FEAR: A Vampire & Slayer Opposites-Attract Romance (Out of the Fire Book 4) by Candace Blevins

Author:Candace Blevins [Blevins, Candace]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kaleidowords Publishing
Published: 2024-02-15T18:30:00+00:00

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Ryan

I immediately understood that Venom had been near, and I only knew he’d tailed us because something unexpected had happened. Was Venom watching us on Marco’s orders, to keep Etta safe in case I had designs on taking her out, rather than courting her? Or had Etta ordered him to stay close? It would be easy enough to do, tracking her cellphone, to stay far enough back I wouldn’t notice the tail. They couldn’t track mine, but it was probably part of their standard protocol to keep track of the top vampires in the coterie. Possibly the shapeshifters and humans with important jobs as well.

I turned the axes in, got my deposit back, and got into my vehicle and on the road towards an underground home I’d purchased on the side of Lookout Mountain. I’d originally bought it because it wasn’t that far to Abbott and Aaron’s houses, hiking through the woods and then traversing up a stone cliff face, but both houses had been destroyed in the lead-up to the big battle, and neither of them lived there now. Still, it was a safe space for me, and a residence I rarely spent time at these days. It was perfect for my needs on this night.

I drove the long way around, heading up one-fifty-three and going over the river, made my way through Hixson and Red Bank, came through downtown Chattanooga, and eventually made my way south to Lookout Mountain.

About two-thirds of the way up the mountain on a little side road, I own a wooded lot with a five-car garage that looks like a modest home. It isn’t terribly far from the Craven’s house, a historical home that gets a good bit of tourist traffic. Ordinarily, I like to keep my residences away from lots of eyeballs, but that isn’t possible on this mountain, and sometimes it’s best to hide in plain sight. I parked inside, showered and changed clothes, and moderated my body temperature to be the same as the air around me before I wrapped the shadows around me and stepped out the back door of my little faux house. It was barely a quarter of a mile walk through the woods to reach the underground home I’d purchased, and I made it inside, confident no one had trailed me.

This home has an extensive control room, and I called my assigned analyst, Chrystle, at Slayer Central. “Something’s happened.”

“It has. Someone hacked Marco’s vehicle and took control of it while he and Cora were in it. She had an EMP device in her purse, and she killed the vehicle. Also, someone ever-so-carefully probed your phone’s defenses while you sat outside the coterie house. I assigned one of our hackers to analyze it, but my initial assessment is that someone was told to see if they could get in, but to be super-careful not to be noticed.”

Had Etta ordered them to do it? Or had another vampire decided it would be a good idea, while I was close and just sitting there?

“Good to know.

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