"David Robbins - Blade 03 - Vampire Strike" - читать интересную книгу автора (Robbins David L)

"You don't know it for sure," Ethan disagreed. "They may never come
back."

"They'll be back," Greta insisted. "They know there are hundreds of
women living in or near Aguanga."

"How would they know that?" Ethan inquired.

"They have their ways," Greta said.

Ethan snickered. "You've been listening to the old-timers. They believe
the Vampires are endowed with supernatural powers."

"Don't you?" Greta questioned.

"Hell, no," Ethan said. "There must be a logical explanation for the
Vampires and their activities."

"Like what?" Greta queried.

"If I knew the answer," Ethan said, "I'd be famous. I'd lead an
expedition to the Dead Zone and wipe them out."

"No one has ever gone into the San Diego Dead Zone and lived to tell
about it," Greta remarked. "No one in their right mind would enter a
Dead Zone."

"The Vampires live in the Dead Zone," Ethan said. "And the only way to
destroy them is to find their base and exterminate them."

"Maybe the Vampires live in the Dead Zone," Greta mentioned. "Maybe
they don't. All we have to go on is rumor."

"Where else could they live?" Ethan questioned. "They must have a base
somewhere."

There was a sharp retort to their right, the distinct snapping of a
branch.

Both halted.

"What was that?" Greta asked apprehensively, her green eyes wide.

Ethan scanned the forest, his left hand tightening on his revolver. He
debated whether to extinguish the lantern. Without the light, Greta and
he would be harder to spot. Both were wearing dark clothing;
he wore brown pants and a black shirt, while his sister was wearing green
slacks and a cinnamon-colored blouse. But whatever was lurking in the
woods might possess better night vision. If he turned out the lantern, they
would have the advantage. He decided to leave the lantern on.