Enemy Within (Vampire Born Trilogy, #2) by Kace Angeline

Author:Kace, Angeline [Kace, Angeline]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Accendo Press LLC
Published: 2013-04-29T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

Brooke

Hawk and I step off the elevator on Kaitlynn’s floor, and I am relieved when the smell of antiseptic hits me. It’s not a great smell, but it beats the morgue’s.

I’m pretty sure the only reason Mirko let me leave is because he pities me. That should bother me, but it doesn’t.

Maybe I’m going numb as a way to process everything.

God, I hope so.

We turn down the corridor and almost bump into Emerik coming down the hallway in front of me.

I jump, startled.

Emerik smiles. “I was about to come looking for you. Your friend is no longer in her room. Is she all right?”

Crap. I’d rather Mirko do all the talking about Kaitlynn. “Uh, yeah, she’s much better now, thanks. We only needed to grab something.” I move around him toward Kaitlynn’s old room.

“Actually.” Emerik stops me. “Could you spare a moment and walk with me? We have much to discuss.”

I look down the hall to Kaitlynn’s old room and long to grab David’s hat first.

“Would you mind?” Emerik asks Hawk. “What we need to discuss is sensitive, and I would rather you not be privy to it.”

Hawk looks at me. At this point, I just want Emerik off my back and David’s hat. It doesn’t matter now if I’m not the one to get it. I shrug.

Emerik steps out of the way and lets Hawk pass before he turns around, motioning me to follow him.

I walk in step with Emerik. “How’d the meeting go?”

He waits until we’re farther from Hawk before he answers. “Not as well as we’d hoped. You will be testifying. There is no way around it.”

“Oh.” The chance my father could get me out of testifying was slim, but I still hoped for something to fall into place.

I glance back over my shoulder. “Where is my father?”

“He’ll be along shortly.”

We pass the nurses’ station and the elevators, and I can’t help but frown. It seems unusual that my father would go somewhere by himself when I needed his help, instead of coming directly to me and sending Emerik to do whatever he’s doing.

Is my father really up to something? Could he actually be responsible for what happened to David?

My heart clutches at the possibility. It’s hard enough losing David in such a horrific way, but it’ll be so much worse if my dad is responsible for it. If he’s the one who premeditated it.

I stop after Emerik at the oak door with a small industrial window leading to the stairs. He holds it open for me and then follows through behind me. We’re on the third floor, the top floor, but Emerik takes the stairs up.

The door latching behind us echoes along the gray walls. The space is chilly even though there is no draft. “Do you know what’s up here?”

“The roof.” He doesn’t look back as he leads me up. “The privacy up here should be ideal as we don’t want anyone to hear what I need to tell you.”

Whatever. I just want to get this over and get back to Kaitlynn.

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