Dark Desires by Diana Bold

Author:Diana Bold
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Dark, Jack the Ripper, policeman, difference in stations
Publisher: Diana Bold
Published: 2022-11-08T00:00:00+00:00

DRAKE SUFFERED THROUGH after-dinner drinks and cigars with O’Brien and Ness, painfully aware that they did not really want him there. But he didn’t want to be here either. He couldn’t wait until it was time to rejoin the ladies and he could finally have a conversation with Heather about their next steps. He needed to know whether she had any intention of going with him when he left.

Why was it so important to him that she did? He wasn’t quite certain, and that made him even more edgy than usual.

It wasn’t until Ness and O’Brien began to talk about The Viper that his attention was finally caught and held. Taking a sip of his brandy, he leaned back in his chair and focused on their conversation.

“Did anything happen on the case while I was gone?” he asked.

They exchanged a look, obviously surprised he’d finally decided to chime in. “Nothing that we know of,” Ness said darkly. “However, by the time we do know anything, it’s always too late.”

O’Brien gave a brief laugh. “Too bad we can’t arrest people for what we think they are going to do.”

Drake smiled despite himself. “That would be ideal, wouldn’t it?” Then he sobered. “I don’t think I’ll be able to forgive myself if another woman is killed before we get enough evidence to bring a case against that bastard.”

“Nor I,” O’Brien agreed.

“I sometimes wish I could just take matters into my own hands,” Ness admitted. “I hate that someone like Danbury can continue to get away with such evil, even after we’ve already figured out that he’s The Viper.”

“The laws are there for a reason,” Drake replied, even though he knew all too well how unfair the whole system was. If he’d had the same evidence against a common man, he’d probably have already hung by now. But the people who made the rules had always made sure that they were in their favor.

“We know that,” O’Brien snapped. “That doesn’t keep us from being frustrated by how slow this is going.”

“Do you think I’m not frustrated?” Drake fired back, anger surging through him. “I have more reason than most to want him stopped.”

“You also have more reason than most to want to see him go free,” O’Brien pointed out, his face carefully neutral.

Drake’s anger at that accusation was only tempered by the fact that they had no idea what his older brother had put him through growing up. They didn’t know how much he’d been bullied and tortured by someone who was supposed to love and protect him. They didn’t know his father had never stepped in to do a damn thing about it.

He took a deep breath, struggling not to explode. They didn’t know, and he sure as hell wasn’t going to tell them. And because of that, he was in this by himself, as had always been the case.

“I’m not going to defend myself to you,” Drake said shortly. “I’ve told you repeatedly that I intend to do everything in my power to bring him to justice.

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