Ghosttruth (Portland Ivy Book 3) by J.E. Cluney

Author:J.E. Cluney [Cluney, J.E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-09-17T16:00:00+00:00

“Alex?”

Alex’s eyes flicked up from the reports he was doing and a soft smile spread across his face. The lone lamp on the corner of his desk cast shadows across the room, and I closed the door behind me quietly.

“Shouldn’t you be learning with your father?” Alex questioned as he leaned back in his chair.

“I’ve been studying,” I defended myself. “Besides, he’s sleeping.”

“Right, nice socks too,” Alex clicked his tongue as he looked down at his paperwork.

“What case you working?” I asked as I sat down across from him, giving my white and pink socks a careless glance. I’d jumped from home, and the thought of changing out of my pajamas hadn’t even crossed my mind. He gave me an intrigued look before smiling.

“You’re bored, aren’t you?” his knowing and light-hearted tone made me scowl.

“No, I just need a break,” I huffed.

“Really, from all this wonderful magic you’re learning?” he leaned forward with a devilishly charming smile.

“Fine, I’m not getting the hang of it fast enough and I was worried my temper might light something on fire. Even though my dad gave me this to help,” I caved and raised my hand to show off my mother’s wedding ring.

“Patience was never your strong suit,” Alex chuckled.

“So what case are you working on?” I rounded back to my original question.

“The Johnston case. I just took it tonight, a vampire killed a girl after he was turned, his sire wasn’t there to help him control his feeding. The human police caught it before ours, so there’s a case against him now. They want him going away for murder. They still don’t understand the instinct ingrained in vampires. Especially a newly turned one. They have to feed, it’s like… well, imagine you were drowning, and you were struggling to get to the surface, your throat tightening and your body failing. You finally reach the surface and gasp for air, and you take in as much as you can. Blood is practically air for them when they’re first turned,” he sighed in frustration as he scowled at the paperwork.

“Sounds like a fun one,” I said as I bit my lip. These were more the style of cases he worked, anything where issues arose with supes. Sometimes it was between each other and had to be handled in a special supernatural court, or there were the cases with humans involved as well.

“Who turned you?” I suddenly asked. A question I’d never thought to ask before, or I’d just forgotten.

“That was a long time ago,” he sighed.

“Still, do you keep in contact?” I asked.

“Not really. He’s still in Australia,” Alex frowned as he thumbed through his paperwork. I couldn’t figure out if he was genuinely reading or just trying to avoid the question.

“Why’d he turn you? Seems most vampires have a reason.”

“I was dying, he chose to save me and in return I owed him my life,” Alex shrugged as if it was nothing.

“Wow, hold up, you have to tell me about this now,” I smirked as I leaned forward, eager to know this story about him.

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