Blood Like Ice by Lee Hayton

Author:Lee Hayton [Hayton, Lee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy, Thriller
Publisher: Lee Hayton
Published: 2018-02-04T22:00:00+00:00

“Hey, you awake?” The violence with which Miss Tiddles shook my suitcase meant I would have been soon, even if I hadn’t been yet.

“Get off. I’m awake.” I swatted her away with a grumpy hand, and she slapped it back into the case with a frown.

Oh, right. The hangover. It looked like the passing hours hadn’t treated Miss Kitty very well at all.

“Time to get locked away again,” Asha said, leaning over. A piece of her hair fell into the suitcase, and I pushed it outside of the zip with a finger.

“See you later, then. How are we getting to your witch friend’s from the station?”

“Buggered if I know,” she replied with a grin. “Just hoping that I don’t have to haul you all the way around town like this.”

Make that two of us. The claustrophobia recurred with a vengeance as Asha zipped me away again, into the darkness. The fabric of the suitcase was thick enough that no light penetrated. Of course not. If it had, she’d soon be hauling around a flaming pile of vampire.

The passage off the train seemed uneventful, from where I was curled up anyhow. After a wait, sitting still in the same place on the platform, I was heaved aloft and placed on a rack, high in the air.

I fell asleep again for a while after that. When Asha picked me up again, I jerked awake and kicked out with my foot. A warning jab came back, aimed at my shoulder.

Right. Public. Best not to make it visible there was a live something in the case.

After a short exchange with a lobby bot, I was carried into an elevator and then along a hall. After being unceremoniously dumped on the bed, I waited for the case to be opened.

I might have issued a command, but there was no way of knowing who else could be in the room.

“Here you go,” Miss Tiddles said at last. The zipper opened to expose me to a world of pain.

“Close the blinds properly,” I shouted, attempting to zip myself back in. They need to be all the way across, for goodness sake. The cat quickly remedied the situation.

Instead of replying with an apology, she sulked on the twin bed to the one my case sat upon. “There’s no need to shout.”

“I’ll remember that the next time you get set on fire,” I said dryly, getting out of the case and looking around. Asha was in the bathroom, staring at herself in a mirror. Despite the beauty of her symmetrical features, I don’t think she liked what stared back at her.

“What’s the plan?” I asked. “Now that we’re here, is there any clear idea of where we should start looking?”

Miss Tiddles flapped her hand at me in a shushing gesture. After closing her eyes, she fell immediately into a deep sleep.

“I’m going out to have a quick recce. The office wants me to keep them apprised of the situation, so I’ll send a few photos their way to keep them off our backs.

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