Kiss of the Vampire by Cynthia Garner

Author:Cynthia Garner [Garner, Cynthia]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
Published: 2012-02-01T05:00:00+00:00

Tobias stayed in his car and watched Nix drive away from the council building. He’d been instructed to wait until she left and though it didn’t sit well with him, orders were orders. He got out of the Jag and walked into the main chamber.

Deoul sat behind the table looking over some paperwork, but Caladh and Braithwaite stood at the far end of the table.

“Tobias!” Caladh walked over and clasped his hands. “Terrible business this is. Another murder.”

“Caladh, there are protocols,” Deoul called out.

“Protocols-shmotocols.” The selkie heaved a sigh and motioned Tobias forward. “No one but you wants our liaisons to do all that bowing and scraping, Deoul.” To Tobias he whispered, “I suppose to keep the old elf happy you should go through the motions. We wouldn’t want to make his foul mood any worse than it already is.” He winked and walked around the table to take his seat.

“Oh, forget it.” Deoul looked at Caladh and then Braithwaite, who quickly hid his grin behind his hand. Deoul put his gaze back on Tobias. “What’s your report?”

“This latest crime scene was pure carnage.” Tobias clasped his hands behind his back. “The victim was ripped into pieces. There was just enough of him left to let us know he was a vampire.”

“No ID on the body?” Braithwaite asked.

Tobias shook his head. “The killers have escalated their violence with each kill. But I don’t know if that’s why this third victim was savaged or if they wanted to obscure his identity.”

Braithwaite glanced at the other two members and then leaned forward, resting his elbows on the shiny surface of the mahogany table. “What’s your opinion at this point about the suspects? Are they human or pret?”

“With this latest victim I’m positive the killers aren’t human. There would have been evidence at the scene if the suspects are human.” Remembering the scene, he tightened his lips. “A vampire would have gotten a few strikes in, at the very least. There would have been human blood spilled there, and there wasn’t. In my expert opinion, prets are behind these deaths.”

Deoul nodded. “That’s the conclusion we had come to as well. With that said, there’s no reason for us to have a human liaison involved, is there?”

“You want to remove Nix from the case?” Tobias rocked forward and let his hands drop to his sides.

“Do you believe she can still provide value to the investigation?” Caladh asked. His tone suggested he would be amenable to the idea.

“Yes, I do.” As much as Tobias thought his being around Nix wasn’t good for her, he still had a job to do. She seemed to be better at keeping herself under control and he had to trust that she would tell him if she started having trouble.

“Well, then—” Caladh started, only to be interrupted by the vampire member of the Council of Three.

“What about the demon scent that’s been present at the sites?” Braithwaite asked.

Tobias hesitated. There was no way in hell Nix would have told them about that in her report.

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