Dead Sexy by Tate Hallaway

Author:Tate Hallaway [Hallaway, Tate]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: Horror & Ghost Stories
Published: 2010-05-21T13:54:09.689000+00:00

I nodded. "The Order of Eustace." I'd already told him all about this. At least I hadn't placed myself on the scene. I'd only said that I knew the order had taken out my coven, I didn't say I'd seen it. Unless, of course, Dominguez read it out of my mind.

"I started to follow up with whatever Wiccan organizations I could find. Of course, nobody talked. If they did, they weren't terribly helpful since nobody seems to know anybody's real name. I could never even piece together all the dead coven members, until I switched gears and asked about Mr. Parrish. Turns out nobody much likes him, and they were happy to drop him in it." And me, by extension.

"Mr. Parrish had a whole bunch of girlfriends who remembered you as the jealous one." He flashed me an I'm-not-sure-I-approve-of-your-hippie-free-lovin'-ways sideways glance. "Some even figured you for a Witch. Suddenly, I thought maybe Parrish might have stepped in to protect you against the…

whatever."

"Order," I supplied again. "And now?"

"Now my theory has some wrinkles."

I wished like hell at this moment I could look deeply into Dominguez's eyes and say, "I swear I didn't do it." When the moment passed, I heard his soft sigh and got the distinct impression he wished I could have too.

"Why don't you tell me what happened? You said you were ready to talk." Yeah, that's when I thought I was deep in it, when I figured I had nothing to lose. Studying the beige carpeting with great interest, he said, "Listen, Ms. Lacey, I already know. You broadcast your guilt every time you see me."

But if I say it out loud, it's a confession. It's evidence.

Dominguez watched me closely for a long moment, and then his face fell in disappointment. He took in a deep breath. He glanced at me, then away again. "I can't exactly blame you for operating in your own self-interest. Of course, there's always Mr. Parrish's version of this story to consider. When my guys catch up with him, is he going to roll over on you?"

I chewed on my lip, considering. Tough call. As much as Parrish would like to consider himself an honorable gentleman, the truth of the matter was, he wasn't. More to the point, his own sense of self-preservation was highly, highly honed. He wouldn't have survived two hundred years as a vampire if it weren't. I shrugged.

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