On Wicked Ground (Solsti Prophecy Book 4) by Kay Sharon

Author:Kay, Sharon [Kay, Sharon]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Sharon Kay
Published: 2015-01-13T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

THE NEXT MORNING ALINA AND Caine followed her sisters, their mates, and several inner-circle Watchers into a huge conference room. The walls were rough stone ranging in shades of rust to deep tan. Fire bulbs lined the edges near the ceiling, which was also hewn from jagged stone. An enormous wooden table sat in the center of the room, and this is where Alina and the others took their seats. Sebastian sat on her left, while Caine sat on her right. Ashina and Raniero also joined the group.

Arawn paced at the head of the table, ignoring a heavily carved chair that looked like it could only belong to him. He watched everyone file in, his expression unreadable. If Alina had to guess, she’d say he was angry—but then he always looked angry. Since she’d been here, she hadn’t seen him crack a smile.

His dark countenance dropped to her, then moved around the group. “We have all four Solsti together in one room. About damn time.”

Nicole, seated across from Alina, scowled and opened her mouth, looking more than ready to fling a comeback, but Gunnar squeezed her fingers in his. She frowned and let out a tiny sigh, but kept quiet.

“Here are the facts. You four are needed to defeat something worse than what we’ve seen in centuries.” Arawn shoved a hand through his dark shoulder length hair. “The other night, the owner of the Halice inn that you two stayed in,” he gestured to Alina and Sebastian, “was found dead. The scent of vampire and Serus demon was on him, yet those species weren’t listed among the inn’s guests.

“Two nights ago, our Chicago location was targeted by Deserati demons who were cloaking themselves. Thanks to the Hunter and the Solsti Nicole, their plan didn’t work out. Mathias and Brenin tracked them. Found them not far from the house, but unwilling to give up any useful information despite the Hunter’s gift of persuasion.” Arawn paced the front of the room. “So they were eliminated.

“In the last several months, there have been kidnappings all over the realm. Earth’s water supply was nearly tainted with a biological contaminant. And that contaminant comes from the extract of the black lily of Evena, which is supposed to be extinct.

“The Solsti Brooke killed one of the lead kidnappers. And the Solsti Virginia killed that crazy fuckwad Deserati working in the water treatment plants.”

Virginia? Alina’s eyes shot to Gin, who intensely disliked her full name. But if she objected to Arawn’s use of it, she kept it to herself.

“We believe the lily extract is being used in conjunction with the kidnappings. We know the demon that Brooke killed was working for a female, and so was the demon Virginia killed. And that sad piece of shit,” Arawn looked at Gin. “Gave up a name before he died. Elegia. Our intel indicates she’s a vampire.”

Beside her, Sebastian gave a sharp intake of breath. Alina turned to him. His face had gone pale, his eyes were wide. Alina reached for his hand.

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