Deadly Desire: Riley Jenson Guardian Series: by Keri Arthur

Author:Keri Arthur
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Fantasy, Riley Jensen, Fiction, General
ISBN: 9781405512404
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Published: 2011-10-06T15:27:54+00:00

ow long ago was this?” I asked, grabbing my old leather jacket from the back of the chair. Though it was actually Rhoan's old leather jacket that I'd recently liberated.

“Five minutes, if that.”

“What happened to Joe and the guardian minding him?”

“We don't know.” His expression was grim. “Jacques isn't answering, nor is he picking up the phone.”

“Then how do you know about the attack?” I grabbed my car keys and purse and headed for the door as I spoke.

“Because unlike some guardians, Jacques has his com-unit on during all working hours. He managed a quick report before things went silent.” Jack stepped to one side to let me through the door, then fell in step beside me as I walked toward the elevators. “Two zombies apparently crashed through the front door. Jacques killed one, but then everything went silent.”

I frowned as I punched the elevator call button. “But Jacques is a vamp. Surely he would have been able to cope with a couple of zombies?”

“I would have thought so. The bigger question is, though, how the fuck did these people even know where to go?”

The elevator doors opened and I stepped inside. “What about the magic on the business card?”

Jack put his hand against the door to stop it from closing. “By the time Marg got to the warehouse and the card, the magic had faded. She said that the same would probably happen with any tracking magic that had been transferred onto people.”

“Obviously not, because the zombies found Joe.” I hesitated. “I've touched the thing, too, so theoretically, she could track me.”

“I'll get the magi working on a blocker. In the meantime, turn on your com-unit and let me know the minute you get to the safe house.”

“Will do, boss.”

He stepped back and let the doors close, and I flicked the little button inside my earlobe, as ordered.

I made it to the safe house in record time, thanks mainly to the fact that there was little traffic. I parked the car in the driveway of the pretty, double-story cottage, but the minute I climbed out, the scent of blood hit. It was thick and fresh, but it had the stench of evil and decaying flesh entwined within it. And it was strong enough that the wolf within wanted to bare her teeth.

Which meant that the zombie might still be here.

I reached back into the car for my laser, shoving it in my back pocket before quietly closing the door. I couldn't see any crows about, so if the zombies were in there they mightn't be anything more than lumps of unresponsive flesh. But I wasn't about to bet my life on that. Who knew what sort of orders the sorceress had given them? And given she was capable of telepathic contact with her creations, she probably didn't need to be in the vicinity for them to create havoc.

I scooted around the front of the car, ducking past the front windows then running to the door. It was smashed in, lying in splinters on the floor, a clear indicator of just how much strength these creatures had.

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