Freak Show (Alexa O'Brien Huntress Book 7) by Lee Trina M

Author:Lee, Trina M. [Lee, Trina M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dark Mountain Books
Published: 2013-12-13T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

“Do they know we’re here?” Jez asked through a mouthful of chicken. “Is it safe to sleep?”

“They don’t know you’re at this hotel. And I doubt they’d waste time and resources tracking you by day. As far as I know, they don’t have a lot of daywalkers in their employ.” Jenner watched Jez eat with blatant disgust. He lay sprawled on the couch, shirtless and ghostly white.

Returning to Caesars had been simple enough. Pulling the limo up to the entry just beneath the Augustus Tower elevator had given us enough shade to get the wounded vampires safely inside. Now we tackled the task of healing them by nightfall and somehow resting up. Fatigue teased me, making my eyelids heavy. My mind refused to give in. How could I sleep when Shaz was out there?

I nibbled on a chicken wing. I should have been ravenous after the night I’d just had, but the constant turning of my stomach made it hard to swallow.

Jenner watched us eat; his face twisted into a grimace. “That’s just about the ugliest thing I’ve seen in ages. When do I get to eat?”

Jez had wasted no time ordering room service and digging in to the meat dishes on the cart. She shot Jenner a dirty look and flung a chicken bone at him. “Stop fucking watching us then.”

“Should be any time now,” Arys said. His blue gaze strayed to the door. He too lay haphazardly along the opposite end of the couch. Dark circles lined his eyes though most of the bruises and gashes had faded. The gaping hole in his sternum had closed. It was covered with a thick, pink scar.

The healing time of a vampire far exceeded that of a wolf. An injury that would take a human weeks to heal would take me a few days, though for Arys, it could be just minutes or hours. However, without blood, healing would take longer, especially as far as his metaphysical abilities went. To help replace the energy that the vamps had expended, we were expecting four escorts to arrive at any moment.

I shifted in my chair, uncomfortable and sore. Feeling stiff and tired, I shoved my plate back onto the room service cart, opting for water instead.

“Do we have a plan?” I inquired when I noticed Arys watching me. He was going to get after me about eating if I didn’t change the subject. “Do we even know where to find them?”

“We don’t find them. We let them find us.” His knowing gaze strayed from me to the room service cart. “Between now and nightfall, we regain our strength and rest up.”

“Do we absolutely have to keep him?” Jez gestured to Jenner with her fork, and he scowled. “I don’t like the way he’s looking at me.”

“Yes, we do,” I said, shooting a warning look Jenner’s way. “He owes us for this entire night of hell.”

Jenner sat up straighter, brow raised. “Excuse me? I told you to leave town. You chose to stay. Not my problem.

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