Flesh and Blood by Angela Roquet

Author:Angela Roquet
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: vampire mystery series, urban fantasy series, strong female lead, blood vice, vampires, law enforcement, paranormal romance, vampire royalty, modern vampires, female vampire lead, urban fantasy mystery series
Publisher: Angela Roquet
Published: 2019-03-10T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

MANDY PRESSED HER FACE to the backseat window as Lane parked our car along the curb across the street from the opera house. It was almost nine o’clock, and only a Blood Vice SUV waited along the opposite curb in front of the yellow police tape that marked off the entire block.

The fire had been put out by the human fire department, though there were a couple of wolves and half-sired firemen in the mix who had made sure the local PD overlooked the sole victim—our crispy, mystery wolf.

I leaned forward to see around Mandy and took in the damage. It was worse than I’d imagined. One corner of the building, the side that held the luxury guest suites, was caved in. Uneven bricks formed a gaping maw of broken teeth that swallowed up the snow as it began to fall again.

Big, fluffy flakes filled the blackened nooks of the building and lined the sills of the arched windows—some of which were coated in soot or busted out entirely. I hated to see the opera house like this, tarnished and melancholy like a graveyard angel.

The shadows were thicker tonight, pooling against the foundation of the theater, and I realized the torch posts that lined the stairs leading up to the building’s entrance were dark. It shouldn’t have surprised me. There were no shows to be had tonight—or any night for some time to come.

The park lights along the sidewalk were out, too, and I wondered if the explosion had damaged the building’s ancient wiring. Only the streetlamp that marked the entrance of the parking garage lit the scene. Paired with the eerie quiet, it set my nerves on edge, and my fangs scraped my bottom lip.

“I’ll be waiting right here,” Lane said from the driver’s seat. “Got the window cracked. You just holler if you need me, ya hear?”

I could tell that he was anxious to tag along, but that would have looked bad on the evaluation. Ursula had talked me up as this competent, battle-worn hero. Jenna Skye, Warrior Duchess. I had to live up to that image, and besides, I had Mandy. She’d been watching my back since the night I died. I was in good hands.

I patted Lane’s shoulder as Mandy opened her door. We exited the car at the same time a big man with a buzz cut and fivehead stepped out of the Blood Vice SUV. He wore a wool trench coat and stuffed his hands into the pockets as he waited for Mandy and me to cross the street.

“You the duchess?” he asked in a gruff voice as if he couldn’t believe he’d been dragged out here to entertain me.

“Agent Jenna Skye,” I said, ignoring his tone. “And this is my partner, Agent Mandy Starsgard.”

“Captain Fred Nicks.” He shook each of our hands, and then his massive brow pinched. “Starsgard? You’re one of Cable’s wolves, aren’t you?”

“Yes, sir.” Mandy nodded.

Allen Cable was captain of the St. Louis wolf division of Blood Vice, Mandy’s boss and partner whenever she ran off to fight crime without me.

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