Stalker of Shadows (SPECTR Series 3 Book 1) by Jordan L. Hawk

Author:Jordan L. Hawk [Hawk, Jordan L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-05-16T18:30:00+00:00

Eight

John sat near the front of the boat, peering out into the trackless bayou and wishing Gray and Caleb were there.

There were no hiking trails in the area where the attack had occurred, and no way to easily get in except by water. Fortunately, the owner of the marina himself volunteered to take them to the place where the attack had occurred. It meant they had a civilian to worry about, but neither of them knew the bayou well enough, even if they had been able to drive the boat.

“Strange none of the wildlife is out,” the captain remarked. “All kinds of things live here. Egrets, ducks, marsh rabbits, you name it. We ought to have seen something by now.”

“The rougarou might have scared them,” Vallot said.

“Does that mean it’s close?” John asked.

Vallot shrugged. “Maybe. But how close is close?”

Sekhmet in the Boat of Millions of Years, guide and defend them. In the silent expanse of the bayou, the rougarou could be anywhere.

If only Gray didn’t have to be kept secret.

John took a deep breath. No one else in SPECTR had the aid of a demon-sniffing force of nature. They solved their cases the old fashioned way, just as John had before Gray came along. Had he gotten soft, relying on Gray to do the heavy lifting?

Certainly he had over the last few months. And yes, at first John had no choice. He’d been healing from the savage bite wound in his calf inflicted by Drugoy, which meant he could hardly go chasing after NHEs as they made their way through the southeast.

When it came down to it, the fact he was Gray’s boyfriend was the only reason Kaniyar hadn’t booted him out of SPECTR for concealing what he knew about Yuri and Dru. He didn’t still have a badge because he was such a hotshot agent, but because he was one of the few mortals Gray would listen to. His title was less “special agent” and more “drakul wrangler.”

Which was a damn depressing thought.

The boat slowed. “This is about where it happened,” the captain said. “At least, so far as I could tell from what Jimmy said. He was pretty shook up, though.”

Dark water stretched around them, broken up on the left by what looked to be dry land. Or as dry as it got here, anyway.

Vallot pointed at the low tangle of trees. “Look.”

A scrap of blue cloth that might have been part of a shirt dangled from one limb.

“The rougarou must have taken Hatrel that way.” John turned back to the captain. “Can you steer us closer?”

Soon the boat bumped up against the thick grass sprouting from the ground. “Put on the waders,” the captain advised, nodding toward the boots he’d put in the boat before they left.

As they pulled on the waders, Vallot asked, “Will you be all right here?”

He picked up a shotgun from the floor at his feet and laid it over his lap. “If anything comes at me, it’s in for a surprise.”

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