Blood Drawn: A novel of The Demon Accords by John Conroe

Author:John Conroe [Conroe, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Paranormal
Published: 2021-09-01T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 26

We jumped back to Idiria and from there to New York, Declan first relocking the White Court’s gate in his Middle Realm capital.

By standing agreement, his Earth-based gateway opened in the basement of the Tower. We stepped out to find ourselves facing Arkady, Deckert, and a squad of security personnel armed for dragon, including a pair of SIG MG 338 machine guns that I knew fired the devastating .338 Norma Magnum. The compact machine guns fired a mixed belt of silver and regular magnum 300 grain bullets, each with almost twice the muzzle energy of the old 7.62mm military round.

We stood very still after stepping out, but Arkady gave a curt order as soon as Nika came through, second to last. The guys instantly dropped their muzzles toward the ground and stood down.

“She awaits,” the giant vampire security chief said, looking us over before stopping his gaze on my sister-in-law.

“You two need to hear this as well,” I said, pointing at him and Deckert. “Where is she?” I asked, but my bond told me the answer almost immediately. “In the apartment. Let’s go,” I said, heading for the elevator.

Ten minutes later found us all in the apartment, facing Tanya, Lydia, Chet Atkins, Omega in holographic avatar form, and the two security leaders.

“I can already feel your anxiety,” Tanya said to me. “It’s bad.”

“Worse. Two tactical nukes most likely aimed at the San Andreas fault line and the New Madrid fault line. West Coast and middle of the country.”

“A tactical nuclear weapon is actually pretty small,” Chet said. “I doubt either fault line would rupture from such an explosion.”

“Omega?” I asked.

“Yes and no. Chester is mostly correct. A small nuclear explosion is unlikely to trigger tectonic slippage, unless it was placed in exactly the right place, where maximum tension has built to the right level. The Vorsook would certainly be able to determine such a place.”

“Shit,” Chet said.

“Exactly,” I said, but the AI’s words had given me a thought. “Omega, could you determine where those precise locations are?”

“I am attempting to do so now. However, I have already determined that there are several on each fault line, and both have built up intense pressure over the years.”

“We need to inform President Polner,” Tanya said.

“I have contacted the White House, and the president’s chief of staff is convening an emergency meeting within the next fifteen minutes.”

“We need to get going,” Declan said to Omega. The holograph looked at him and nodded.

“Yes. An Obliterator is inbound to the Tower helipad.”

“Why are you leaving?” I asked.

“Elementals to contain the damage,” Lydia guessed.

“Yeah,” Declan answered with a nod. “The events at the Museum of Natural History were a distraction. Fuchs was probably having his nukes delivered to the Vorsook’s agents. Those bombs are already in place and I doubt we can find them in time. But if I can convince enough elementals to help, we can maybe stop the faults from triggering massive quakes.”

“Good thinking,” Tanya said. “Go. Omega can link you into the briefing while you travel west.

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