Corrigan Rage by Helen Harper

Author:Helen Harper [Harper, Helen]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2015-07-03T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

‘It’s not been easy to dig up this information, my Lord,’ Staines informed me. ‘And I fail to see why it’s so important.’

‘I told you. A wraith appeared out of nowhere, thoroughly kicked my arse, and then vanished again. Chances are it’ll be back.’

He sniffed. ‘As much as it pains me to agree with Ms. Smith, it’s the vampires’ problem, not ours.’

‘When they have a problem, we have a problem.’ I gave him a hard look. ‘There’s nothing more dangerous than a cornered animal. A cornered vampire…’

‘Fine, fine. I take the point.’

‘So what have you found?’

He took a deep breath. ‘It’s old. The story goes that the Palladium held a prominent place in Troy.’

I raised my eyebrows. ‘As in the Trojan horse? That Troy?’

‘The one and the same. It passed down to the Romans. Cicero, apparently, was something of a collector. He gave it to a group of Italian vampires in return for some help with the Roman Senate.’

‘Why did they want it in the first place?’ I asked curiously.

Staines waved a dismissive hand in the air. ‘Because they’re greedy bastards. There is nothing, anywhere, to indicate that the Palladium has power. It’s just a piece of wood. At the turn of the century, this wraith person,’ his mouth downturned, ‘stole it along with a number of other objects. The vampires objected to the theft and tracked him down. He paid for his actions.’ He looked up from the file. ‘I can go into detail about what they did to him. It wasn’t pretty.’

I shook my head. ‘I can manage without that information, I think.’

‘Anyway, Trryl escaped several decades later. I have no clue where he’s been in the intervening years but…’

‘…now he’s back and he wants the Palladium,’ I finished. I rubbed my chin with the base of my thumb. ‘That has to beg the question of why.’

Staines shrugged. ‘Who knows why a damned wraith does anything?’

‘We need someone who was around during Roman times. If it was the Romans who had possession of it back then, they might know why it’s important.’

‘Well,’ he replied, rolling his eyes, ‘if you can find someone who’s over 1600 years old and happy to chat with us, then I’ll be impressed.’

I grinned. ‘You might be surprised.’

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