Vicious Circle by Linda Robertson

Author:Linda Robertson [Robertson, Linda]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781439154281
Amazon: 1439154287
Publisher: Bill
Published: 0101-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

From the box, Nana pulled a wooden stake caked with dried mud.

Goliath hissed—not the kind of theatrical vampire hiss that Hollywood directors make actors embarrass themselves with. This was a hiss that took ten full seconds to build and occur. It started deep in his gullet and rose with such force that Goliath’s entire body shook in a growing convulsive wave. His mouth barely opened, but the sound was hellish: fear and loathing and vengeance with a voice.

After that, he fled in an otherworldly blur.

“What the hell is that thing?” I asked, pointing at the stake.

“This is the product of a spell from the Codex. Come back to the kitchen.”

“Excuse me,” Dr. Lincoln said to Johnny. “Would you, uh…” he stammered, and finally said, “Is he gone for good?”

“Probably for tonight, anyway. Why?” Johnny asked.

“Oh,” I said, getting it. “He needs his stuff to fix up a bag for Theo.”

“A bag of what?”

“To help her body have enough energy to change.”

He clasped the doctor’s shoulder. “I’ll fetch it. A real doctor bag, right?”

“Yeah.” He squinted apologetically. “But I didn’t mean you should fetch, I mean, you’re…and that would be…you know.”

“Red, straighten him out, would you?” Johnny went outside.

Nana headed through the dining room.

“C’mon.” I motioned to the doctor. “You’re a brain with the medical stuff, but you don’t talk with people very well.”

He shrugged and followed. “With owners of patients it’s almost like a script repeating over and over. When it’s not a script…you know. More so with him; he’s so…intimidating.”

“Johnny? I know. I used to think so too.” The words came out and made me realize that I truly felt as if I was over that personal hurdle. Then I thought of something and stopped. “He recommended you because you treat wæres. I thought you two knew each other well.”

“Not ‘well.’ I treated him once, a long time ago. He made it hard to refuse him.”

I studied the doc. “I think that’s a story I’m going to want to hear someday. For now, you helped Theo and you came by at—what? — four in the morning. Nobody here is going to hurt you or intentionally let you get hurt.”

“That’s reassuring.”

It didn’t sound sarcastic, so I led him on to the kitchen, saying, “We had a break-in, doc. We’ve tied the culprit up, so don’t be too alarmed. We’re handling it.” Beverley sat beside Nana at the table, with her head on her arms. She yawned. I wondered how she knew Goliath. There was so much going on, though, and I had to focus on the enemies right now.

Nana had the book open before her and a page of very modern notebook paper in her hand. “Vivian modified a spell of protection for the human servant of a vampire, transforming it from increasing the vampire’s protection into binding the vampire’s own power to use against him,” she said.

Johnny entered with the black leather bag. Dr. Lincoln immediately took it to the counter behind me and rummaged through it. “I need one of the cans of protein supplement I gave you to use in the feeding tube,” he said.

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