House Of Bones (Cast In Shadow Book 1) by A J Brahms

Author:A J Brahms [Brahms, A J]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Caldwell Press
Published: 2017-01-23T16:00:00+00:00

Ten

Aberdeen had also found a lot of good information on Cimitir Hall. Built in 1920, it was originally the house of Markenon Durby, a human with a penchant for government activity. He liked being in the middle of it, without actually serving office. And he had a lot of money, enough he could use to wield things to his way if he so wanted it. He could have anything he wanted. So he built a castle in the center of town and originally named it L'Acre de Dieu, which translated into God's Acre.

But what he wanted was a local senator's wife. She was young and fresh from New York, a Yankee in a town where Yankees were often not welcome. But society had welcomed her and embraced her, and Durby wanted her. The only thing known at that time was that Durby made advances, and her husband took offense. They had a duel and her husband was killed.

Because there was money involved, Durby was never prosecuted and the woman disappeared. A decade later, on the eve of Durby's first wedding, he mysteriously went missing. Right out of his house, and not long after that, a fellow by the name of E. S. Talmadge bought the house and moved his family in. Not another word from Durby. The Talmadges have owned the property ever since, officially renaming it Cimitir Hall. Developers have offered quite a bit of money for it, because of its prime real estate, but the Talmadges swore to never sell and have kept the property up ever since, generation after generation.

Aberdeen regaled me with this information as I drove to the Hall itself. I'd been able to make arrangements to meet with Jedediah Talmadge, supposedly alone, but I wanted someone like Aberdeen…perched and ready.

Just in case. I was still a Ghoul, and there were more Night Walkers that viewed me as property than not.

"You think any of that ties in with what I'm looking into?"

Aberdeen shook his head as I parked the car in the spooky parking lot under the bridge. "Not at all. But I wouldn't be surprised if Mr. Talmadge knew what became of Markenon Durby."

"Indeed," I said as I grabbed my bag, still carrying Carson's things because I hadn't had a chance to go through them. I was pretty sure using a camera wasn't going to happen, but they were like my security blanket these days.

It was close to three in the morning, and the southern night was cold. Aberdeen ducked around the back, and within minutes I saw him perched atop the building, looking inconspicuously conspicuous. Winds blew more leaves over the Hall's front yard as I climbed the steps. The door opened and one of the sidekicks I'd met the night before stood in my way. He didn't say anything, but he also didn't move.

Aubrey wasn't dressed in the club leather he'd been in the other night. His hair was short, and he wore casual clothing, a shirt and slacks with a suit jacket.

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