Blood Eternal by Treanor Marie

Author:Treanor, Marie [Treanor, Marie]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Signet
Published: 2011-10-04T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Rudy Meyer shut his front door after the last American vampire hunter, with obvious relief, and turned to face Cyn, who leaned against the living room wall.

Cyn scanned his face with some anxiety. The hunters were a revelation: fascinating, organized, knowledgeable, strong, and—

“Assholes,” Rudy commented.

Cyn let out a laugh of relief. “No, they’re not; they’re just stuck in their ways and convinced they’re superior.”

Rudy ran his hand through his graying hair with uncharacteristic agitation. “Maybe they’re right. I’m getting old, Cyn. Maybe we do go about things all wrong. Maybe we need the organization.”

“They’d put you in an office and make you do research and write reports.”

“I’m sixty years old.”

“You’re fifty-four, and fit as a fiddle, with more kills under your belt than that damned annoying kid in the green vest.” Cyn walked back to the lumpy old sofa and sat down, waiting for Rudy to join her.

“You’re young and quick,” Rudy said. “You’ve got the skills they need and psychic abilities to top it off. You’d do well there. And get paid for it.”

“I’d be suspended in a week.” She twisted her hands in her lap and lifted her gaze to his familiar, rugged face. “They make me uncomfortable, Rudy. They’re too . . . inflexible. I mean, what the hell is this? ‘Normal people aren’t capable of dealing with the fact that vampires exist’? Really? That’s people like you and me! If you’d known about vampires before you were attacked, you wouldn’t have needed me to save your ass. How many other people could be saved if they just knew?”

“We’re just as guilty, Cyn. We never tell either.”

“Because we think we’ll be laughed at. I don’t know how we get around that one. And I don’t know what’s the deal about our redheaded vampire not killing Pete. They never explained that either. Guess we’re too normal to understand.” She straightened her back. “But you’re right about one thing, Rudy. We do need an organization. Just not this one.”

“What, then?” Rudy demanded, wandering through to his tiny kitchen to make coffee.

“Our own,” said Cyn.

Rudy stuck his head around the door. “You mean expand? Take on Pete Carlile?”

“Maybe Pete. And a few others. I’ve been looking on the Internet, and there are people out there, people in this city, who’ve had encounters with vampires. And what’s more, there seem to be increasing numbers of them.”

“Maybe they’re just coming out of the woodwork with the growth of the Internet.”

“Maybe. And maybe it’s because of the other things the hunters were telling us about. This power struggle over whether to accept Saloman. Humans will get caught in the cross fire, increasingly so. I’ve been e-mailing Elizabeth—”

“How is Mrs. Sherlock?”

“She’s fine. Apparently there’s a vampire war in Turkey too. Bad things are happening, and I think she’s worried.”

Rudy brought two mugs of coffee into the room and sat down beside her. “So what is it exactly that you want to do?”

Cyn drew a deep breath and gave voice to the bold idea growing inside her.

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