Gypsy Truths (All The Pretty Monsters Book 6) by Kristy Cunning

Author:Kristy Cunning [Cunning, Kristy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-08-30T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 33

EMIT

“Idun striking at Vance first makes more sense than her getting this riled over Arion’s inevitable proposal. The vampire is lost to her and by she now, she knows it. It’s hard to believe such a thing at first, but now that I’ve seen him with Violet, I agree his unquestionable loyalty is only to her,” Talbot prattles on, his voice ringing right in my ear over the sound of the heavily whirling blades.

“I only brought you because you can fly a helicopter. I don’t trust you, and I certainly don’t like how much you seem to know about all of us,” I state into the headset.

“Shera knows more about the four of you than I do,” he’s quick to say. “I don’t see your suspicion hefting onto her. I’ve been an underappreciated, yet extremely diligent rogue beta, who has certainly helped my people and paid my dues. Of course I know all about the four of you.”

“Why don’t you seem to forget Damien?” I finally ask, unable to help myself, as I cut my gaze toward him.

“I’ve developed a process of remembering him. However, there was a time I forgot Damien Morpheous even existed. I decided that was a bad survival instinct, considering the obvious.”

He’s too forthcoming with a rehearsed and perfect answer always at the ready, yet wonders why we all find him increasingly suspicious.

“Any other questions, Mr. Morrigan?” he asks with too much smugness. “Because I have a few. Such as, how does Violet’s ghost stalk Van Helsing, when no trained professional was able to do so. A ghost can’t even step foot on the dragon’s cemetery.”

“You know about the dragon?” I ask, suspicion mounting as I study him.

“Of course I do. I make it a point to know important things. I’ve lived a long time and had a lot of questions I couldn’t ask an alpha. The dragon is an irrelevant point, aside from the fact its grounds repel ghosts. A natural phenomenon such as that always rejects the dead.”

“Gypsies didn’t reject the dead, and our magic was indeed a natural phenomenon,” I argue.

“Look at where that got you,” he’s quick to retort.

“You’re rather mouthy for a beta. Regardless, the point remains the same,” I remind him.

He’s brazen for a beta. Shera’s been one of the most brazen betas among them all, in regards to casual confidence in our presence. Talbot’s got her beat by a landslide.

“A dragon isn’t a human. It rejected the dead because instinct told it to. As a man who is also part animal, surely you can understand that logic.”

He’s as fucking condescending as Vance. That quickly fills in some blanks for me.

“Damien already hates you and is only allowing you to beta for him because Violet wants it. Using Violet to help you climb the rungs on the high ladder to have a voice among us will only end your very long legacy, incubus,” I caution him.

“I deduced as much,” he says with a shrug. “I still have valid insight you lack, because I’ve been on the grind for the last one thousand years.

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