Vampire Vigilante by Sparrow Beckett & Leia Shaw

Author:Sparrow Beckett & Leia Shaw
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: vampire, romance, vampire romance, werewolves, paranormal, paranormal romance, alpha hero
Publisher: Sparrow Beckett
Published: 2018-01-09T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Cristian regretted the Chinese food as his stomach churned. Almost three in the morning in Montana and the half-moon lit the open plain, reflecting off the nearby lake. Normally, he would have stopped to appreciate its beauty. But the odor of evil had turned it into an ugly night.

Natalia studied the body of a teenage girl several yards behind him. She couldn’t have been more than fifteen years old. A mere child. He looked up into the starry sky. After a strict upbringing in Orthodox Christianity, he finally begged the question, was there a God?

“La tot ceea ce există este un scop,” his mother used to say. “To everything there is a purpose.”

He turned toward the girl’s body, her hot pink shirt out of place in the dark wilderness. Maybe his faith was lacking, but he just couldn’t see a higher purpose in this.

They’d called the police, who would likely check her for sexual assault, something he was better off not knowing. The bloody mess the Slayer left behind was bad enough.

Natalia hadn’t made a sound since they’d found the girl. As soon as they’d crossed the Montana border the Slayer’s scent had hit them like a freight train. They’d sprinted through the trees, running for a full two miles as the scent grew stronger. Natalia had pushed past him, hunger for the Slayer’s blood driving her. But it wasn’t the Slayer they found. Only his latest victim. And if that wasn’t disturbing enough, a strip of Natalia’s shirt had been tied around the girl’s wrist.

The Slayer was taunting them. Anger mixed with grief and he swallowed back a howl.

He walked to Natalia’s side and forced himself to look at the young body. “Sufletul la vânt, deşi inimile mii plânge. Pace tine, se va găsi, în braţele tatălui tău milostiv.”

He made a cross motion with his hand as he whispered the prayer. He caught Natalia’s curious gaze and interpreted. “Soul to the wind though our hearts weep. Peace thee shall find in the arms of thy merciful father.”

He studied her reaction. She nodded but her eyes were distant. Cold. Worry for her filled his heart, already aching with the girl’s needless death. He placed a hand on Natalia’s shoulder.

She shrugged it off. “Police will be here soon. We better go.”

Her gruff response didn’t fool him. Natalia was as affected as he was. She just had more practice at hiding it. He gave her space as they trudged back to where they’d left the jeep. They drove in silence, continuing their journey north. Cristian made the decision to stop in a larger town and pay the extra rate for a nice hotel room. A hot shower and down comforter sounded perfect. They needed comfort. They needed to believe in goodness again.

“I’m going to take a shower,” Natalia said when they’d entered their room for the day. She brushed by him and shut the bathroom door.

His skin crawled and he had the same urge to wash the feeling of disgust away. The sight of the gruesome crime ate at his mind like a disease.

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