0242: The Vampire's Daughter, Book Three

"Then what are you talking about?" Jamie asked.

Car turned her head to the side while looking at Jamie, then smiled and said, "Nothing." She got up and walked out of the room.

"What was that all about?" Jamie asked Sol, who shrugged to say he didn't know. "If I weren't madly in love with you I'd..."

"You would what?" Sol asked.

"I don't know, but I wouldn't be here."

Sol laughed, causing Jamie to smile. Just at that moment, they both looked up to the doorway where the woman from earlier was standing.

She was impossibly tall with ghostly white features. The three just sat looking at each other for a very long time, before Sol said, "Hello."

The woman turned her attention to him alone, but said nothing. He could feel her trying to probe his mind, which he defended as vigorously as possibly. Eventually he lapsed into thinking of children’s songs to distract her.

She tilted her head in an almost birdlike fashion before concentrating on Jamie.

Jamie stumbled back into a chair and sat down. At that point, Sol attempted to read what the female vampire was thinking.

She turned her attention back to Sol, but this time she attacked his senses. She shot back at him the children’s songs he had used to defend against her probing.

It was a deafening sound inside his head, causing him to fall to his knees and hold his head between his hands. He made no sound, but focused all his energy on blocking her thoughts.

Eventually the sound stopped and he looked up. Jamie was still in the seat, dazed, and the lanky white woman was gone, replaced by Car.

Car tilted her head and asked, "Are you OK?"

"Yes," answered Sol. He wanted to ask about the white vampire, but knew Carmalinda would say nothing so he didn't bother. "Do you have any idea when Gan will be back?" he asked, as he stood up and walked over to Jamie.

"When he gets back," Car answered.

Sol shook his friend, who, startled, snapped back into reality. "What the hell was that?" Jamie asked.

"I'm not sure, but she was one of the most powerful vampires I've ever met."

"I feel violated," Jamie said.

"You were, in a way. I'm sure she walked through your thoughts without the slightest hindrance or care."

Jamie looked down and said, quietly, "I'm tired."

"Come," Sol said, taking his friend by the arm, "let's go back downstairs and call it a night. It's almost dawn anyway."

The two went down the dark stairwell behind the fireplace with Sol leading the way. He laid Jamie down on the bed when they got to the room. Sol sat at the edge, thinking about the vampire.

He had never seen her before and was stunned by her power. He wondered how much information she had drained from Jamie and how much he had given up himself. Sol, too, was tired, so he lay down and shut his eyes.

Almost instantly, he began to have vivid dreams.


[The Vampire's Daughter: An ongoing vampire story. Copyright Reuben Gregg Brewer, 2005, 2006. All rights reserved.]
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