Bond, Margo - Hexes and Handcuffs: A Limited Edition Collection of Supernatural Prison Stories by Bond Margo

Author:Bond, Margo [Bond, Margo]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dangerous Words Publishing
Published: 2020-02-19T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter One

Camille

The existence of vampires plasters every news avenue, from the Diamond Springs Gazette to CNN. With the initial reveal, I’d caught a glimpse of my husband on the five o’clock news. The Marine who I’d supposedly buried five years ago is very much alive, but no longer human. Answers? Yes, I demand them, which is why I’m glaring up into the pseudo sunny face of Paranormal Defense Officer, Corporal Anderson. I kick out my hip, adding a bit of attitude. “Take me to Ben Santos. I’m his wife. He’ll want to see me.”

Corporal Anderson steps away as he lifts his cell to his ear, speaking in hushed tones, but he appears unfazed as if he’s been expecting me. I suppose nothing is a secret when I’ve learned vampires use a form of telepathy to communicate. I’d learned this information after I’d spoken to Tricia, my good friend since high school. She, strangely, turned out to be Queen of the Fae and mated to Master Vampire Sergeant Riley Sweetwater, who once-upon-a-time happened to be my husband’s best friend.

While Anderson continues his tense discussion, I watch out the blackened window, spotting a line of construction trucks cutting a swath through PDU lands and leaving a trail of dust in their wake. What are they building?

“Okay. Sorry about the interruption.” Anderson deposits his phone into his breast pocket as he gives me a once-over, adding a heavy sigh.

I’m not sure who he’s just spoken to, but I sense his supervisor has overridden Anderson’s instincts. “Something wrong?”

“I advise you to come back tomorrow after I clear an issue.”

I jab my finger in the air, and I’m sure smoke’s rising from my ears. “I’ve waited five excruciatingly long years to see my husband. I’m not waiting. One. Minute. Longer. Take me to him. Now. We’ll work out issues as they spring at us.”

My insistence seems to bother the corporal, as he resets his hat no less than a dozen times. After a final breathy beat, he leads me down a narrow corridor and stops at a code-locked door.

He leans in, putting his eye close to an electronic pad. The scanner streams a green line across his retina. “The Master has debriefed you, but I want to caution you. Let the vampire come to you. Ben hasn’t seen you for five years. Like any POW, he’s dealing with extreme emotions. Your very presence could trigger his primal instincts.”

I shudder and wrap my arms around me. Riley explained vampire politics and biology. But I believe he withheld a few critical details as he spoon-fed me, the delicate human. “Is there anything else?”

“Be prepared. Ben may reject you. He may not remember you’re his wife. He may not believe you’re real…”

Has Ben forgotten me? If he rejects me, I’ll die inside all over again. On the tail end of that thought, I can’t wrap my brain around all he’s endured after being turned and assumed dead. What has such loss done to him? The memory of our last time together reminds me I, too, have suffered without him.

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