The Awakening by Banks L. A

Author:Banks, L. A. [Banks, L. A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Speculative Fiction, Fantasy, Women martial artists, Epic, Vampires, Fantasy fiction, Horror, Contemporary, Fiction - Fantasy, Fantasy - Dark, Action & Adventure, General, Richards; Danali (Fictitious character), Horror - General, Historical, Women in the performing arts, Horror fiction, Fiction, African American women, Fantasy - Contemporary, Richards; Damali (Fictitious character)
ISBN: 9780312987022
Publisher: Gollancz
Published: 2004-12-28T07:00:00+00:00

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him, wiped at his clothes, crossed himself, and called for backup. Time was of the essence. He stood outside Damali's compound on the dark side of the road and willed

the phone inside to ring. A male voice answered, and sounded weary.

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"It's Carlos. I need to speak to Damali."

In the background beyond the mute channel that had been engaged, he could hear mild pandemonium

break out as she came to the phone.

"Carlos, where are you?"

He looked down at his T-shirt and sealed the gunshot hole in it, and glanced at his hand, dissolving the

image of Nuit's ring. "Close by. Want to take you up on that invitation to come in. There's a lot going on,

and I have some info."

"We can come get you… uh…"

"Tell the team I am not being followed—but I do need you to kill the exterior lights for a minute so I can

come in."

She'd put her hand over the receiver, and then had hit the mute button again. An argument was

underway. He let out his breath hard. Time was ticking, and tonight would be the last night he could really

help her. He called her in his head. Get back on the phone .

"We don't turn off the lights," she said quietly.

His mind wrestled with the obstacle, trying to work around her team's resistance. "Tell them to lower

their guard—a knight of Templar visited me, and left the newspaper. I need to get info to the group for

tomorrow. He gave me some maps that I didn't understand." She paused, and then began a flurry of words back to her group. Good.

"Just ten minutes, then I'm out—I have other pressing business going on in the streets. Tell them, okay?"

Again, her hand covered the phone and he could hear her battle for him. She didn't even hit the mute this

time. Real good. The knight hadn't lied.

He closed his eyes, already invited, just blocked by the damned contraptions they had everywhere. He

was not going through the door double-lock process—he'd fry. He hoped that nobody would panic and

hit the hall sprinklers. This was bullshit. But on the other hand, he was glad she was so well fortified… it

just bothered him that, at the moment, he was on the other side of her world.

"Tell them," he added, slowly, "not to blast me when I come through the door. I've got maps that will

burn in the ultraviolet light, the knight said—now I don't know what the hell he was talking about, but—"

"Bring them in. We won't flash you."

He could hear the team murmur agreement, and he relaxed as the lights around the compound went out.

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