Blood Crossed: A Piper & Payne Supernatural Novel, #1 (Netherworld Paranormal Police Department) by John P. Logsdon & Christopher P. Young

Author:John P. Logsdon & Christopher P. Young [Logsdon, John P.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Crimson Myth Press
Published: 2018-01-24T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

Dr. Hale had a body on the table as we walked in. It was one of the ravens, though he appeared to be in transition back to normal.

I’d called Brazen and Kix down to join us so they could be part of the process. They’d been to Hale’s office plenty of times over the years, no doubt, but they’d never seen anything like this. If they were going to get the full experience of being a Retriever, they needed to be here.

“I have some info, Doc,” I said as she was hovering over the body. “These guys aren’t fully turned vampires.”

“Yes, I know.”

“Right, but they are built for attacking only.”

She paused what she was doing and looked at me. “Yes, I know.”

“Oh.”

“When this last batch came in, I pulled up your records to see who it was you were chasing,” she explained. “Then I dug into his past and found out about the rituals. From there, I scoured the records of the previous two doctors who were around when Gallien Cross was doing his deeds.”

That put a nail in that discussion. Frankly, she probably knew more about it than I did at this point.

“Could you maybe let us in on things?” asked Brazen.

I pointed at the body. “That’s a raven—”

“A raven?” asked Dr. Hale. “I didn’t see anything about that in the records.”

“That’s just what Piper has chosen to call these creatures, Doctor,” Reaper stated. “I don’t quite understand it either.”

“Oh, come on,” I badgered him. “It’s really not that hard. Have you ever seen a raven?”

“The bird?” asked Kix.

“No,” I snarked, “the football team. Yes, I’m talking about the bird.”

All of them nodded.

“Well, look at that guy’s face.”

They did, and that should have been all it took to prove my point. Unfortunately, the dude was in the midst of changing back.

“Okay, not him,” I said with a shrug, “but what he looked like before the doc got to work on him.”

“We’ve never seen one before this,” noted Brazen.

“It doesn’t matter anyway,” I said with finality. “The fact is that a raven has dark eyes and so do these things.”

Brazen nodded. “Actually, that makes sense to me.”

“Me, too,” agreed Kix.

Great, so the two guys who had been annoying me since the day I set foot in the Netherworld PPD were now the only ones on my side. My “partner”—and yes, I use that term loosely because the jury was still out on whether or not he’d keep that title—was either being dull or obstinate. I had a feeling it was a little of both.

“Anyway,” I continued my explanation of what these things were, “when Gallien Cross or one of his vampires feeds on a normal, they mix magic with the bite. This transforms the normal into kind of a vampire zombie.”

“Why not just call them that?” asked Reaper. “Makes more sense.”

“No,” I sneered before turning back to Brazen and Kix. “Now, when they’re transformed they end up with fangs, eyes that are completely black, and razor-sharp nails. They attack super fast and those nails can seriously ruin your day, but they’re really weak.

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