The Hunters 06 - Rafe and Sheila by Shiloh Walker

Author:Shiloh Walker [Walker, Shiloh]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2005-05-29T04:00:00+00:00

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Robbie held the connection as Rafe spoke with Lori. The big witch with the slow, quiet voice and childlike ways had surprised him once more. As he had paced across the room, he had muttered, “Damn it, wish I could get in touch with Lori.”

Telephones didn’t always work very well for the witch. That normally wasn’t an issue—for her. But when somebody who wasn’t a witch needed to talk with her, it sucked.

Robbie had just smiled that slow vacant smile as he had reached out and touched his fingers to the silvery surface of the platter on the table before him. When he had pushed it toward Rafe, the surface had gleamed with a silvery light.

So now Rafe spoke with Lori, watching as the slim redhead stood there brooding, her mouth pursed, brows low over her pretty eyes. “They told you his name was Pierre?” Lori asked.

“For the second time, kitten,” he said patiently. “Yes. They called him Pierre.”

She scowled and shoved a hand through her hair, her fingers tangling in the red-gold curls. “There was a vampire who was in Louisiana. He was the one who bit Leandra. But he was more than a vampire. He was a witch.”

“I heard about the vampire who changed Leandra,” Rafe said quietly, lifting his brows. “But witch and vampire—that’s not possible. The two powers don’t combine. It’s like when a witch and a shifter have a child. The powers cancel each other out.”

“Did you forget about Leandra?” Sheila asked quietly from behind. “She is both vampire and witch—remember? And Benjamin Cross is both, shifter and witch.”

Even as she mentioned them, Rafe thought of them. Leandra, Cross—both of them were the good guys. But what if one of their kind ended up on the wrong side…

“Can he be killed?”

Rafe slid Sheila a glance as she stepped to his side, staring into the surface as she met Lori’s eyes. “Hey, Sheila,” Lori said, her lips quirking in a slight smile. “I see the brooder found you.”

“Yeah, girl, he found me,” Sheila murmured, and Rafe felt her fingers entwine with his. “About Pierre, can he be killed?”

Lori laughed. “There is no creature, mortal or otherwise, on this earth that can’t be killed. No matter what all the shows on TV tell you. There is no evil that can’t be killed. Just like there’s no warrior on our side who is infallible. Even Malachi can be killed. He’s just a little harder to catch.” One lid dropped in a quick wink and she added, “Thank God.”

Rafe had to echo that sentiment, even as he wished that Lori wasn’t feeling so talkative. “So he can be killed?”

Lori grinned. “Of course he can. Sunlight probably won’t do it—I suspect he’s old. So unless you can hold him down for several hours until the sun cooks him well-done, it won’t do you any good to try that route. But beheading will do it, I imagine. Taking his heart. A stake would do it, but you have to remember, the older a vampire, the denser their bones become.

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