Crimson Vengeance by Sheri Lewis Wohl

Author:Sheri Lewis Wohl [Wohl, Sheri Lewis]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
ISBN: 9781602825321
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books, Inc.
Published: 2011-04-12T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Spokane was large enough, though it seemed subdued compared to other places she’d been. Too quiet for her tastes. Destiny liked places that popped, where people cruised all hours of the day and night. Where drinks flowed and laughter boomed. All the better for hunting.

Here, it was as if the streets rolled up at the first sign of darkness. The expected people were out and about––prostitutes, drug dealers, the lost, the sick. No one she’d be interested in. Where were all the good and tasty folks of this city? A girl did get hungry, after all. How could a city this large be so boring?

She felt the first tug as she crossed the Maple Street Bridge. At the north end, she pulled over and walked back to the center. The roar of the water as it crashed over the falls seemed to echo in the darkness. She bent over the high concrete railing and let the spray touch her skin. It was cold and wet. She stuck out her tongue to catch the drops of water. Nice.

Closing her eyes, Destiny breathed deeply and cleared her mind. She opened her arms and her psyche. Where are you?

The tingle started at the base of her spine and flowed up through her body as powerful as a red-hot poker. When she stepped back and to the south, the flame cooled. When she changed direction and moved toward the north, the fire turned scorching. She opened her eyes and smiled. In the darkness, the lights of the tower glowed. The building was old and, even from where she stood, its Gothic design distinctive. It was a castle rising in the night as if to guide her journey.

Destiny walked back to her car, drove two blocks north, and parked in front of the brick building. It turned out to be a complex of sorts, with the castle-like building set as the jewel piece. The courthouse, the police station, the county jail, and other assorted public entities were housed in a cluster much like the fortresses she remembered from her youth. Of course, back then, they didn’t have electronic security gates or cameras.

The tingle was now an all-out vibration. Destiny smiled and stepped from her car. Hers was the only car on the street, which unfortunately meant she wouldn’t have long. No matter. What she needed to do wouldn’t take much more than a few minutes.

In the front of the castle, she stood still once more and closed her eyes. The vibrations coursed through her body. A moment later she opened her eyes and walked around the buildings. At a loading area behind tall, secure gates, she stopped and inhaled deeply. At last.

The heavy sound of footsteps announced the security guard. Stealth obviously wasn’t his aim. It reminded her of the pounding hooves of her father’s mules when the stable hands took them hay. Destiny blended into the shadows and watched.

He was a tall, good-looking young man, who scanned his surroundings as he made his rounds.

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