The Apparition

The Apparition


Stu Nichols was a reporter and news correspondent newly walking the Vatican beat.


He strolled through the Vatican Gardens waiting for the Cardinal he was to interview.


In the distance, he saw what looked to be a priest or monk standing by one of the bushes.


The monk or priest beckoned to him.

Stu approached.


The man had extremely long wild looking hair and a very long flowing beard.


As Stu approached, he noticed the Cross around the monk-priest's neck was not a Crucifix or even a Latin rite Cross.


It was a Russian Orthodox style Cross.


The man also had the most hypnotic looking eyes he had ever seen.


Stu stopped in his tracks.


For he suddenly recognized the man.


From photos from history books in his student days at Oxford.


Rasputin.


The Mad Monk.


Who helped pave the way for the fall of the Czar through his manipulations and control over the Russian Imperial Family.


The figure suddenly vanished into thin air.


"Good evening, Mr. Nichols," the voice of Cardinal JM startled the reporter as the Vatican prelate approached from the side, "It looks like you've seen a ghost."


-A vampire novel chapter
 written by Christopher
 Wednesday November 11th
 2015.


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