Free The Last Human (Vampires Rule # 1) by Rocky Grede Page B

by.
Lexus taught me how to drive years ago, but right now I struggle to
keep the car straight. It must be down to my nerves and the reality
of the situation I’m in. I ignore the stabbing guilt of leaving
Elis behind. I can only hope he got away, somehow.
    I drive with a disturbed frenzy, like a crazy driver
who has lost his mind. I almost go careening into a building when I
take a sharp turn, just avoiding the structure by a foot or
two.
    I release my foot on the gas pedal slightly, and
glance out the window, and I almost lose my grip on the steering
wheel when something thuds on top of the car, its weight almost denting the
roof.
    I scream and slump into my seat. I stare up at the
car’s ceiling with wide eyes. There is the sound of screeching as if something is digging its
claws across the roof.
    I turn my eyes back on the road, peeping just above
the dashboard f rom my slumped
posture, and spin the car sharply to the right. From the rear view
mirror I catch the glimpse of something go hurtling from the car,
its dark frame disappearing as it hits the concrete road. I take a
deep breath, and push my foot on the accelerator.
    ***
    I try not to think about the creature at the library
and the dark shape that was thrown off the roof of my car, and
instead, I keep my focus on the road with one aim on my mind: Get to the Manor
alive.
    With only a few bloc ks away from the safety of the Manor, I turn into a main road,
hoping for a short cut, but I realize my mistake a little too late.
The road is blocked with crates, tonnes of bricks left for building
work. I turn sharply and hit the brake at the same time.
    I was going too fast, and the sudden turn and
br ake, causes the car to veer
to one side, and the air bags go off in my face like balloons,
making me lose my grip on the steering wheel. The car topples to
the right and I hit my head against the window, and a sharp pain
bursts through my skull, blinding me as fire engulfs my senses. And
everything goes still.
    I open my eyes to find the plastic of the airbag
pressed up against my face. I push it away, and try to sit up. I
realize the car is overturned on its side, but the windows are
still intact from the impact. I take a deep breath and wince as a
sharp pain flares across the right side of my head.
    I stand up on shaky legs, and blink up into the
darkness. I stretch and push the door open. I grip the frame and
heave myself out, and onto the top of the car. I jump off the car,
and walk blindly across the road until I fall to the ground and my
knees thud against the concrete. All energy is sapped from my body
and the sharp pain in my head
is throbbing like crazy.
    “ M y oh my,
what do we have here.”
    I raise my head, slowly, as tendrils of fear coil
around my neck. Standing several feet away from me, half hidden
within the shadows of a building, red eyes alight, is a Vampire. He
steps out into view and my eye s dart to his top hat, and then to his long coat that flaps
around the edges as the wind lightly blows against it, and with a
sudden coldness that hits the core of my heart like a glacier, I
realize it is the Vampire who had blocked the road the day when my
finger was bleeding.
    He takes several steps towards me, his movements
smooth and graceful, unrushed and steady. I force myself into
a standing position, lurching
backwards; and the Vampire pauses and flashes an evil
smirk.
    “ It was always better when they ran. Oh the hunt
that followed. Nothing like it,” he purrs as his lips curve into a
malicious smirk. His eyes take a distant look as if he is
remem bering something from his
past.
    “ You can’t touch me,” I say ins tantly, but the words are weak.
    “ Oh is that so? Think old Lexus will come to save
you?” He glances around at the deserted streets, conveying his
point quite clearly, before turning his gaze back on me. His long
beard bristles as a g ust of
wind blows against him.
    “ The aroma that is coming off you right now”- he
licks his lips with