*Luca*
“Can you feel anything ?” I hear Martin ask outside.
Andreas answers him quickly. “No”.
“I better chain you up just in case”. Martin says and out of the corner of my eye, I see how he chains my baby brother up to the other wall.
“What ?” I ask when the little nerd keeps staring at me.
“Sorry I just can’t help imagining how you will look. If you are like a Howling type or more like the Van Helsing ones ?” He says thoughtfully.
“Can’t you just keep Your stupid... argh”. The sharp pain explodes like a gunshot in my forehead and then it pulsa
*Soleil*South of the hospital there is an elongated grass area, where small trees grow along the paths leading in different directions. It is a place often used by joggers, but tonight the place is empty.I suddenly remember that a man was found here a short time ago, murdered by stab wounds to his belly. Maybe people are still a bit scared to come here ? Apparently the murder had been a robbery gone wrong. It makes me think about what both Siri and Tjalfe had said. That not only supernatural monsters kill people.I look towards the small stream behind the widest path. Somewhere out there in the dark is a monster worse than the most psychotic serial killer. Somewhere out there is the dark one. A monster who isn’t just a dumb animal like the hamram, but some creature who apparently is after me. Why ? And how does Davina’s death fit into this ? The mental carpe
*Soleil*I have only just stepped onto the bike trail along the main road when the last buzz leaves me. Now when I no longer have Siri’s comforting mental blanket wrapped around me the repressed feelings start to lash at me like a whip. I stagger into a bus stop, and slump down on the bench. It is impossible to keep a single thought. Guilt, impotence and disgust fighting to take me over, until they form a United front against me, like a big flashing neon sign; It is all Sol’s fault.The bus stop starts shaking around me and I have to grab the bench so I don't slip to the ground. Earthquake ? In London ? Scared out of my mind I look at the road where a car drives by, not affected by the shaking at all. I lift a hand to brush my hair behind my ear and realise it isn’t the ground shaking. It is me. I
*Casper*“And where are you going this time ?” Natascha steps out of the office.“Why are you always breathing down my neck ? Are you jealous or something ?” I give her a cheeky laugh.“It is my job to make sure things go by the book here and I am not interested in meeting my final death because of the shit you pull”. She hisses.“And what kind of shit do I pull Miss Sidorova ?” My eyes slide down to her cleavage, it is showing off a rather nice rack. Even if she is female, the feeling in my pants tells me that I can still get a hard on for a hot woman.“Don’t play coy with me, whelp. You are nothing but a toy. When the boss grows tired of you, who do you think will have to deal with you ?” She sends me an evil glare. “So let's
*Casper*I slow down as I reach the gas station. Once again I have been handed the job of surveilling that annoying bitch. Why Pusscat is so damned obsessed with her I don't get. Okay she is kind of hot, but she is like.. totally frigid. I had made a move on her in the Grotto and she did not put out at all. Why does he want her when he has me ? He says that it is all about the hunt, but I am sure there is more to it and I hate that stupid cow for it.I reach the house she lives in and walk to the edge of the grounds. As expected there is an invisible wall. I spit at it feeling agitated. The spit just hangs there for a moment, before slowly sliding down the nothing. I start giggling hysterically at the bizarre sight. What the hell, predators like me are real, so why not witches ?
*Soleil*I open the leather pouch and pour out the smooth tree slices with the carved runes. My eyes immediately go to the Thurs rune, Tjalfe’s rune, letting my finger trace over it. Gudrun had predicted a huge sacrifice was to be made to beat the dark one. Was Davina this sacrifice ? Marta had said the dark one could be a vǫlva turned dark, but then someone should have warned us. But they hadn’t warned us about Luca. Maybe Luca was also part of this sacrifice ?The last out-sitting had not told us anything. I hadn’t dared open my mind to reach for Luca, so we had given up and gone our separate ways. It was time to return to my so-called normal life and there were some loose ends that just wouldn’t let me ignore them.
*Soleil*I am putting the finishing touches to my hair when my phone rings.“Hi, I think I am a bit lost here. I can’t seem to find the right house. It was number 25 right ?” Lefu’s voice sound in the other end.Hi Lefu. It’s the one with the hedge. We haven’t gotten around to cutting it in... a couple of years I guess”. I apologise. “It is the small house with the smurf coloured facade and a carport”.“Oh okay, then I am right outside now. You want me to come in ?”“You are here…now ? No, no, just stay. I’ll be out in a minute”. I say, starting to panic.I can hear him smile. “Don’t panic. I am a bit early. I can wait for you to finish”.
*Soleil*I go to my room as soon as mom and I get home. I tell her that I need to rest a bit. Then I quickly call Siri, when I am sure my mother isn’t right outside.“Hi it’s me, Mark has agreed to meet me friday, so I hope it fits you”.“Sure, no problem. Gudrun is coming then anyways”. Siri answers.“But sorry I have no idea how to get hold of the others who were there. I barely remember their names”. I admit.“Leave that to me. If you can just get me to Mark, I’ll take it from there”.&ldq
*The vampire*I should actually be on my way to another meeting with an enclave of clan rats, who is visiting the country. As their representative in England it is my job to entertain the bastards. Sometimes it can be fun, if the ones passing by aren't the worst sticks in the mud. Most of them are ready for a bit of fuck’n’suck. But when I drive away from the mansion, the steering wheel pulls in the opposite direction. And before long I am at the abandoned parking lot at the ‘do it yourself’ market.I sniff in the cool night air, as I get out of the golf. It is late, those last hours of the night, where most of the night cows have gone home and the early morning cows haven’t risen yet.It takes no effort to scale the fenc