Read Online Chosen (Book #4 of the Vampire Legends) by Emma Knight - Free Book Online

creeping
across the room to make space for Penelope to land as she watched her body
slide through the small window.
    After Hunter made
his way through the window, having almost gotten himself stuck twice, the three
of them stood there in this small room together. The room was the side of
Rachel’s bedroom in Bedford, except the ceilings of this room were soaring,
they must have been 25 feet high. The room smelled of cedar and as she looked
around, she saw storage bags and boxes of clothes. She realized they were in a
storage closet, which was surprisingly big for a closet now that she thought
about it. Never had she ever seen a closet this large before or a closet with a
window. Where was she? She thought to herself. And all the clothes and storage
boxes that filled the room were more than the contents of her entire house. She
couldn’t believe it.
    “We have to
search for them,” Hunter said quietly.
    “Them who?”
Penelope asked.
    “My parents,
silly! Isn’t that why we came?” Hunter said.
    “Why are we
whispering?” Rachel asked curiously.
    “In case there
are guards here. We don’t want them to find us. We don’t want to risk being
kicked out for good,” Hunter said.
    “But wouldn’t
they recognize you?” Rachel said. “Didn’t they used to work for you, too?”
    “These guys turn
over quickly here. Nobody stays working for my parents for long. They’re hard
to be around and certainly hard to work for. So, no, they wouldn’t recognize me
and even so, they wouldn’t let anyone in who is unannounced. My parents do not
take kindly to people showing up unannounced. Especially strangers,” Hunter
said.
    A pang of
nervousness ran through Rachel’s body. She began to panic at the thought of his
parents not being welcoming or accepting of strangers. She hoped they would
like her. Actually, what she really hoped was that they would be home. That
they would still live in this old castle.
    The three of them
quietly exited the closet and headed down a narrow hallway, also built of
stone. It was like this entire house was erected with stones both inside and
out. It was the coldest and most unwelcoming place on the planet, Rachel
thought to herself. Who would ever want to live in a place like this?
    The hall was lit
up with candelabras, that hung from fixtures in the wall, which let off a soft,
warm light. Their glow helped Rachel find her way in what would have been an
otherwise pitch black hallway. The floors creaked beneath them as they walked which
made them jump. They didn’t stop moving though, they were on a mission and weren’t
going to let anything get in their way.
    At the end of the
hall they came to the top of a double staircase that arched it way up from the
main foyer below. The staircase was grand, perhaps the most grand entrance
she’d ever seen in her life. It reminded her of the houses she used to see on
MTV’s Cribs show. The stairs wound down onto a large black and white marble
foyer, standing there at the door were four guards, holding up their rifles and
ready to attack. Rachel’s heart stopped for a moment as she looked at Hunter to
see what he was going to do about this. She knew he was a smart guy and would
be able to figure this out.
    Hunter then
started walking backwards, back down the hall they’d just came from and then
turned to them and motioned for them to follow him. They walked down another
adjacent hallway, similar to the first and then over to a wooden door with a
large brass handle. He opened it slowly as it creaked open. Then he poked his
head in and had the girls wait in the hallway until he came to get them. Rachel
stood there with Penelope in silence as they waited for Hunter to return. After
a few minutes, he came back and motioned them on. They crept through the door
and down a narrow spiral staircase that smelled like chlorine. It was an odd
smell for a castle Rachel thought but didn’t dwell on it. To her it smelled
like she was at a hotel going down the hall