Lucifer by D. B. Reynolds

Author:D. B. Reynolds
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BelleBooks Inc.
Published: 2016-10-24T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

LUCIFER WAS SURPRISED at the extent of the tunnels beneath the university. Supposedly, they’d been built to give students a safer, warmer transit between buildings during Montreal’s harsh winters. He’d never heard of a similar tunnel system beneath any of the U.S. universities located in colder climates. It was a good idea, but it was certainly an invitation to abuse. And who better to take advantage of this open invitation than vampires?

He followed Andy Anderson along an unlit and barely finished tunnel that they’d accessed via a maintenance closet. It hadn’t been a real closet, just a room with a few metal shelves filled with cleaning supplies, whose main purpose was to conceal a second door at the back of the room. That door had been protected by a keypad lock, for which Andy had just happened to have the code.

“You didn’t discover that by accident,” Lucifer had commented quietly, while Andy tapped in the 16-digit code.

“I have a friend who freelances computer work. Some of her most lucrative jobs are borderline criminal.”

“Sounds like a match made in heaven, now that you’ve crossed that same line.”

“All I did—”

“Save it for the judge, bud.”

They’d gone about thirty yards down the hall when Andy slowed, but kept walking. “There’s a dead-end up there,” he said, whispering for the first time since they’d descended into the tunnels. He gestured with his flashlight into the stygian darkness. The flash was the only light they had down here, and it wasn’t that strong. But it was more than enough for Lucifer and Eleanor. If anything, it was too much, and they had to be careful not to temporarily blind themselves by getting too close to it.

Lucifer looked ahead, where Andy had indicated, and could barely make out a wall of rock and dirt, even rougher than the walls to either side of them. Whoever had dug these secret tunnels had done so in a hurry, and with an eye toward secrecy. He was sure Andy had some history on that, too, but he didn’t care enough to ask. All he cared about was finding Colin Murphy, and getting him out of here. Once that was finished, it wouldn’t be Lucifer’s problem, because he’d be back in Chicago.

He scowled as the ramifications of that thought penetrated his brain. He’d been so fixated on finishing the job and getting back home. But that had been before he’d reunited with Eleanor. Now that he had her, he wasn’t ever letting her go, but what did that mean for their future? They were sworn to two different North American vampire lords.

He was still mulling over that when they reached the dead end.

Andy flashed his light to the right, and walked for a short distance before making another sharp turn to the left, and that’s where he stopped, careful to keep his light down low. “That’s it down there,” he whispered.

Lucifer was tempted to do a quick mental scan down the tunnel to determine who, if anyone, was there.

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