Witchlight by Sonya Clark

Author:Sonya Clark
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2014-11-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

The buzz of his phone vibrating off the nightstand woke Vadim. He disentangled himself from Lizzie and picked it up, squinting at the screen. It was a text from Tuyet, urging a meeting. He typed a response full of misspellings and code, agreeing to meet later in the day in the main underground meeting room. Lizzie stirred, her leg brushing against his. He dropped the phone and curled himself next to her.

There had been no sex the night before, or talk. She’d fallen into an exhausted sleep almost as soon as they arrived, not even asking questions about the tunnels that had allowed them to bypass the gates or the glamour spell he used to shield her from view and bring her to his apartment above the club. He didn’t want to let her avoid the uncomfortable conversation heading their way much longer, but another hour or two wouldn’t hurt.

The phone buzzed again. He tried to ignore it but it continued. If he weren’t so loath to damage his electronics, he would have succumbed to the temptation to fry it with a blast of energy. Instead he sat up and plucked the phone from the floor.

Can’t wait. I’m outside your door.

Vadim swore. He dressed quickly and hurried to the front room.

Tuyet waited in the hall, pacing. He said, “This better be important.”

With no greeting or preamble she said, “I found a photo of me from a Mexican CCTV camera. Darknet only, with a message asking for any help in identifying me and an email address.”

His chest squeezed and he couldn’t breathe for a moment. “Did you kill it?”

“My very best virus. I ran a trace on the email and wound up going in circles. Whoever did this knows what they’re doing.”

“Did they use magic?”

“No. But I’m pretty sure it’s the same person who cleaned out that account of yours. At first I thought it was random. There were other accounts hit in that bank at the same time. Then I started doing some checking on other underground accounts. Several were cleaned out or the passwords compromised. The railroad accounts were never the only ones hit at each bank, but every bank I’ve found that fell victim to this program had a railroad account.”

Every muscle in his body tightened. “Somebody’s targeting us.”

“This is my fault,” she said. “The picture of me is from the Jennings run.”

“Yeah, I figured. What are the odds anyone who might recognize you saw it before your virus killed it?”

Hands on her hips, she rocked back and forth. “I don’t know. Not high but anything’s possible.”

“What about anybody from Gehenna?” The only thing he knew for sure about her past was that she originally came from the Cleveland zone.

“As far as they know, I’m dead.”

“Anybody else looking for you?” He knew she wouldn’t answer but he asked anyway. He had no proof there were still black-magic operations units—nobody did—but he’d bet the deed on Sinsuality that Tuyet knew something about them.

“No one that will find me.

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