Legacy of the Shadow’s Blood by E. G. Bateman & Michael Anderle

Author:E. G. Bateman & Michael Anderle [Bateman, E. G. & Anderle, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2020-04-14T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Forty-Two

“How is she?” Lexi glanced at the door as Dick entered.

He closed it behind him. “Lying down.”

Scott snatched a cookie. “Even with a thirty-two-year-old body, this will take its toll. I’ve recommended she keep the necklace on until she’s home.”

Dick narrowed his eyes. “I thought it was only a glamor.”

He sat on the arm of the couch. “Do you know the saying, you’re only as old as you feel?”

The vampire nodded. “I see. Well, we need to get her out of here. She’s not safe. I won’t risk her again.”

“I’ve messaged Dolores.” The sorcerer broke the cookie in half.

Lexi twirled the mystery key in her hand. “Right. We can’t simply sit here. Dick, do you have any idea where Lorenzo would go?”

“A few. But is it Lorenzo? Perhaps we should ask where Delphine would go.”

She dug her fingertips into her forehead and screwed her face up. “Shit.”

“We—” A thump at the door silenced Scott. He threw the cookie into his mouth but spat it into his hand immediately. “That’s horrible. It tastes like liver.”

“That pile of cookies was for Marcel.” She smirked.

“Marcel gets his own cookies?” He rolled his eyes.

Lexi drew her katana and went to look through the peephole. “It’s Broullard.” She opened the door.

The detective entered the apartment, his face rigid.

Scott’s shoulders slumped. “Another one?”

Broullard shook his head. “One? No. Six. I came straight here. They were found about fifteen minutes ago.”

The sorcerer made his way to the kitchen sink and washed his hands. “Who were the victims?”

“A group of tourists. They were in a courtyard behind a bar. The bodies are a mess.” The man stopped speaking and he stared as Scott scrubbed his tongue with his fingernails, then seemed to recover. “Yes, well. Their throats were ripped out and every one of them was found with the head facing the wrong way.”

Lexi decided it was time to break the news to him. “What color were they?”

He looked at her and raised an eyebrow. “What? But you have the ring. It can’t be her. Anyway, it looked like a vamp attack to me.”

She pushed her chair in. “It’s Lorenzo. The vampire clan leader. He was here almost an hour ago and took the ring.”

Broullard’s jaw dropped. “Is everyone okay? Betsy?”

Dick, who stood at the window, turned to him. “She was here alone and she’s shaken up but unharmed.”

The detective exhaled sharply. “This is bad. But we know it’s Delphine we’re following, not Lorenzo. Her previous hosts seemed to mentally go to sleep. She didn’t appear to have access to their minds.”

“That’s usually how it works, but I’ve never heard of a vampire being possessed before.”

They turned to the door where Joseph stood. Lexi didn’t jump this time as she’d half-expected him.

The vampire nodded to him. “When I told Betsy I was going to visit Lorenzo, she told me to have a nice time. I thought she was trying to be funny. As Delphine, she wouldn’t have known Lorenzo had tried to have me killed.”

“How would Lorenzo have learned about the possessed ring?” Broullard asked,

He put his suit jacket on.

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