Finally Dead (Eve Benson: Vampire Book 1) Read Free Page A

were crawling
along at about twenty to her.
    “Three
days? They said they were going to kill me. That they were going to drink my
blood and rape me. No one did that though. I… don’t think. I, there was
something. That man… he said that… I can’t remember. It was a different man, I
think. The first one. He was tall and skinny, but… I don’t know, it’s like I
can’t remember him.”
    Eve got
the idea. One of the men had probably had sex with her, and then compelled her
not to remember it. That would make her easier to keep in line. Not that she’d
present a big problem for anyone. She was too out of shape, and mentally weak,
to put up a very good fight. Trying probably would have just had her beaten
until she couldn’t anymore.
    It was
just as well she didn’t know what had happened to her, of course, if that was
the case. If you had to be raped, not knowing it had happened was better. Both
had happened to her before, so Eve was kind of an expert on the topic.
    After a
few more minutes of driving they hit a freeway, and she slowed down to nearly
traffic speed. The sign said she wasn’t too far from Spokane. That was hours
away from Vancouver, which meant that those others had to have collected her no
more than hours before. That morning, most likely. The New Vamp had probably
done it, while Edom slept. That type started out being able to day walk. It was
really their main power. They were stronger than a Human, but not too much so.
They could compel people, but only a bit.
    They
could pass as a regular person though, not having fangs at all, and stay up all
day, starting in their first week or so. She’d go down as soon as the sun came
up, most likely, and would for centuries, more or less.
    By
following signs, she got them both to a hospital, which she thought might be a
mistake, since there would be a lot of blood there, but the girl’s scent
overwhelmed that for her. So did the disinfectant. It reeked, and made her want
to hold her nose, but she didn’t do that. It would be too strange and give her
away as being weird. The nurse came over to them as they walked in, her blue
outfit looking casual, compared to what Eve had expected. Scrubs, like on T.V.
Not an all white uniform with a funny hat.
    “What
happened here?” The woman, who was about fifty, and had a long face with enough
wrinkles to show she didn’t smile that often, looked at the girl directly.
    Eve
considered trying to compel her, but shook her head a bit instead. She didn’t
actually know how to do that, did she? It involved making eye contact,
and concentrating on the other person as hard as you could, but she’d never
done it. So she told the truth.
    “We were
kidnapped. Some freaks that said they were vampires? We got away, and came
right here. I don’t know how bad she’s hurt. We need the police.” That was what
normal people did, wasn’t it? Her dad was the Chief in their town, which had
given her some small bit of insight into that kind of mind set.
    It
wouldn’t matter if these people were real Vampires, because they’d avoid
the cops, if they could. Sending the boys in blue in would just protect this
girl. Not because they could save her directly, but because killing cops would
get attention, and that could have the Council on their ass.
    The kid gave
her name to the nurse, when asked. Eve hadn’t even thought about doing that,
being too caught up in her own little drama, being undead and all that.
    “Lindsey.
Lindsey Stanton.” Then she started crying, but was taken to a little curtained
area that had a bed.
    She had
help, so Eve decided to get out of there, in order to avoid any hassles.
    On the
way out the nurse looked at her funny.
    “Where
are you going?”
    “I need
to move the car I stole from the kidnappers. I’m blocking the ambulance bay.”
She sounded a bit too aggressive, so made herself smile. It was the wrong
reaction set, but the woman didn’t try to tackle her. That meant she was out of
the