Cold Moon Rising by C. T. Adams & Cathy Clamp

Author:C. T. Adams & Cathy Clamp [Adams, C. T. & Clamp, Cathy]
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy
ISBN: 9780765359643
Publisher: Tor Paranormal Romance
Published: 2009-12-17T05:34:50+00:00

I TRIED TO decide whether I should claim any involvement in that, but it would probably be better if I kept quiet until I learned more. Charles’s scent wasn’t giving me any impression he was blaming the connection I’d mentioned earlier, so neither would I.

A powerful scent was coming from inside the clinic as we approached the doorway. Liz stopped cold in her tracks and reared back her head, clearly unwilling to go farther. I couldn’t really blame her. It was a noxious blend of chemicals, but I couldn’t identify any individual scent that told me it was dangerous. Yet something in the back of my wolf brain knew it was.

Charles listened at the door for a long moment and I tried to tune my ears to hear whatever he was listening for. I could hear hissing, like a broken steam pipe, and something that sounded like a whole wad of jingling necklaces. “Good. It should be safe now. I understand if you’d rather not come in, Elizabeth. I can’t guarantee your safety if you do. But I would like you to come inside, Tony, and see if there’s any possibility of a hindsight to tell us what happened to him.”

I wasn’t really sure I liked the idea of doing a hindsight on someone who might have gone insane. That could be a maze I wouldn’t be able to find my way out of. But right now Charles was asking. I saw what was left of Stuart Prezza’s neck and those bear claws weren’t to be taken lightly if he decided to insist.

Charles went through the doors first. I couldn’t go with him because he took up the entire space. When the doors finally closed behind him I eased inside only to find that he’d changed back to human form and had either put on a suit and tie lickety-split, or was completely nude and only looked like he was wearing clothes. I didn’t particularly care either way but I thought I should warn him. “The girl can see through illusions. That okay with you if she wanders in?”

He looked at me, startled for a moment, then held out a hand to stop me and pointed down. “Careful of the venom. Don’t move until I come back.”

He disappeared into an adjoining room and I got the chance to look around. I saw what he meant. The clean painted walls and floor weren’t so clean anymore. The place looked like a hundred years had hit it—just without the cobwebs. There were holes in the surface now, but not like someone had put a fist or knife through the drywall and marble tiles. No, it was more like they’d . . . melted. Pockmarks were scattered all over, like someone had come in and sprayed acid with a super soaker.

Moments later Charles came back to where I was standing, wearing pale blue hospital scrubs and carrying a second set. I shook my head in disbelief. “Jesus . . . and this is

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