Rising Dawn by Christine Pope

Author:Christine Pope
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dark Valentine Press

The next day was a quiet one. I thought about going to shop for a dress for my birthday dinner, but realized the black cocktail dress Vanessa had given me to wear at her fashion show’s reception was nicer than probably anything else I could find locally. And I still had some Dermablend to cover up the scars on my leg, so the short skirt shouldn’t present a problem. Some part of me hated the idea of wearing the dress, just because I’d forever associate it with my sister’s death, but I told myself to be practical. The dress fit me like a glove, a quality I hoped I could use to my advantage.

Anything to keep Lucius distracted.

I didn’t hear from Shelby Gutierrez at the lab, but then, I really hadn’t expected to. As impatient as Lucius might be, that sort of research wasn’t the sort of thing where you could expect to see significant findings within the space of a day, or a week. Probably not even a month, although I hoped they would be able to come up with something to help Addison. No matter what a mess the rest of the situation was, she didn’t deserve the cards the universe had dealt her. We needed to find her a cure.

And I’d already contacted Felix the night before, just as soon as I got home. Or rather, I went to Google Maps and zeroed in on Humboldt, and within the minute a message box popped up on my screen. I let him know that we were a go for Thursday night, and to plan accordingly. The only thing I didn’t know for sure was the time of our reservations, but I figured eight o’clock should be safe. Besides, Felix assured me that they would be surveilling Lucius’ mansion and wouldn’t do anything until they saw him drive away, so that particular detail should be handled.

The hardest part was going to the mansion that Wednesday evening and pretending everything was fine, was normal, that I wasn’t praying with every ounce of my being that my birthday dinner with Lucius the following night would be the last I’d ever have to share with the vampire. If he noticed anything off, he didn’t give any sign of it. He didn’t even look all that disappointed when I told him I hadn’t heard anything from the lab. He only shrugged and said he would have been shocked to learn that they’d discovered anything so early on. Well, Lucius was used to playing the long game. Inwardly, he might be experiencing some impatience, but he knew how these things worked.

Problem was, my niece Addison didn’t have the time to play a long game.

I didn’t betray anything of my worry, however. Since the day had been unseasonably warm for early March, Lucius and I walked in the gardens after dinner, and spoke of what we would be able to do once a serum had been developed for him. He wanted to take me to Italy, to Greece.

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