Supernaturally by Kiersten White

Author:Kiersten White [White, Kiersten]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Publisher: ePub Bud (www.epubbud.com)
Published: 2011-07-24T16:00:00+00:00

Honestly a Liar

Raquel frowned at me over the top of her black coffee. “Just looking at your drink is giving me a cavity.”

“Good thing IPCA has excellent dental.” I smiled and used a candy cane to stir my double whipped cream hot chocolate. The coffee shop was small, with warm yellow walls and poofy chairs in dimly lit corners, the scattered patrons hunched over laptops typing out caffeine-fueled works of dubious genius. I had picked this place because they stocked Christmas flavors ridiculously early (in spite of the various spiders and bats hung in honor of Halloween), and because it was thirty minutes by bus outside my town, so there was little chance of running into someone I knew. I doubted any of my werewolf or vampire buddies would recognize Raquel, but I preferred to avoid finding out.

“This is nice.” She wiped at a spot on the table, again, and glared at a couple making out in the corner opposite us. At least she’d agreed to meet me here. Mostly because I’d flat-out refused to go back to the Center to debrief about the mission.

Well, to lie about nearly everything, if you want to be technical.

We’d already gone over my story about the trolls passing through. I resisted the urge to ask if the vampire had said anything about them. If he had and I was caught, I’d know. I hated keeping secrets from Raquel, but some things called for it. Jack had mentioned the near drowning, so I fed her some nonsense about how the fossegrim hadn’t killed me because a stray current separated us and let me get out of the water. No reason to give her more to worry about. The uber-vamp was information overload enough for one visit.

I shivered at the memory of his grip on my wrist and what I had wanted to do to him. “You’re not letting him out of Containment, right?”

“Of course not. He’s far too unstable for even the most basic assignment. But you were right not to tell anyone else why he’s so strong. It’s a disturbing development. I’ve never come across a vampire who targeted paranormals, and the fact that it helps him overcome natural vampire weaknesses—well, it’s best kept strictly under wraps.” She heaved a things are never simple, are they? sigh.

“Good. Guy’s a psychopath, even by vampire standards. And that’s saying something.” I leaned back, trying to find a position that didn’t hurt my bruised tailbone. I’d have to figure out how to hide it from Lend when he came tonight.

No. No more hiding.

“Hey, what about the elementals? Do you think maybe the vampire—” I felt slightly ill, worrying about a repeat of Viv’s spree. I didn’t think I could handle more paranormal deaths that I had to figure out.

Raquel shook her head. “No, I don’t think it’s related. There haven’t been any deaths or bodies. Nearly every elemental we’ve identified and have contact with has disappeared, but elementals are unusual—you understand. We’ve only been keeping track of them for a couple of decades now, so for all we know, this is common behavior.

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