Retribution (Book 3 of The Dominion Series) by Lund S. E

Author:Lund, S. E. [Lund, S. E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2012-12-09T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

"In every living thing there is a desire for love."

D. H. Lawrence

On Saturday, we have lunch and then Julien and I sit at the computer and read over the email Sheriff Conyers sent containing the results of the blood and tissue tests we’d asked for. Every one of our suspected cases reveals the telltale evidence of being a blood slave. There is enough other evidence to confirm that someone in Davis Cove is using Adepts as blood slaves. Of course, I think it's Soren.

"Soren said these murders were just housekeeping. My thought would be that he's weeding out the ones he thinks aren't loyal enough, or are tempted to join the Council."

Julien says nothing and I wonder if Soren's new compulsion overrides the last one. He totally ignores me.

"Did you hear me?" I say. "Soren said these murders are housekeeping."

He frowns at me. "Eve, I can't touch you. Stop."

Well, he's left them both in place. So I can't talk to him about Soren's guilt and I can't touch him.

He's trying to drive me crazy.

I think immediately about Dylan – he comes back each weekend. If he's an Adept working for Blackstone, he might be involved in some way. He wasn't at Soren's party but he was supposed to be in Cambridge at school on Thursday.

"Do you suppose Dylan's being prepared to be one of Soren's Adepts? Like I'm supposed to be? Or is he with Blackstone?"

Now, Julien looks up. "Soren's creating some kind of army of Adepts to take power once Blackstone strikes. Davis Cove may just be a retreat for him and his coven. A place to train Adepts while he waits for Blackstone to make their move. Or he located here because there's a Blackstone cell here and he wants to keep an eye on them. Dylan could be part of either."

So he can talk to me about Soren but not his guilt in the River Man case or this case. Did Soren or one of his servants kill them all? A sense of horror spreads through me at the thought Dylan is involved with either Blackstone or Soren. He's attractive, pleasant, and non-threatening – except for the last moment when we were dancing and I felt him reaching out to my mind.

Why hasn’t he challenged me if he knows who and what I am? It doesn't make sense to me. This makes me think he's with Blackstone, which makes him even more dangerous.

“Julien,” I say as we sit in silence, reading over the files. “All those first murders that were part of The River Man case – they were all like you, weren't they? Vampire warriors created by Blackstone? That's why they were beheaded. They were all vampires, not Adepts.”

He glances up from his file, his brow furrowed. “Yes.”

“Why didn’t Michel and Ed tell me that right away?"

He says nothing for a long moment as if deciding whether to tell the truth.

"Blackstone's killing off members of my unit. I don't know why. If we can track down the killer, we may find out why but it has to be linked to Dominion.

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