Fateful Reunion (A Scanguards Novella) (Scanguards Vampires) by Tina Folsom

Author:Tina Folsom [Folsom, Tina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Tina Folsom
Published: 2016-10-05T18:30:00+00:00

6

After reassuring himself that Ilaria was taken care of, Charles withdrew to one of the bedrooms on the second floor, telling Roxanne and her team that he was going to sleep. Nobody questioned him. After all, witches weren’t nocturnal like vampires. But he didn’t sleep. Instead, he took a map from his travel bag and spread it on the floor in front of the bed. From a side pocket he retrieved a crystal on a leather string.

He reached for the tissue on the bedside table. A blotch of red, dry by now, was in its center. Blood from Ilaria, not just from any spot on her body, but taken from her mark. She’d agreed to it without protest, knowing what was at stake. He wrapped the blood-stained tissue around the crystal.

Cross-legged he sat down, stretched his hand holding the string out over the center of the map and closed his eyes. He hummed a soft melody, while concentrating on his solar plexus. As warmth spread from cell to cell, he felt a tingling in his arm traveling down to his fingers. He allowed it to release into the string and reach the crystal. It began to swing.

He’d done this several times before they’d come to San Francisco, starting when Ilaria had first come into her powers. And now that she was getting stronger, the readings he got became more accurate. It was time to make contact, though he was sure they already knew that Ilaria was here. Just like Charles could sense his niece’s power, so could other witches. And that fact made his quest more urgent with every day that passed. Soon, more and more witches would hunt them, and there would be no place to run anymore. No place to hide what she was.

When the crystal dropped to a spot on the map, drawn to it like metal to a magnet, he bent over the map. Golden Gate Park.

Charles rose and packed away his tools, slipped on his jacket, and listened for sounds from downstairs. It was quiet, but he knew the vampires were awake. Earlier, he’d heard Zane leaving the house to do a perimeter check. He was back now, pacing the downstairs hallway. No human would be able to leave the house without him knowing, for a vampire’s hearing was so sensitive, it would pick up any sound.

While Charles didn’t move as stealthily as a vampire, he had other skills. A silencing spell made sure no sound left his bedroom while he slid open the window and peered outside. The house was built on a steep hill, and though he was on the second floor, the drop on this side of the house was less than ten feet. Charles hoisted himself through the window, lowered himself, then let go of the window sill and dropped down into the overgrown garden. For a moment he remained frozen, listening intently, but nothing moved inside the house.

It didn’t take long to reach the main road. No sign of a taxi or other transportation.

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