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Night Children: Dark Changes
Chapter Seventeen: Chester
Annabelle
realized two things at that moment. She
realized she and Thomas had it wrong.
There wasn’t just one vampire in town, or even one group. There must’ve been more. Some of them were children, just like
her. Before she could reflect on this her
acute senses noticed the other thing.
Another
vampire was in the alley now. The
shadows started to shift, revealing the creature. Annabelle couldn’t tell if it was the same
shadow creature as before or a different one.
Chester
the ghoul apparently didn’t serve this particular vampire because he screamed,
“No! The Destitute!”
“Chester,
don’t leave. I still have
questions.” She didn’t follow as he
stumbled through the darkness and into the street where the alley let out. She let him go. Time to
get answers from this creature once and for all.
“All
right. Tell me, who you are. Chester called you the Destitute. Is that your name? Are there more of you?”
If
any humans walked into the alley, Annabelle figured they’d be treated to an
interesting sight; a little girl in curls, facing a formless creature of
nightmares without appearing the least bit scared. The truth was Annabelle could feel her legs
tremor with fear. She couldn’t let the
Destitute realize it. There was too much
at stake.
It
just regarded her. No answers were
forthcoming.
“Fine. Then lead me to your home. I want to learn about you.” The creature still remained motionless.
“I’ve
come to London to find my brother. He
looks thirteen and he’s a vampire like me.
He’s with a man named Reginald Worthing.
Another vampire. Have you heard
of him? Have you seen them?” Still no answer.
“You’ve
got to answer me. Say something. Anything,” she began to plead, “Please. Have you seen or heard of them? Are there more of you?”
As
if in answer to her last question, other shadows formed to become another
creature. She knew it was a vampire, but
that was all. It looked exactly the same
as the other.
“There
are more of you. Now answer my other question. Have you seen my brother?”
The
Destitute looked at each other, then started to shift back towards the
shadows. Annabelle moved with superhuman
speed towards the creatures but in a blink of an eye they were gone, melted
away. She tried to listen for the
creatures’ escape but they made no sound.
She yelled to the empty air,
“No!”
