Vincent by D. B. Reynolds

Author:D. B. Reynolds
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BelleBooks, Inc.
Published: 2015-08-03T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

“SO, JERRY,” VINCENT said as they drove away from the hotel, “what can you tell me about this Salvio Olivarez?”

“I think he was made vampire around the same time I was. He was a captain with the Mexican Federal Police before that.”

“What’s his so-called master’s name, do you know?”

“Domingo Poncio, but I don’t know if that’s his real name.”

“Probably not,” Vincent commented. “Those guys generally use street names. What does he do for the cartel?”

“He tortures people, and then kills them. For information mostly. Sometimes, he eliminates rivals, although not always. At least that’s what Salvio told me. But our conversations were short and rarely private. Usually only a few words exchanged when our masters were too busy with their own business to pay attention to us.”

“Does Poncio have an army? Guards of his own?” Lana asked.

“My impression was that he worked alone, except for Salvio, of course. Salvio is his favorite weapon.”

Vincent growled audibly.

“He must have security in place, though,” Lana said, glancing at Vincent. “I can’t believe we’ll find him sitting in his house all alone except for one vampire.”

“I agree,” Vincent said, just as his cell phone rang. Popping a Bluetooth receiver into his ear, he answered. “Yo, Michael.” He listened briefly, then said, “All right, we have a pickup to make first, but that should be finished by the time you get here. Call when you’re on the ground.” He listened some more, then nodded at whatever his lieutenant was saying. “See you soon.”

He disconnected and said, “Michael’s on his way with a couple of guys, but it doesn’t sound like we’re going to need him to deal with Poncio.”

“I still don’t think—” Lana objected.

“But . . .” Vincent continued, giving her a look that said he wasn’t finished. “We’ll scope out Poncio’s place, get the lay of the land, check out his security. If Jerry’s right and there’s no one but Salvio, we’ll go in. If we need reinforcements, we’ll wait ’til Mikey gets here.”

“Why not just wait for—”

“I don’t like waiting.”

“If I may, sir,” Jerry interrupted from the back. “We may not require additional fighters for Poncio, but I believe we will for Carolyn’s master.”

“Carolyn?” Vincent repeated. “Carolyn who?”

“Sir, I . . .”

Lana turned in her seat to look back at Jerry, wondering at his sudden hesitation. He’d been so forthcoming up to this point, so soldierly in his responses to every question asked, especially if it was Vincent doing the asking. And yet suddenly, he seemed unable, or unwilling, to face either of them directly, lowering his eyes and turning to look out the window instead.

“Jerry?” she asked, her stomach tightening with a sick feeling.

“Carolyn was another vampire,” he said, meeting her stare at last. “I don’t know her last name. We saw each other frequently, but she rarely spoke. I think . . .” He paused and his jaw tightened in obvious discomfort as he shifted his gaze away from Lana and met Vincent’s gaze in the mirror instead. “Sir, I cannot be sure—”

“Out with it,” Vincent growled.

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