Faerie Empire: An Urban Fantasy Novel (Vampire's Bane Book 2) by Marian Maxwell

Author:Marian Maxwell [Maxwell, Marian]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Blackwater Press
Published: 2016-12-19T18:30:00+00:00

17

Logan ran a hand over his scraggly black beard. “Keep going,” he rasped. Lee put his foot on the pedal, rolling his blue pickup truck further down the road.

Logan pointed to the left. “Turn here and park.”

Lee did it without question.

Did they see me? Did they see my cast?

The plaster was bright white, standing out in the dark. And only one enforcer had a broken arm at the moment—as far as Logan knew.

McNaulty lied to me. He said all of the enforcers were tied up at the Academy. I counted three of them back there.

“How many men did you see?” he asked Lee.

“Four,” Lee replied. No hesitation. “Two out front, two walking around the front yard. They are enforcers?”

“You’re damn right they’re enforcers. What the fuck!”

“This is not good,” said Lee, matter-of-factly.

Logan shook his head. “I knew it. McNaulty, that bastard. He’s been working with the vampires this whole time. That’s why he put me on the Weathers case. He thought I’d be scared of them.”

Lee grinned, showing his fangs. He grabbed his shotgun from where it laid across the backseats, and loaded it. Then he set it on the dash and started taking off his clothes.

“Hold your horses.” Logan put out his arm, causing Lee to pause unbuttoning his white chef uniform. “We’re not going in guns blazing. Are you crazy?”

“Why not?” Lee look perplexed. “You said they are working with the vampires. Maeve’s vampires,” he added.

“It’s not that simple. We don’t know what’s going on here. There’s too much going on behind the scenes.”

Lee pointed back at the mansion. “I saw him go in there. I can feel it. Right now. He is inside.”

“No one will believe you. If we go in there and shoot up the place, and don’t end up with a dead vampire, we’re done. And I mean really done. Besides,” he continued, “McNaulty could make up any old excuse to explain it.” He rubbed his beard with his one good hand. Really dug his fingers in deep, and pulled on it. “Ok, we’re going in.”

Lee grabbed his shotgun.

“But no shooting unless we have to, understand? I want to gather evidence.” He took out his cell phone and waved it for Lee to notice. “Pictures. That’s all we’re going for.”

Lee shrugged. “If I see a vampire, I kill it.”

Logan frowned and shook his head. It had been so long since he and Lee had partnered up like this that he’d forgotten one important fact, that his Chinese friend lived for one thing and one thing only: killing his own kind. The long decades without a vampire in San Francisco hadn’t calmed his vigor, apparently. Could have made it even stronger.

Lee exited the truck. Took of his chef uniform and threw it on the driver’s seat. From the illumination of a streetlight, Logan saw his dragon tattoos on full display, covering his hairless chest so completely that it hid his olive colored skin. The tattoo wrapped around Lee’s shoulders, neck, arms, back and legs. All one dragon, the piercing eyes and open mouth facing forward from the center of Lee’s chest.

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