapter 12: Derek
Nothing was left of The Shade. Nothing. War raged all around me as I stood at the center of a bloody battlefield. I couldn’t make out the creatures that were fighting. Phantoms, all of them, but I was seeing my comrades fall one at a time.
First, Cameron, then Claudia, then Xavier… then Vivienne…
I wanted to scream when I saw her fall, but I couldn’t. The pain built up inside of me until it balled into a magnificent force that caused fire to spark from my palms.
Anger. Fury. Rage.
I was unstoppable.
I hit anyone who came into contact with me. Someone had to pay for my sister’s death. I was on a rampage,
“Very well then. Where are you taking me?”
He placed his hand on the small of my back and gently pushed me forward. “Follow me.”
We walked through hallways with high ceilings and imposing pillars. Heavy velvet curtains coated with dust and cobwebs hung closed by every window. Everything about the castle was dark, foreboding and imbued with fear. Kiev led me into a room that looked like a laboratory of sorts.
“What is this place?” I grimaced, half-expecting Dr. Frankenstein to show up somewhere.
Kiev propped me on top of a desk. “Don’t do anything stupid, Sofia. Sit still.”
Within minutes, he was drawing blood from me through a syringe.
“What are you going to use my blood for?”
“You’ll know soon enough.”
“Where is Abby? Why would you take a child like her? What could you possibly want from her?”
Kiev eyed me for a moment, as if debating whether or not he should answer the question. To my relief, he did. “She’s an immune. Just like you.”
I felt the blood drain from my face. “How would you even know that? That only means that you…”
“Clara tried to turn her.”
“She’s just a child.”
“As if Clara cares. Truth be told, I wouldn’t be surprised if she’s drinking the child’s blood now.”
“And you don’t care that this is happening? Is there no humanity left in you?”
He began to chuckle. “Humanity? In me?” He pouted to mock me. “Is that what you’re looking for, sweet Lady Novak? Are you actually trying to find some good in me? I’ll show you what’s good about me.” He pressed his lips against mine. Invading. Intruding. Violating.
I tried to pull away from him but my struggles did me little good. When our lips parted, I gasped for breath—something he mistook as a gasp of pleasure. This can’t be happening to me. Not again.
He gave me a smug smirk. “Good enough for you? You know, Sofia, if you ever tire of your mortal, remember that I’m waiting for you to give yourself to me. After all, without his power, Derek might be a lot less appealing to a young woman like you.”
The idea that he was actually into me was sickening. I didn’t know if I had it in me to fend off another Lucas or another Borys. “You disgust me,” I spat at him. “I will always be Derek’s. Always.”
“Ah, yes.” He smiled with genuine pleasure. “I must say it’s beautiful to see the eternal love of Derek and Sofia Novak playing right in front of me. Riveting really. But I hate to say it, sweetheart. I doubt he’ll want you after we’re finished with you.”
“What are you talking about?”
“I think it’s time I start asking the questions. Don’t you agree?”
“What are you going to do to me?”
“Why did you fall in love with him?”
“What does it matter to you?”
“Come on, tell me, Sofia. What exactly did you see in him?”
“Why are you such a monster?”
He seemed to tire of our questioning game, because he tilted his head to the side, ran a hand through my hair before grinning. “Mrs. Novak, believe me when I say that you haven’t got the slightest clue just how much of a monster I am.”
The moment the words left his lips, his fangs appeared and sank into my neck. At the same moment, he stuck a syringe into my arm, causing me to lose all consciousness.
Chapter 12: Derek
Nothing was left of The Shade. Nothing. War raged all around me as I stood at the center of a bloody battlefield. I couldn’t make out the creatures that were fighting. Phantoms, all of them, but I was seeing my comrades fall one at a time.
First, Cameron, then Claudia, then Xavier… then Vivienne…
I wanted to scream when I saw her fall, but I couldn’t. The pain built up inside of me until it balled into a magnificent force that caused fire to spark from my palms.
Anger. Fury. Rage.
I was unstoppable.
I hit anyone who came into contact with me. Someone had to pay for my sister’s death. I was on a rampage,
Similar Books
