Graves of Wrath by Lina Gardiner

Graves of Wrath by Lina Gardiner

Author:Lina Gardiner
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BelleBooks, Inc
Published: 2019-08-02T16:00:00+00:00


Chapter Eleven

JESS AND BRITT left Veronique behind in the cavern consulting with her forensic anthropologist, a woman who was probably very competent, but she’d have nothing on Sampson.

Britt cleared his throat. “I think we should be together from now on, Jess. We work better as a team.”

She didn’t get the sense that he was worried about her. He actually thought they’d do better if they worked in tandem. “I suppose you’re right—we should stick together. Especially since we don’t have a handle on what exactly is wrong here.”

“Good. I think you’ll be able to withstand the catacombs. You managed well enough tonight,” he said.

She hated to tell him she’d most likely just been distracted by the shadow. But for now, she’d let him believe she could do it.

They left the catacombs, and were back on the street, when suddenly Morana stepped out from a recess in the wall. “What do you think is going on down there? Do you think it has anything to do with vampires?”

Jess raised an eyebrow and didn’t respond to her questions. “Hello, Morana,” she said, not hiding the fact that she didn’t like that Morana had obviously been listening to them.

“I know what you are, just as you know what I am,” Morana said. “Isn’t it strange that we are both vampires and yet our brother is not?”

“If we are your siblings,” Jess said, wondering why, all of a sudden, Morana was talking as if she believed it was true. “If we are sisters, how did we manage to be turned at approximately the same age?” Unless Morana was much older than she looked. And thank God she didn’t question Regent’s age.

Morana shrugged and chose not to share anything else. Jess suspected Morana knew exactly why they were the same age, or at least why Morana appeared to be her age. “How old are you, Morana?”

“Twenty-nine. And you?”

“Twenty-nine, forever.”

Morana grumbled something Jess couldn’t make out. It was probably in French. “Morana, if I told you I have the world’s foremost specialist in vampire physiology on my staff, would you believe me?”

Morana stared hard at Jess. “Maybe.”

“His name is Dr. Sampson Case. If you agree to have your VNA tested, we’ll have our answer once and for all,” Jess said, finally.

“VNA? What’s that?”

“It’s like DNA, only for vampires,” Jess said.

“Interesting,” Morana said, pausing to think about it. Finally she said, “Let’s do it then.”

“Good.” Jess took a slight step back and bumped into Britt’s chest. She should have realized he was there. He was always there for her, and for the umpteenth time, she thanked her lucky stars that she had him in her existence.

She couldn’t call it life, because she didn’t have one of those. She was death. But when she really thought about it, death actually defined her. She’d become something positive. And, as hard as everyone on her team worked to help her achieve those things, they deserved everything she could give them.

A noise on the roof above alerted Jess, and she sensed what it was immediately.



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