Third of the Winterset Coven by T. S. Joyce

Author:T. S. Joyce [Joyce, T. S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Wicked Willow Press
Published: 2020-10-21T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

“Where the fuck is he?” Evan snarled. He raked his long claws down the middle of the old workbench in the abandoned barn and splintered it in two. Gripping one of the halves, he jerked it from the wall and chucked it against one of the support beams holding up the rickety outbuilding.

Aric and Garret didn’t even react to the crash. They were used to his growing rage now.

Garret leaned over the railing of the loft above them. “It’s been two weeks, Evan. We’ve searched everywhere. Every building, every hole, every shadow. He’s not here. I think the vamp has moved on.”

“Or he’s waiting for us to stop looking. The second we stop looking for him and let our guard down, he’ll…”

“Say it,” Aric murmured, his eyes dark and exhausted.

Blood trickled from his palm where he’d clenched his fists so hard his claws had dug into his skin. “I can’t. Can’t say it anymore.”

A sigh exploded from Aric’s lungs, and he sat on a musty bale of hay, rested his elbows on his knees, and clasped his hands. The dark-haired king looked up at Evan. “I’m calling off the search.”

“What? Why?”

“Because Garret’s right. We’ve looked everywhere, and there’s no trace of him anywhere. He disappeared the night he failed to kill Nicole. He’s not hunting her.”

“You know as well as I do that’s not how vampires work. Especially not killers. He won’t leave her as the one who got away.”

“You’re obsessing about this—”

“I’m not.”

“You are!” Aric’s voice cracked with power. “I get it, man. If I thought Sadey was in danger, I would bring hell to earth to protect her. But there’s no threat to Nicole anymore. The killings stopped, and no one has reported feeding him. He’s not in the area anymore.”

“Dawn and I are trying for a baby,” Garret said suddenly.

Evan jerked his attention to the tattooed behemoth above. His anger faded like fog. “Why would she want to have a baby with you?” Evan joked. “You’ll taint the genetic line. She’s smarter than you, and prettier.”

“Shut up, man,” Garret said through a grin. “Look, she wants a baby.” He leaned his elbows on the creaking railing. “I want one, too. A little girl maybe that looks like her.”

“I thought you two wanted a potbellied pig,” Aric said.

“Well, we thought about it, but she wants one to relieve her mothering instincts. And I love her. I think about her looking down at our baby, and it warms my cold, dead heart. That has to mean something, right? I don’t really want her to stifle her instincts. I want her to have everything she wants in life.”

“I shifter vamp monster baby. This is going to be interesting.” Evan sighed and rested his back against the wall. “Congrats. You’re going to be good at this.”

The smile fell from Garret’s lips, and he shook his head. “Forget it, man.”

“No, I was serious,” Evan called up to him. “I always thought you’d be good at fatherhood. I know you and Torunn were trying for a baby before you were Turned.

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