Jack Templar And The Lord Of The Vampires (The Templar Chronicles) by Jeff Gunhus

Author:Jeff Gunhus [Gunhus, Jeff]
Language: en-us
Format: mobi
Publisher: Seven Guns Press
Published: 2013-09-28T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

“The good news is that Rusty wasn’t making everything up,” Xavier said as he scrolled through pages of information.

It was just Xavier and I at the terminal, the others waiting for us at an outdoor café nearby. We had started by all huddling around the computer together throwing out suggestions for search terms and sites for him to look at. After only one annoying minute of Googling by committee, Xavier shooed us out, telling us to wait for him across the street. For safety sake, I stayed behind with him even though I wasn’t much help. He moved too fast for me to read anything on the screen, scanning documents in seconds, deciding to print or move on before I even knew what the page was about. I wondered if this was the closest thing to seeing what Xavier’s mind must be like. Constantly processing data, sorting it, filtering it. After about five minutes, he suddenly stopped.

“What is it?” I asked, thinking he’d found something. I was too busy looking at the screen to notice Xavier’s face was red and he was on the verge of crying.

“I don’t know how I missed the clue,” he said. “The first one about the beginnings and ends. It was so obvious.”

“It all worked out,” I said. “Your wrong guess still put us in the right area.”

“But what if it hadn’t?” he sputtered. “What if I make a mistake like that again, and I send us in the completely wrong direction?”

Only then did I notice how upset he was. Tears rolled down his cheeks, but he left them alone. He refused to look at me. His fingers were back to dancing across the keyboard, bring up images of Notre Dame, schematics of the interior, architectural drawings of the exterior.

“What if I make a mistake and get everyone killed?” he whispered.

I put my hands over his and stopped him from typing. He froze but continued to stare at the computer screen, avoiding eye contact.

“Xavier, we’re all going to make mistakes,” I said. “The reason I was so mad at Daniel at that restaurant in Spain was because he was right. I’ve messed up so many times I’m losing count.”

He shook his head. “You’re doing the best you can.”

“And there isn’t a minute when I don’t worry that my best isn’t good enough,” I said.

“How do you keep that from driving you crazy?” he asked quietly.

I thought about the night with Eva on the cliff, how she had refocused me on how important our mission was to the unknowing world. I gave Xavier the only answer I could. “Because there’s no other choice. We’re it. If we don’t reunite the Jerusalem Stones and stop Ren Lucre, no one will.”

“Is that supposed to help with the pressure?” Xavier asked. “If so, it’s not really working.”

“I’m being honest with you,” I replied. “You’re one of the smartest guys I’ve ever met, so you’d know if I was trying to baby you.” He nodded. “I just know that all I can ask of myself is to try my best.

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