Blood Song by Cat Adams

Author:Cat Adams
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Tags: Fantasy, Fiction, Paranormal, Contemporary
ISBN: 9780765364227
Publisher: Tor Books
Published: 2010-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

“Oh.” The word fel into the air between us like a rock thrown down a very deep wel . We sat in silence for a while before I answered the question he hadn’t voiced but was waiting for me to answer.

“My sire was a thin guy who looked like a kid, with dark hair cut short. He died young enough not to be able to grow a decent beard, just this straggly little soul patch. I remember my blood dripping off of it as he started chanting the spel .”

I turned my head, to watch Kevin’s reaction. It was worth seeing. Normal y he has one hel of a poker face. Not now. He sat on the sand, his entire body vibrating with contained rage, his eyes glowing with the magic he held back by force of wil .

“I figured you knew him. Care to share a name, maybe a daytime resting place?” When Kevin didn’t respond, I continued. “He and the others in the al ey were scared to death of Edgar and the vamps with him.” I shook my head. “Can’t say as I blame them. Edgar wanted me alive to give you a message, but the other guy would’ve kil ed me right there in the parking lot if he could’ve. And that woman was just …”

I struggled to find the right words to describe what I’d sensed about her. I couldn’t. “He couldn’t have held them back. He might be their master, but he wouldn’t have been able to hold them. They wanted me dead too badly.”

“Did they say why?” Kevin’s voice was bland. His expression wasn’t. Not only could I see the muscle in his jaw jumping, but the hands gripping his knees had grown white-knuckled. If he hadn’t been healing too fast, there’d be bruises forming under them.

“Something about my kil ing Luther.”

He blinked slowly. Twice.

“You kil ed … Luther ?” The lilt in his voice made it a question.

I shrugged, stil not sure what it meant. “I kil ed a couple of bats in the al ey. One with a gun, at least one other with my knives. One of them might have been Luther. I wouldn’t know. It’s not like they introduced themselves. Why is it important?”

Kevin gave a snort of combined aggravation and amusement, then shook his head and muttered something under his breath that I didn’t quite catch. A day or so ago I might have been insulted by the reaction. I mean, I am a professional. But that was before I met Edgar and company. If they were impressed, wel — Now I not only wasn’t insulted, I was almost as surprised as Kevin. Of course I didn’t say that. Instead, I tried to look aloof as I stared out at the incoming waves.

“Luther was very old and very smart. He was also ruthless as hel . I wouldn’t have wanted to hunt him alone. I’m real y surprised you were able to take him down.” Kevin was staring

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