The Redeeming by Jennifer Ashley

Author:Jennifer Ashley [Ashley, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-9898677-9-5
Publisher: JA / AG Publishing

McKay had taken Samantha off the investigation of the matriarch’s murder but hadn’t banned her from looking into the destruction of Merrick’s club, Nadia’s abduction, or the threatening letters. Samantha spread the files over her desk late that afternoon and went through it again a piece at a time, adding what she’d learned from her visit to No More Nightmares.

She wished she could have found a suspiciously cut-up newspaper and a bottle of glue on Melanie’s desk, but there hadn’t been anything in the innocuous office to justify Samantha asking for a search warrant. Ms. Townsend’s preoccupation with methods of killing demons and her assistant’s fanatic protection of her weren’t criminal, per se. Samantha had to be content with putting a watch on the office and trying to track down Ms. Townsend.

She also wanted to interview Merrick again, to find out how someone had gotten a firebomb into Merrick’s club without him knowing it. Logan had sniffed around the morning after the club burned down and discovered a little pile of crystals, wire, and small, fine bones. A forensics department witch had identified the pieces as accoutrements for a spell that could remotely trigger a fire. Samantha also wanted to talk again to the Djowlan demon who’d attacked the matriarch’s house, and Kemmerer, who’d sold Nadia to her captors. All these threads had to go somewhere.

Plus it kept her from thinking about Tain. Trust me, he’d said.

Did that mean he’d come back with the culprit in tow and give him to Samantha along with all the evidence she needed? Or was he up to something Immortal she really didn’t want to know about?

Samantha’s harried thoughts were interrupted by her cell phone. Her hopes leapt—Tain—then plummeted when she saw the call was from Septimus’s vampire club.

“Yes?” she said.

“Don’t sound so happy to hear from me,” the vampire’s dark voice rolled from the other end. “I need to talk to you.”

“I’m listening.”

“Not on a phone half the world can tap. Can you meet me? At my club would be best.”

“Your club full of demon-hating vampires? I don’t think so. How about the Malibu house?”

“I want to talk to you, not Hunter and his charming wife. How about a restaurant later tonight? I’ll set it up—I know a good place.”

“No vampires,” Samantha warned.

“No vamps. Just humans catering to an exclusive clientele. You’ll like it.”

“Can you give me a hint what this is about?”

“It concerns a mutual friend, and that’s all I will say on a phone. I’ll send the limo to pick you up at ten.”

“No, I’ll drive myself.”

Septimus sighed. “I’d rather you let me make sure you get there without problems. I’ll send the limo. Kelly will be there, if it makes you feel better.”

“A date with a famous actress and a vamp boss? How can it get better than this?”

“Your sarcasm stuns me. Be ready at ten.” Septimus clicked off without saying good-bye.

Samantha returned to her files, uneasy. A vampire had secrets about Tain he didn’t want to tell her over

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