A Reluctant Vampire by George G.R.; George Renee;

Author:George, G.R.; George, Renee; [George, G.R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General Fiction
Publisher: Book Boutiques
Published: 2016-06-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Cold white walls, metal drawers and the scent of chemicals and cleaning fluids—Anna Murphy, forensic pathologist, loved the isolation and seclusion of the Jackson County Medical Examiner’s office. Especially this evening. A murder victim had been brought in on her shift, and she couldn’t wait to get started.

Anna, an American born Irish beauty, as her father always called her, leaned over and pulled her long cinnamon-colored hair tightly into a bun. Her oval-shaped face had a spattering of light brown freckles decorating her cheeks and the bridge of her nose. Pushing her glasses up, she strolled over to the body lying on the metal table, put on latex gloves and pushed the button on the recorder hanging from the ceiling.

“Victim is a white male, approximately twenty-five years old, five foot eight, 155 pounds. Wounds to the neck…” She pulled the white sheet down to expose a gaping hole centered on the left side of his chest where his heart used to be. “…and chest, appear to be at least eight hours old.”

She placed gloved fingers deep into the cavity, then, disappointed, shook her head. Her talent as an intuitive psychic, nearly as good as her abilities as a forensic pathologist, made it possible for her to help the police solve the more difficult cases. Unfortunately, this man had not left any of the normal imprints of death she generally sensed after a violent fatality. She pulled her hand out and continued.

Lifting the man’s fingers to examine his nail beds, she noticed they were black with decay. “This can’t be,” she murmured.

“The body is decaying at an accelerated rate,” she said into the recorder. “The victim appears to have died days, or months, before he was killed and preserved somehow to stop the rate of decomposition until now.”

Anna played back the last part of the recording, then erased the last statement. She might be a bit of a recluse, however, she didn’t want her colleagues to think she was completely crazy. Reaching into her pockets, Anna pulled out a small pair of scissors. Neatly, she clipped two fingernails, took a lock of hair and placed them in a Ziploc baggie, not for evidence, but to carry around—just in case her psychic gift decided to pop something important to the case into her brain.

* * * *

Guillermo entered Corazon de la Muerte. Strobe lights skipped over the congested dance floor, filled to capacity with human bodies that smelled of sweat, blood and sex. He needed to find Nadine. The announcer had said three victims with their throats and hearts ripped out. Guillermo wanted to know why he had not been notified. He feared the deaths were vampire related. What else could they be? And if what he suspected was true, then the killer was also vampiro. He cursed his preoccupation with Nathan Greer—his need for the man was overshadowing his business.

A tall woman with medium-length brown hair sauntered over to him. She wore a blue blazer with a short miniskirt and elegant blue heels.

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