House of Shifters: (A Paranormal Urban Fantasy) (The Vampire Project Book 4) by Yanez Jonathan

Author:Yanez, Jonathan [Yanez, Jonathan]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2017-07-29T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

Sloan

“She’s not human.” Edison rubbed at tired eyes. “Seriously, I slept here last night, so I know. She didn’t sleep a wink.”

Sloan and Aareth looked over at Croft, who was frowning over a notepad. She had traded in her normal black cloak and boots for a white lab coat and walking shoes. Her red hair remained at bay, pinned behind her head. Outside of her intense stare, she almost looked normal.

“Well, I’m not sleeping much these days, either.” Sloan shrugged. She scrunched her brow, cocking her head to the side. “What’s that noise?”

Everyone, even Croft, paused for a moment. The steady cadence of a tiny snore drifted into the room from somewhere close by.

Aareth looked around, sniffing the air. He made his way over to one of the many tables in the laboratory. A wooden box was upside down on one of the steel tables. Aareth lifted the box to reveal a slumbering Elwood. The tiny gnome had tailored a paper gown meant to fit a full-grown human, to fit his small frame.

Elwood’s button nose and full lips made him look more like a baby in that moment than a full-grown gnome. His snores were steady. He was smiling in his sleep, mumbling something incoherent.

“Ahhh, he’s so cute when he sleeps.” Edison leaned in to admire the tiny gnome. “I keep on telling him the paper gowns are for examinations, but he still insists they’re pajamas.”

“Yes, well, once we’re all done gawking, we can report our findings to each of you.” Croft pursed her lips. “We’ve found something that should be helpful.”

Aareth gently placed the box back over the gnome.

“Croft is being polite.” Edison shrugged. “She actually discovered this.”

“What is it?” Sloan raised an eyebrow, bracing herself for what the witch was about to say. “What have you found? A cure?”

“To be blunt and honest with you”—Croft placed the notepad down—“I don’t think a cure will ever be fashioned for either one of you. What I have found is that a bite from either one of you should be enough to turn a victim into a member of your species. That was how Aareth was initially turned, and I see no reason why the same wouldn’t be possible for you, Sloan. All the data points to that.”

Sloan’s heart dropped. She hadn’t even realized it, but she’d been hoping for a cure of some kind from all the testing. Her eyes gravitated to Edison. She had just met Croft and wasn’t ready to take everything the woman said on faith alone.

“She’s right.” Edison shook his head. “I’m sorry if you were hoping for something else. Of course, the only way to know for sure is to test the bite on a subject.”

“I won’t just bite anyone.” Sloan shook her own head. “They have to understand what they’re signing up for. They have to know about the curse this thing is. There’s more to it than healing quickly, being super strong and fast. There’s the side that yearns for blood and the fact that we’ll age so slowly.

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