City of Light by Keri Arthur

Author:Keri Arthur [Arthur, Keri]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy, Paranormal & Urban, Science Fiction, Dystopian
ISBN: 9780451473509
Amazon: B00W2ZKO7A
Barnesnoble: B00W2ZKO7A
Publisher: Signet
Published: 2016-01-04T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

It took me a good ten minutes to calm them down enough to get any sort of clear imagery. What had tried to get into our home was gray-skinned, flat-faced, with large eyes and little in the way of other features. A wraith. A female wraith.

In the middle of the day.

Either Nuri was right, and wraiths had gained the ability to move around in daylight, or something else was going on.

But what? Why would a wraith—or anyone else for that matter—want to get into our bunker? As far as anyone else knew, aside from the museum section, the place was filled with concrete.

Only Nuri, her crew, and Penny knew otherwise.

And if Penny was connected to either the wraiths or the vampires—or to whoever or whatever the force was behind the vampires—then why come here today? They’d have to know she wasn’t here, but rather in Chaos . . .

No, I realized suddenly, they wouldn’t. Nuri had mentioned she was keeping Penny isolated. Maybe she didn’t mean physically as much as mentally. And that meant that while the wraiths hadn’t succeeded getting in today, they might well in the future. It might have been only one hundred years since the end of the war, but technology developments had far outstripped anything I had here in the bunker. While in some ways that might be a blessing, it could also be a curse. I had no real idea how easy it would be for someone possessing the right code-breaking equipment to get past my current system.

Which meant I’d have to risk firing up another generator for daytime use, and installing full security on the South Siding exit, at least until we’d sorted out what was going on.

I scrubbed a hand across my eyes, then punched in the security code and headed into our bunker. Dusk hadn’t yet fallen, so the lights weren’t on yet. Not that it really mattered, as I didn’t need them. After all my years of living in this place, I could have walked around it blindfolded. I headed for the main generator panel room and coded in new exceptions, bringing the South Siding exit and its corridor back into the security net. While the tunnel had no weaponry of any sort, bringing it back into the system meant that if someone broke in, we’d at least have time to react.

A few minutes later, with a rattle and a cough, the spare generator kicked into gear. I kept my fingers crossed it held up—and that we sorted out what was going on sooner rather than later.

With that done, I headed for the hydro pods and quickly cleansed myself. Once I’d re-dressed, I ordered Cat and Bear to keep an eye on things and headed back out.

The last caterpillar pod for the evening pulled into the station just as I reached it. People piled out and their sharp scents—human, shifter, sweat, and perhaps a touch of fear at the oncoming of night—filled the air. Other than the sound of their hurried steps, there was little other noise.

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