Free Dark Star by Patricia Blackraven Page A

the c emetery were turned upside down and on the gravestones there was written 666 . “ Is it written in blood?” “Were those hooded loons the s atanists? And this blonde, who wa s she?” Sid flipped on his back and as he did,  his heart started rushing and dots started dancing before his eyes.
    The mysterious woman stood before him, showing him her claws through her predatory grin. “A vampire? No it’s impossible , vampires do n’t exist. But maybe?” Sid thought to himself .
    Sid was so deep in thought that he didn’t even scream when the mysterious woman ripped his throat. There burst the fountain of blood and Sid joined his beloved Cleo in the afterlife .
    Then five hooded fig ures appeared next to the woman and o ne of them  crouched before Sid to check whether or not he’s truly dead after wh at he exclaimed to the rest:
    “Long live our Queen! Long live Lilith, the mother of all damned!”
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Chapter 1
     
    `Then we are not . . .' I sat forward. `. . . the children of Satan?'
    `How could we be the children of Satan?' he asked. `Do you believe that Satan made this world around you?'
    `No, I believe that God made it, if anyone made it. But He also must have made Satan, and I want to know if we are his children!'
    ` Èxactly, and consequently if you believe God made Satan, you must realize that all Satan's power comes from God and that Satan is simply God's child, and that we are God's children also. There are no children of Satan, really.'
     
    “Hey, b aby!”
    Carrie Andrew s cringed when she heard the sound of this voice.  She hated it when someone forced her so brutally to come back to the reality. She raised he r head from her book with a mild irritation . The member of the school’s basketball team, Jay Dalton who for some mysterious reason followed her, came closer. A bright sm ile could be seen on his face which irritated her.
    “What are you reading?” He asked when he crouched ne xt to her and brutishly swiped the book from her hands “ Interview with the vampire ? Damn … aren’t you tired of this nonsense?”
    “What d o you mean Jay?” Carrie hissed from under he r teeth, taking her book back and pretending she didn’t hear the question.
    H e raised her hands in a defensive gesture .
    “Okay. I just wanted to ask you… because you know, today’s Friday,  so me and Paige are going together to the club and I wondered … if … you… would you like to go with us?”
    It’s weird, Carrie thought to herself. W hy is he ashamed to talk to me when he’s a regular Casanova while talking to any other girl? Maybe it’s because she’s different than a ll the other girls in this school? It doesn’t matter - she never liked him and thought he was the biggest douche in the universe.
    “Why should I go with you?” she asked squinting her eyes suspiciously .
    Jay smiled as brightly as he could but even that didn’t change her mind .
    “Because I want  you to get away from all your vampires and live a little with normal people f or once. I’m tired of watching you in the corners all sad. It will be cool, you’ll see. So are you in?”
    She shrugged her shoulders and fake d a smile and said “Do I have a choice?”
    “No” Jay exclaimed in a grim tone but his face shined with a smile again when he said “Ok, we’ll see you at around nine then. See you soon!”
    He stood up and ran towards his teammates. Carrie hid her books in her backpack, hid her face in her hands and thought to herself “ Terrific. I never dreamed of anything else but of spending time with the school’s macho-man and a real life Barbie”
     
    The  Delirium Club was one of the most popular places in town and so neither Jay nor Carrie nor Paige were surprised that it was filled with people.  It had a very specific, even intimate, atmosphere. The lights were dimmed, the windows had their curtains drawn, and the sensual song “Arsenal” by Kidney Thieves ran from t he