Bringer of Night by Jordan L. Hawk

Author:Jordan L. Hawk [Hawk, Jordan L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Vampires, Romance, Fantasy
ISBN: 9781941230411
Amazon: B0815TK1Q4
Goodreads: 48738463
Published: 2019-12-12T23:00:00+00:00

Six

The police officer stationed outside the hotel room where the tourist had died gave John an unfriendly look. No doubt word had spread fast that a SPECTR agent had kept his roommate out of the hands of the cops. Her scowl deepened when she spotted Caleb’s long hair; even if she hadn’t recognized John as the agent in question at first, she did now.

John felt a brief flash of guilt. They’d caused Fontaine some problems and affected her office’s relationship with NOPD. Still, he couldn’t imagine how he would have handled things differently, even in hindsight. Time had been of the essence, and he’d done the best he could.

The officer took her time inspecting John’s badge before handing it back. “Go on in.”

According to Fontaine, the victim’s name was Edward Shaw, from Dayton Ohio. In town to reconnect with a couple of old fraternity brothers. They’d been the ones to get worried when he didn’t show up to a planned early morning excursion.

They’d also mentioned having gone on a vampire tour. And when the cops immediately showed them a still from the security footage, of the doppelgänger wearing Caleb’s face, they identified him as their tour guide.

“I don’t like this,” Fontaine had told him bluntly. “Two people are dead in my city, and the only link between them is Mr. Jansen, or Mr. Gris, or whatever the hell his name is. You claim he’s not the killer, but if I find out you’re covering for him, I’ll bury you both. Understand?”

John couldn’t argue with her. If he’d been the one in charge of SPECTR-NOLA, he would have done the same, and been damn frustrated he couldn’t do more.

Forensics had already been over the room, but the body remained in place at John’s request. The two drakul hadn’t picked anything up from Natalie’s corpse, but maybe a fresher one would offer more clues.

The room itself was small but neat, and the window overlooked Canal Street. The dead man lay on his back, his eyes staring blankly at the ceiling, his features slack. Shirtless, but his jeans were still on.

“Do you recognize him, Caleb?” John asked.

Caleb stepped closer to the bed, then sighed. “Yeah. He was a real jerk. Kept trying to ruin everyone else’s fun by saying there’s no such thing as vampires.”

Night slipped into the room, nostrils flared as he prowled, searching for any scent. He crossed through a darkened corner, seeming almost to vanish as he did so, then reappeared in a sunbeam streaming through the window.

“Could it have been the doppelgänger the whole time?” Zahira asked. “It killed the real Mr. Shaw earlier, took his form, then went on the tour?”

“Do demons go on tours?” Caleb wondered aloud. “I mean, Gray wouldn’t, but most of them are focused on finding a steady supply of victims one way or another.”

“Which tours would offer,” John pointed out. “But no. His friends came back to the room with him that night, and there definitely wasn’t a body lying in the middle of the bed.

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