Yasmine Galenorn - Sisters of the Moon 03 by Darkling

Author:Darkling
Format: mobi
Published: 2010-12-11T10:48:02.296000+00:00

"I hope they'll be okay." I couldn't bear it if something happened to Kitten because of me.

"They're strong, they're experienced." Roz shrugged and handed me the purse the woman I'd staked had been carrying. "Here, you might want this… to identify her with. Come on, let's get to the morgue. I hope we're not too late."

I carried the purse gingerly. Within it were the last things she'd touched. Dredge had purged her of her life. I'd purged her of her death. I could only hope she was walking with her ancestors.

We were only a few blocks from the Faerie-Human Crime Scene Investigations building where Sharah had ordered the new bodies brought. As we screeched into the parking lot, we saw Trillian and Chase climbing out of the car.

"What the hell took you so long?" Trillian asked. "Stop for a drink or something?"

"Shut up, Svartan . We came across the first four newborns in the park, harvesting more victims. Three of them got away. The other vamp is on his way to a holding pen for now."

"And their victims?" Chase asked, paling.

I stared at him, daring him to comment. "They carried two of them off with them—one a teenaged boy.

The third we dusted. She was already starting to turn."

He paled, then rushed to the building with me hot on his heels. Roz and Trillian brought up the rear. Roz was readying stakes and tossed one to Trillian, who grunted, catching it lightly.

I paused at the door. "Here we go again. Take two on Stake-That-Vamp. Let's go see what we have. If they already rose, Sharah's in a heap of trouble." I pushed open the doors and once again, we hustled down the stairs to the morgue.

During our trip the other day, I hadn't noticed the surveillance cameras but now they stood out, near the magical detection that allowed the guards upstairs to track OW guests and prisoners. As we raced by one of the sensors, it started to howl.

Chase pulled out his gun, turned, and shot it point-blank. As the ward exploded in a fiery shower of sparks, he let out a low laugh. I stared at him. "What the hell are you on, Johnson?"

"Just blowing off steam," he said.

Trillian grunted something to him that I couldn't hear.

The morgue was in the basement and as we approached the doors to the second examination room, I could sense that something was terribly wrong. We were too late. I knew it in the center of my core. I pushed ahead and slammed the doors open, flipping on the lights. Three steel slabs lay empty, sterile sheets draped on the floor, no longer pristine.

"Oh, hell! They've risen. Watch your backs." I immediately slid into reconnoiter mode, circling the room, stake at the ready.

"Sharah!" Chase let out a harsh bark as Trillian moved to cover him. I traced the scent of the freshest Page 92

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