Beautiful Corpse (A Jubal Van Zandt Novel Book 2) by eden Hudson

Author:eden Hudson [Hudson, eden]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Men&apos, s Adventure Fiction, Fantasy Action and Adventure, dark fantasy, Paranormal and Urban Fantasy, Thrillers and Suspense Supernatural Witches and Wizards, Mystery Supernatural Witches and Wizards, Mage, Warlock, Thief, Knights, Revived Earth, Halo Bound, eden Hudson
Publisher: Shadow Alley Press, Inc.
Published: 2017-06-08T16:00:00+00:00

NINE

A lukewarm shower in the base’s shower house and a scrub with the body wash that some forgetful or lazy knight had left in the locker room removed most of the death stench from my skin. They had Xek’s Amazing Cleaning Powder on hand for those hard-to-kill stanks, but I prefer the occasional waft of rotting meat to having that nasty shit festering in my pores and seeping into my clean clothes.

The good news was that however bad I smelled, Nickie-boy almost definitely stunk worse. Fondling those crucified bodies wasn’t going to do his BO any favors. Even somebody with an iron stomach wouldn’t be able to ignore a smell like that.

After I dressed, I messaged Carina, asking her when we were leaving for the Upper Swamps. Now that her stupid Guild investigation was over, I was done pretending to be patient. I wanted to leave immediately.

She didn’t get back to me right away, I assumed because she was in the shower as well. Maybe she and Nickie were showering together.

With nothing else to do, I found my way to the mess hall to see what passed for food in a dump like this.

Iceni was coming out as I was headed in. I stopped and held the door for her, making it very obvious that I was admiring her figure through her bright purple skirt suit.

“Thank you,” she said, giving me a sugary smile and one of those sassy half-curtsies.

“Any time,” I said. “Especially when you’re looking that good.”

She laughed, then took a step closer to me. “Hey, so, that conversation we were having earlier?”

Xek’s Amazing Cleaning Powder clawed its way into my nostrils and singed my nose hairs. The candy knight had opted to scrub down with that. Even worse, as a concession to the cleaner’s stringent shriek, she had gone extra heavy on the honey perfume.

My instinct was to follow my dick’s lead and shrink away from her, but I shifted my weight forward and gave her a hungry smile. “What about it?”

“I’ve got a couple hours before the team has to present their findings.” She ran her fingernails down my forearm. “If you wanted to do a little more than talk.”

Xek’s jammed its fingers into my mucous membranes. It was right on the tip of my tongue to tell her that all I really wished she would fuck was off, but before I could, I caught sight of Carina’s hair and back across the mess hall. Nickie-boy was sitting next to her, digging into a supersized Emden roll.

As if Carina could feel me looking, she turned around. Her green eyes locked onto mine, then took in her lead investigator stroking my arm.

For a second, I thought her face was going to give something away, some minute twitch of the lips or tension at the corners of her eyes. Maybe it happened and I was just too far away to see.

Then Nick said something to her, his mouth half full. Carina turned back to him, flicking her hair over her shoulder, and nodded.

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