Blood Legacy: Adult Urban Fantasy (The V V Inn Book 5) by C.J. Ellisson

Author:C.J. Ellisson
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Red Hot Publishing
Published: 2015-02-25T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINETEEN

Vivian

Due to our new connection, I feel the anger and fear rolling off the witch, but I ignore it. Did she honestly think she could take my blood with no price? Fool. Information is not worth my blood, only a witch would think it was.

“Now, let’s get back to business,” I say, placing the stopper in the jar and offering my palm to Jon to lick. His werewolf saliva will help the healing process despite the silver blade that caused the wound. “Or would you rather I take my blood and leave?”

His silky tongue rasps over the cut, drawing my eyes to his. I hope it’s not enough to make him drunk with a flood of new power. We need him focused.

“Conniving bloodsuckers! That’s why we never do business with you people. A simple exchange of information for blood and you take it too far.”

I rise from the table, the blood vial in my hand. “Okay, we’ll see if we can get the rest of the information we seek elsewhere.”

“Fine! Fine.” She thrusts her hand out. “Give me the blood and we’ll get started.”

I return to my chair, careful to keep the blood vial in front of me until we’re done. “Who has your coven hired within the last week?”

“You’re referring to right before Sophia was killed?”

“Yes.”

“We hired at least three other supes that I know of—one was a local wizard named Justin for a specific task. I don’t know his last name. He’s good. He’s done work for us before and has never been a problem. Another job went to Bart, whom you already know. And a third job was hired out to the local werewolf pack. That was for an upcoming security job for the winter solstice.”

The three of us go silent at the mention of Justin. It takes me a minute to recover, and in the interim, Rafe jumps in.

“What did Justin do for you?”

“Same thing he does for the Tribunal. He specializes in protective wards to surround our neighborhood. It ensures none of our witches are harmed.”

A tingle creeps across my flesh. None of us felt anything when we drove through the ward. Which might mean the ward is down now. Either through tampering or it failed.

“The ward didn’t work too well for Sophia, did it?”

A frown forms on Gwendolyn’s face. “She was beyond the ward when she was attacked.”

“Was there anything different about Justin’s casting that day?”

“I have no idea. I wasn’t there.”

“Can you find us someone who was?”

“No. I won’t subject anyone else to being bound to you.”

I smile. “You play with fire, Gwendolyn, you’re going to get burned. How about the job you hired Bart for—what did that entail?”

“He has an affinity for animals. I think this time he came in to cast health and pain nulling charms for the animals we’re planning to sacrifice at the winter solstice tomorrow. He was cheaper than the vet and faster than us doing something similar.”

“Purifying and improving the health of your sacrifice, and removing their coming pain, sounds like something a witch would want to do on her own, not hire out.

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