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.’‘What does he want revenge for?’ piped up Berrin, who was crammed in the doorway.The other cardinals shuffled uneasily, but remained silent.‘He wishes to avenge the deaths of his children.For some reason he has formed in his head the idea that it was the Lord who killed his children, which, of course, is not true,’ said the priest.‘Naturally,’ replied Rosse.‘If I get the chance to try and kill Roconn, believe me, I am taking it.’ Rosse added.The priest, who seemed happy with this response, left him alone, followed by the cardinals.‘I think I might have convinced three of them,’ the priest said to himself later that day as he walked towards the Vatican.Suddenly, a young woman walked up to him.She was pretty and thin.She wore a lovely pale-blue dress that somehow went well with her bright-green eyes.Her long, brown hair bounced behind her as she walked briskly by his side.‘Excuse me, Father,’ she said.‘Yes Sophia, how can I help you?’ replied the priest, trying not to show the frustration he felt for having his very important thoughts interrupted.‘Father,’ she repeated as she caught her breath.‘We have just caught word of a miracle, isn’t it wonderful?’ she seemed positively delighted at the news.‘His Holiness, the Pope, requests that you personally go.’Seeing as he had nothing more important to do regarding the useless cardinals, he decided to collect his things and head out to see the miracle that someone had claimed to have witnessed.A Fatal ExchangeDays passed as Roconn and Maria planned a way to infiltrate the Vatican and assassinate Pope Gregory XII.Careful preparation was required because, as a vampire, Roconn could not just march towards the Vatican and kill the Pope.His secret could not get out because he would be hunted down.Single combat was not a problem.But a mass of cardinals, each with a hatred of evil, and with the power of the Holy Cross as their weapon, he was not so sure about.No, this would take time and patience.Roconn’s cardinals were drawing a detailed layout of the Vatican.There must be a way, of that Roconn was sure.He wanted the Pope out of office in order to humiliate him, make him scared, and to ensure that if God’s highest ranking follower was scared, there would be no stopping the vampires.This would ultimately humiliate God, and show him their power; how Roconn could influence even those held in the highest office of religion to resign.Killing the Pope would be too easy; another would merely replace him, but turning him in to a vampire would be the most effective way to get his revenge really, Roconn thought.He ran this idea past Maria, who immediately decided it was perfect.‘We need to see the cardinals at once,’ she demanded.‘I think it’s time to take a trip to Rome,’ Roconn replied.Three days later, Roconn and Maria strolled towards the moonlit Vatican.Even shrouded in darkness it was an impressive sight.A huge concrete ring of pillars adorned by statues of men encircled them, casting long shadows on the path before them.Roconn and Maria headed side by side towards a large concrete obelisk with eight, white lines protruding outwards from it toward the pillars.They admired the impressive building and its architecture for a few moments, it was really something.They reached the monument and waited.After ten minutes, nine cardinals appeared out of the shadow, one from each section created by the markings on the floor, and one from the Vatican.The nine cardinals, one in each section, bowed in a circle around Roconn and Maria.‘My lord,’ announced a cardinal who was walking from the Vatican.He addressed Roconn with great respect.‘You have the plans, I presume?’‘My lord, I apologise with the utmost sincerity.I recovered the plans just as you had asked, but his Holiness saw me with them.He asked why I had procured such documents and demanded I hand them to him at once.I had no choice but to oblige, or risk being banished from the Vatican, which I know would not have helped you, my lord.I apologise once again sire.’ The cardinal finished, bowing deeply.Roconn hesitated, having travelled for many miles to receive these vital plans, he was infuriated that he had arrived to find a quivering cardinal, full of snivelling apologies.He was disappointed, but knowing that he couldn’t have got this far without his loyal cardinals to serve him, he bit his tongue and remained, with great difficulty, calm.‘I understand,’ replied Roconn at last.The cardinal quivered, he was not expecting this and was uneasy of Roconn’s apparently calm and understanding aura.‘We will just have to get them back,’ said Maria, who was equally as unhappy.The moon shone ever brighter and the wind whistled in their ears.‘Yes my lord, I will look for a way to recover the documents as soon as possible.’‘I should hope so, for your own sake,’ spat Roconn.He turned away, and did a double take [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]