Hell on Heels by John G. Hartness
Author:John G. Hartness
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: John G. Hartness
Published: 2017-11-06T00:00:00+00:00
Chapter 11
âGo ahead, Agent Harper,â Van Helsing said. âTell me your name again.â The Colt didnât waver, not even a little. Pretty impressive for a slight woman who had been getting the shit beat out of her by vampires less than two minutes before.
I sighed and took the gun from her. It was a lot harder than it should have been because sheâs really strong and fast. For a human. But since Iâm not exactly human, it still wasnât that hard. I ejected the magazine, cleared the chamber, and handed it back to her.
âPoint that thing at me again and Iâll slap the taste out of your mouth,â I said. âI usually donât hit women, but youâre better armed and a better fighter than most men, so Iâll make an exception if I have to.â I took a deep breath. âMy name is Quincy Holmwood Harker. Yes, I am that Quincy, born from that Jonathan Harker and Mina Murray. I am the apparently immortal or at least stupidly long-lived son of two parents that Dracula fed on, shared blood with, but didnât turn. That does something to your DNA, weâre not exactly sure what.â
âHow old are you?â she asked.
âAbout a hundred-twenty,â I said. âAnd yes, I knew your great-grandfather. He was very nice to me when I was a little boy. He let me pull on his beard and gave me sweets when my parents werenât looking. Visiting with him was one of the bright spots of my childhood.â
âWhat kind of monster are you?â she asked. At least she put the gun away.
âI donât think I am a monster,â I said. âIâm not a vampire, a were of any flavor, or a demon. I guess you could call me a wizard if you felt the need, but I guess Iâd prefer the term magic-user.â
âYou lied to me,â she said, and the betrayal in her eyes hurt more than the bruises Gus had left.
I tried to weasel out of it, but I knew it was useless. âTechnically, I didnât lie to you. My ID badge was misprinted, and I just didnât correct you.â
âYouâre an asshole,â she hissed.
âNo arguments there,â Flynn chimed in.
âNot helping,â I said.
âNot trying to,â Flynn said, and I could feel her grin through our mental connection. Having a hitchhiker in your head pretty much always sucks, but it sucks worse when the hitchhiker is an insufferable smartass.
âYouâre a monster,â Van Helsing growled, and I could feel the situation slipping away from me.
âIâm not a monster, Iâm a guy. Weâre all assholes, and we all lie, but that doesnât mean you have to do something stupid.â I held out my hands, palms out, trying to calm her down. I had my usual level of success in calming down angry women, which is to say none.
âYou lied to me to keep me from know what you were, and now I find out that not only are you part vampire, but the bloodsucker that my great-grandfather thought heâd killed all those
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