Deadly Encounters (Raina Kirkland Book 4) by Diana Graves

Author:Diana Graves [Graves, Diana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-08-31T04:00:00+00:00

DREAMING OF GOODBYE

“WHERE ARE WE?” Raphael asked me.

I flipped the switch on the electric tea kettle. “We’re in my mom’s kitchen.”

My mom’s taste in décor leaned toward old world eclectic, ancient India meets Medieval Europe; with bright colors, thick steel and old woods. Raphael was sitting at the old oak dining table, with its heavy wrought iron chandler hanging low overhead. He was looking around, taking in the lush green plants that hung from the ceiling in baskets, growing unhindered down to the floor; rich rosemary, thyme, basil and oregano to mention a few. It filled her kitchen with the richest scents, only this was a dream and none of it was real.

“I’m sorry,” the demon said.

I set down a mug of cinnamon black tea in front of him before I took a seat with my own tea in hand. “For what?”

“Annabella was an almost decent being,” he said.

I gave him a raised brow, but I really couldn’t argue with him. I loved my mom, but she was far from perfect. Anyway, from Raphael, almost decent was probably high praise.

“Thank you.”

I sat quietly for a moment, sipping my tea, though it had no flavor, before I cleared my throat and spoke up. “Whatever’s happening to Katie is Apollo’s doing, isn’t it? “

Raphael took his first sip of tea before he answered me. He looked older than last I saw him. I’d say closer to fifty now, fine lines around his face, skin a little worse for wear, and he had grey patches of hair just over his temples, but he was wearing a comfortable T-shirt and jeans.

“Yes. When he first had the disease created, he never expected vampires to become civilized, heal so well or burn in the light of day. The affliction was meant to create an unstoppable monster, who fed only on human life and had a very real expiration date. He tested the first batch of the disease on a temple maiden, who volunteered.”

“Adia?”

“Yes,” he said. “She was the first, and she became vicious. She became the monster Apollo asked for. However, over the years she slowly became more civilized, but she never regained her conscience, or maybe she never had one to begin with. In any case, those infected with her blood, did. Alistair, for instance, second generation vampire, completely docile when unprovoked.”

“Well, Apollo has his monsters now. How do we stop them?”

Raphael played with the mug in his hands, rolling it between his palms as he answered me. “You can’t stop the infection, not unless you have some way of killing every single carrier of this new strain.”

I chuckled then, but it wasn’t a happy sound. “Mind control plus fire. Simple enough,” I said with a deep sullen voice. I wasn’t looking forward to ending so many lives, but I was already thinking it through; traveling through Washington, catching all the zombie-vamps in my snare and then burning them alive. With EI and the Military’s help, it wouldn’t take long.

“Could you really kill so many

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