The Unmasking by David Burkhead

Author:David Burkhead [Burkhead, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-11-02T00:00:00+00:00

I followed Ware to a garage downtown. I parked the rental there, then joined Ware in his car.

"I need to tell you," I said once Ware had pulled into traffic. "The other vampire I encountered was dressed as a park ranger."

"The vampire was a park ranger?"

"Dressed as one," I said. "Fresh blood on the shirt. I think they killed the poor bastard and dressed in his uniform, thinking I'd hesitate a moment and give them a chance to take me down."

Ware looked at me sideways. "But you didn't hesitate at all, did you?"

I shrugged. "Not only did I feel that a vampire was about but he was walking in a pitch-black forest without a light, sure-footed as you please. I knew what I faced. And people who hesitate when facing vampires don't get second chances."

"All right," Ware said. "I can see that. So, what do we do now?"

"The attack at the university?"

Ware shook his head. "Crime Scene is still processing it. I'll get a report once they're done and once the coroner..." He seemed to collapse into himself. "Lordy. Twenty-three kids, butchered like that."

I grimaced. The vampires were pushing, and pushing hard. I still did not know what their game was, what they hoped to accomplish other than sheer terror. And if that was their goal, why here? Why now? For centuries they'd been content to hunt in the shadows. Why change that?

I understood Ware's rage too. He cared, cared deeply about the people of this city. In another age he'd be a knight errant, riding out to slay monsters and defend the weak. Until now, all his monsters had been human ones.

"Nothing we can do for them now," I said softly. "Nothing but kill the bastards who did it and try to keep them from doing it again."

"We need to do a damn sight better than try." Ware's hands tightened on the wheel until his knuckles gleamed white.

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