The Vampires Kiss by Raven Hart

Author:Raven Hart
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780345498564
Published: 2012-11-04T04:00:00+00:00

“What languages are they in?” I asked.

“Aramaic, Greek, ancient Celtic tongues, all types of languages. It will take some time to have it all translated. Particularly since we have to parse it out in so many lots.”

“What do you mean?” Will asked.

“If we have to employ human interpreters, we cannot give too much material to any one—”

“To make sure no human is able to learn too much about us, ” I finished for her. “You seem to have this well thought out. I applaud you.”

“Thank you, but most of the credit for caring for the material should go to Alger. He had his vampires through the years make duplicates of all the material as a backup in case it was torched or stolen by our enemies. When we found the stone tablets and the other really ancient stuff after Alger died, there was a notation that the material had already been copied. Alger even made rubbings of the stone tablets. He was taking the copies to you when he was murdered aboard the Alabaster. It was to be a surprise. He knew your love of ancient artifacts. He hadn ’t even taken the time to have any of it translated before he left. He thought you could help him with that.”

I leaned forward in my chair. “No such papers were found on the Alabaster with Alger’s remains. Reedrek said he’d stowed away on the Alabaster to murder Alger out of spite and stop my smuggling operation, but it may have been more than that.

Perhaps Reedrek knew that Alger had important information about the Council that he didn’t want to come to light.”

“I expect what’s left of those copies is at the bottom of the Atlantic by now,” Olivia said.

“Why have you only now told me this?” I demanded.

“There was no time. You sent me back here to organize the Bonaventures so soon after you put Reedrek away, and then you assigned me to brief and dispatch spies to search out Hugo’s vampires and determine if Diana was alive.”

“Which you lied to me about,” I said.

“Out of necessity,” Olivia replied impatiently. “And then there was this crisis with Renee. You have so much on your mind, so much to deal with, I only wanted to wait until we had something of substance to share with you.”

Olivia’s gaze searched mine for something akin to the excitement she was feeling. “William, forgive me, but I thought you’d be more…enthusiastic about this discovery.”

How could I tell her that I was beyond caring about vampire history and politics? She no doubt still expected me to transport her little coven to Savannah as soon as I got Renee back. I no longer gave a damn about her and her merry band of blood drinkers. I cared only about saving Renee. I barely cared about Will. I still needed Olivia’s help, however, and this new revelation might mean she could provide even more aid than I’d dared to hope.

“I assure you, I don’t lack enthusiasm. I’m just going through all the possibilities in my mind, ” I said.

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