Chosen By Sin by DePaul Virna

Author:DePaul, Virna [DePaul, Virna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: vampires, romantic suspense, werewolves, paranormal romance, paranormal, romance, fantasy, shapeshifters, special ops, urban fantasy
Published: 2011-12-17T13:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

Thirty minutes later, Dex paced in Jes’s library. He and Cy had carried Rurik Pitts’s body into Jes’s surgery room, leaving him there so Jes could later conduct an autopsy. When Jes handed him a glass of scotch, he noticed how calm she appeared. He, on the other hand, was more rattled than he cared to admit. Even Cy looked a little shaken up. Aside from her initial shock at the woodshed, Jes seemed the most composed. Why? Because she was a doctor and dealt with life and death every day?

“Come morning, you and Cy should still go to the village,” Jes said. “I’ll do the autopsy while you’re gone.”

What? Was she serious? “I should stay here,” Dex insisted. “Rurik Pitts was a member of a U.S. biker gang, the Ferals. I rode with them for a while and they’re not a nice bunch of guys. He was obviously murdered and left in that woodshed for me to find.”

The question was why. Part of him had always known that someday Rurik would come after Dex to avenge his brother’s death, but why now? Why in France? Did Dex’s weird dream in L.A. have anything to do with this?

He plowed a hand through his hair. How had Rurik ended up dead? It didn’t make sense, which meant he wasn’t leaving Jes alone even to investigate the nearby village with Cy. What if Rurik’s murderer was hanging around just waiting to claim another victim?

Only problem was, Jes was looking at him with a combination of exasperation and flinty determination, clearly not liking what he was implying: that she needed him to protect her.

“Let’s be logical about this,” Jes said. “First, you don’t know the werebeast was murdered. Maybe he came to see you and died of natural causes before he could. We won’t know for sure until I complete the autopsy.”

“He died of natural causes while waiting in your woodshed? Even if that’s true, he was sneaking around and he likely wasn’t alone. That means someone else is sneaking around, too, and is still a potential threat.”

“But if this hypothetical companion came with Rurik, and Rurik came to see you, it’s likely his companion came to see you, too. Whether it was to talk nice or not, you’re probably the target. Am I right?”

She was right, but Dex really didn’t want to admit it. Compromising, he grunted.

Next to Jes, an impatient Cy rolled his eyes.

“Okay, then don’t you think leaving the castle grounds for a while actually makes sense? Chances are the guilty culprits will follow you, leaving the rest of us safer than we are now. Plus, someone in the village might have seen Rurik. I guarantee you, strangers would be noticed, especially someone as rough-looking as him.”

Dex frowned in frustration. A quick glance at Cy proved he wouldn’t be getting any help from him. “Everything you say makes sense, but—”

“But you’re worried about me.” Jes covered his hand with hers, but quickly withdrew it when a sizzle of awareness flashed between them.

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