Guardians of the Night #01 - Watchers in the Night by Jenna Black

Author:Jenna Black [Black, Jenna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Occult & Supernatural, Paranormal, Women Sleuths, Love Stories, Occult Fiction, Vampires, Women Private Investigators, Unknown
ISBN: 9780765354518
Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates
Published: 2006-10-30T23:00:00+00:00

Gray was amazed his temper wasn’t boiling over anymore. He stood in the cluttered, dusty basement and watched as Drake jiggled the trap door, trying to see if he could open it after Jules had jammed it from the other side.

“It’s good,” Drake called, and Jules acknowledged his words with a thump on the other side of the door. Drake stood up, dusting off his hands and facing Gray. “I understand this is unpleasant, but your life will be much improved if you’re removed from suspicion.”

Gray snorted. “In other words, this is for my own good?”

Drake lifted one shoulder in a hint of a shrug. “Maybe so. Keep in mind what’s at stake here. Think of how many mortals have already died. Whatever your personal troubles with Jules, he is the oldest and most powerful of the Guardians save Eli. They need his full attention on the case, and as long as he’s fixated on you, they won’t have it.”

“You don’t think I’m the killer, do you?” Gray asked.

Drake shook his head. “You’re just an easy scapegoat. As am I.” He grinned, although the hardness in his eyes denied any hint of humor. “We independent operators must stick together.”

Gray bit his tongue to keep himself from making any caustic comments. This wasn’t exactly his idea of “sticking together.”

“What about Carolyn? If you don’t think I’m the killer, then you don’t think I fabricated that letter. She’s in danger, and with me locked in my basement I won’t be able to help her.”

“I don’t believe she’s in danger. That note was no doubt meant to draw you out of your house so you could be blamed for the death of Jules’s… companion.”

Gray clenched his teeth and stared at the ceiling. Up in his living room, Hannah and Carolyn sat like statues, their minds blank. Drake might be right about the purpose of that note, but that didn’t mean Carolyn was safe.

“You don’t know Carolyn,” he said. “She’ll investigate the killings in her own way.”

“I wouldn’t worry about it if I were you,” Drake said, smiling with genuine amusement this time. “If the entire society of Guardians and myself have been stymied, I sincerely doubt your mortal friend will have any greater success.”

Gray rubbed his eyes and shook his head. He remembered when he’d first shown himself to Carolyn, remembered thinking he could just disappear from her life once more. Hard to believe he himself had once underestimated her so badly. Now Drake was making the same mistake, and damned if Gray could find a way to convince him of it. He swallowed his frustration as best he could. “Before you and Jules head out, can you give me a few minutes alone with Carolyn?” Drake gave him a penetrating look. Gray refused to look away, despite the threat of glamour. “Let me talk to her and it will reduce the chances that she’ll come to the house by day and free me.”

Drake laughed. “So now you want to remain in your

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