Ariel Tachna - Partnership in Blood 5.2 - Reluctant Partnerships by Ariel Tachna

Author:Ariel Tachna [Tachna, Ariel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

“WHATS this about a vampire attacking Adèle?” Martin asked,

coming into Raymond and Jeans office.

“A rabid vampire,” Jean said with a sigh, “or the equivalent thereof,

since vampires dont get rabies. From what Adèle told us about the

man, Im sure the same vampire who turned Pascale also turned Pierre,

the one who attacked Adèle, because any responsible vampire wouldnt

have offered the choice to be turned to someone as delusional as Pierre

appears to be, and yet Pierre was turned. My guess would be the

extorris gave Pierre no more choicethan he gave Pascale.” “Delusional?”

“Hes a vagrant on pretty serious anti-psychotic drugs,” Raymond

explained. “Without those, hes completely out of his mind.” “And the drugs wont work on a vampire,” Martin postulated. “Not directly,” Raymond agreed. “Were working on getting some

donor blood and some of the drugs so we can try mixing the drugs in

the blood to see if that works.”

“Has anyone contacted Denis Langlois?” Martin asked, his pulse

picking up at the thought of his potential partner. “He should probably

be involved in this too, shouldnt he?”

“Thierry has gone to get him,” Raymond replied. “He should be

here any moment.”

“Another one?” Denis demanded, striding into the room with far

more authority than a man of his apparent youth could ever have

managed. Martin could not squelch the instinctive appreciation of the

fine figure Denis cut in his slim suit, his hair slicked back from his

forehead as always.

“Another one,” Jean confirmed, “except that we have even less to

go on with this one than we did with the first. The man was mostly mad

before he was turned, and his turning has apparently unhinged what

little of his mind remained.”

“Putain,” Denis cursed under his breath. “Just what we need.

Another vampire incapable of controlling himself.”

“There might be hope for this one if we can figure out how to get

his meds into him,” Martin offered. The idea was not his, but he could

not resist the need to have those laser-sharp eyes focused on him, if

only for a moment.

“And you have an idea how this might work?”

“Raymond had the idea, actually,” honesty compelled Martin to

reply, “but Im a researcher. I could conduct the trials to get the balance

right. It would be one less thing for Raymond to have to worry about.” “You cant do it alone,” Jean insisted. “Hes too dangerous for you

to be alone with him. You need another vampire, preferably two, with

you any time youre with him. If he breaks free, he could kill you

before you knew even what happened.”

“Can you do wandless magic?” Raymond interjected.

Martin shook his head. “That isnt a skill Ive mastered.” “Then you need two vampires or a vampire and a wizard at all

times,” Raymond insisted. “He fought my magic so hard earlier I had to

reinforce the spell. If he were to break free and knock your wand away,

you would be completely at his mercy.”

Martin had observed Raymond over the week he had been at

lInstitut. He had seen the way the other wizard used magic, seen the

casual acceptance among the other faculty wizards of the magnitude of

Raymonds strength, but he had also seen the surprise on the faces of

some of the wizards there for the seminar.

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