Midnight Labyrinth by Elizabeth Hunter

Author:Elizabeth Hunter [Hunter, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781941674154
Publisher: Elizabeth Hunter
Published: 2017-11-06T18:30:00+00:00

“What are you thinking?” Ben asked.

Tenzin leaned her elbows on the counter, staring into the distance while she sipped on the chocolate milk shake she’d demanded Ben fetch her from the Shake Shack in Madison Square Park. He’d barely managed to catch them before they closed.

This was not an unusual occurrence. Tenzin loved chocolate milk shakes.

“We need to bring Gavin in,” Tenzin said. “All the way.”

“But we have you.”

“But we don’t need me,” Tenzin said. “If I disappear during the party, they will assume I’m stealing something. If Gavin is showering attention on Chloe and they disappear, no one will think twice. It’s Gavin. They’ll assume he absconded with Chloe to seduce her.”

Ben did not like that idea. At all. “You want Gavin and Chloe to search the house?”

“They’re the least likely to be missed. The most likely to be excused for other mischief.”

“So you want to put Chloe at risk too.”

Tenzin looked at him. “Gavin won’t hurt her. He may have few scruples with human women, but he would never—”

“I’m talking about searching the house, Tenzin.” He didn’t even want to think about Gavin and Chloe flirting the whole night. Gavin wouldn’t leave it at flirting. Ben knew that. Which meant…

“We’ll go in after,” he said. “You and me. We’ll find access to the house another way. Another night.”

Tenzin frowned. “That’s ridiculous. Security will be most compromised the night of the gala.”

“Are you sure? They’ll have hired more security, Tenzin. They’ll be on alert. They’ll be—”

“Compromised.” Tenzin was firm. “There’s no way to completely secure a building when you willingly allow guests in. This is why I encourage your uncle to never, ever entertain. Their security will be spread thin, even with increased numbers. On the off chance Gavin and Chloe are noticed, they’ll be able to excuse their behavior without giving the rest of us away. Ben, be reasonable.”

There was nothing reasonable about how much he wanted to shield Chloe from danger. And Gavin. But he knew Tenzin was right.

“I’ll talk to him. He already knows most of it. Just not the details.”

Tenzin slurped her milk shake. “Historic New York.”

“Have to be immortals.”

“But what kind are they?” she asked. “What is their game? They’ve been sponsoring events and funding artists for decades according to your research. Is it all a front for moving stolen art?”

“It might be. Or they might have been fooled into thinking that the Labyrinth Trilogy was legitimately acquired. We have no way of knowing, but you and I both know that most vampires don’t ask too many questions when they come across pretty things.”

“True.” Tenzin finished her shake and threw the cup in the garbage. “I still don’t understand why they’re hiding Midnight Labyrinth though.”

“What?”

“They have the other two on display,” she said. “Why not the full set? And why display them at all? Who displays stolen art?”

Ben said, “The other two paintings were given to friends of Emil Samson. It’s possible they were both legally bought.”

Tenzin nodded. “They may be trying to cover their tracks and mock up some reasonable provenance before they display the full set.

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