(SPECTR 1) Hunter of Demons by Jordan L. Hawk

Author:Jordan L. Hawk [Hawk, Jordan L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Gay & Lesbian, Literature & Fiction, Fiction, Gay, Romance, Paranormal, Genre Fiction, Gay Romance, Demons & Devils, Psychics, Vampires
Amazon: B00BB0WCA4
Published: 2013-02-03T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

John took another sip of coffee and rubbed eyes which ached from staring at a computer screen for hours. At least most of the records were digitized now; back in the 1970’s, when the agency had first formed, researchers had to consult the original books or badly-photocopied replicas. Now even the rare medieval texts housed in the Vatican had been scanned and uploaded to an international database.

He’d run search after search on vampires. Even using the strictest parameters, he’d ended up with a list of hits as long as his arm—and every damn one of them useless.

Etheric entities had barely begun to be categorized and studied scientifically. The earliest solid work had come in the 17th century, and even then, it was still two-thirds superstition and one-third actual observation. Before the Enlightenment, treatises on NHE’s cast them as demons, angels, or demigods, depending on the cultural bias of the writer. Any observations of their behavior were hopelessly tainted by religious doctrine.

None of the reputable sources described NHEs powerful enough to animate the dead, let alone ones which preyed on other etheric entities. On the other hand, the folklore was filled with garbled stories of walking, blood-drinking corpses, which could only be defeated by trapping them in their graves in some way—including the traditional staking—or through decapitation, removal of various vital organs, or fire. In other words, rendering the corpses uninhabitable.

Considering such measures would kill Caleb, and presumably only force Gray into another corpse, it didn’t really help.

Killing a possessed person was an act of last resort. Some agents regarded it as inevitable, but he viewed it as a failure. And yes, after the forty day period, there was simply no saving the host, whether eager faust or unwilling victim. By then, they were usually preying on other people in some fashion or other, and public safety had to come first.

But he didn’t like it. The incident at the brothel, which Sean had mentioned so flippantly, had left him barely able to sleep for months. Fuck, the human victims had been bad enough; lying on the filthy mattresses, their life energy drained to the point of death…if they were lucky.

The succubi had been worse. They’d been women and girls once, until some stupid pimp decided having a stable of nearly-irresistible prostitutes would be good for business. He’d beaten and terrorized the women into agreeing to a summoning.

John had arrived too late for them: their bodies altered, their minds gone, nothing left but hunger and lust. They’d come at him en masse, beautiful and terrifying, bloody claws ready to rip him to shreds. Kill or be killed.

At least the pimp had been their first victim.

He couldn’t let that happen to Caleb. Fierce, angry Caleb, who defied everyone, human and NHE alike.

Caleb had an incredible will, but Gray was immensely powerful. Why hadn’t he simply forced Caleb out of the way and taken over from the start? Did he simply not want to?

Was it even a choice?

Damn it. Everything had been simple until he walked into the abandoned house.

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