Relinquished Hood by Kendrai Meeks

Author:Kendrai Meeks [Meeks, Kendrai]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: urban fantasy, little red riding hood, werewolves, vampires, fairytale retellings, female heroines, fairytale remix
Publisher: Tulipe Noire Press
Published: 2017-10-09T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

Two packages of premium dumplings landed on the table with a thud. Tobias, canine deep in a bowl of discount curry, moved only his eyes and not his head to look up at me with his quizzical expression.

“I have the best news ever.”

Mid-suck on a mouthful of vindaloo, he gave no response.

“Come on, ask me,” I whined. “Or is courteous curiosity after someone comes in the door and throws down top grade pork dumplings not a thing the English do?”

He lowered the bowl. “We’re in the general nature of telling everyone too bubbly over their basket to sod off. But, if you Americans need that sort of thing...” He cleared his throat and held his hand aloft, taking on the form of an overly dramatic Shakespearean actor. “Verily, maiden, what delights thee so that thou wouldst return to our domicile bearing the pasta-pocketed pigs of orient east?”

I plopped down in the seat across from him. “My emotions are wasted on you.”

“Ah, something we can agree on. So, then?”

“Inga Rosenthorn called me into her office and threatened to fire me, but I blackmailed her into transferring my internship to Igor’s lab.”

The wolf’s face curdled. “Let me get this right. Your source of cosmic joy is that you made an enemy of Dracula’s daughter and because of that, will from now on be working under the vampire who admitted he was the reason slayers went extinct and was also part of a conspiracy that murdered my mate and held you in a secret dungeon for three days?”

I nodded. “Isn’t that awesome?”

Tobias let his fork clank against the bowl as he rose from the table. “I don’t know if it’s because you’re American, or because you’re a hood, but there’s something seriously wrong with what tickles your fancy.”

“Come on, Tobias. Don’t you see? This was the original plan. I work with Igor, while using the access to WWL’s files to see who Cynthia’s conspirators were and what they were up to.”

“Conspirators? That’s a great word. Perfect, in fact. Because think about what that means: there were other vampires working with Cynthia, and we don’t know who or why. In fact, it could have been WWL and Inga Rosenthorn for all you know.”

“If it is, I’ll be able to dig that out by accessing the research logs!” I said. “Igor says Cynthia wasn’t funded by WWL, but she was using his lab’s facilities. That information all backed up daily on WWL’s servers. If there’s anything I’m going to be able to find there, that’s how I’m going to get to it.”

Tobias shoved away from the table and crossed to the sink. “You mentioned blackmail as well. What information could you possibly have that Inga wouldn’t want to get out?”

The moment of truth never sets up an appointment to let you know when it’s coming. It just shows up at the door with a suitcase and a machete.

My voice grew tiny and my righteousness shriveled. “There’s a slayer living on the twenty-seventh floor.”

A werewolf’s sense of hearing outstripped Huey’s several times over.

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