Moon Child (Vampire for Hire Book 4) by J.R. Rain

Author:J.R. Rain [Rain, J.R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-07-12T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirty

We were in my minivan as I caught Fang up on my trip to the college, about twice seeing the gaunt man with the bow tie, and about removing the book from the library—

“You mean you stole it?”

“Big picture, Fang.”

“Right.”

I next told him about the copyright date, and his eyes narrowed in what I took to be disbelief, and so I reached into the glove compartment to show him the book...but it was gone.

I frantically riffled through the overstuffed glove compartment, pulling out a clump of napkins, insurance papers, bills I still needed to pay, some of Anthony’s drawings and...nothing.

“It was here, in the glove box. I just put it in here an hour ago.” Stunned, I now looked through the backseat and on the floor between Fang’s feet. Had someone broken in and stolen just the book? Did I ever even have the book? Was I losing my friggin’ mind? “I don’t understand what’s happening.”

“I don’t either, Moon Dance. Tell me more about the book.”

“You wouldn’t believe me if I told you.”

“Try me.”

I sat back in my seat, completely shaken. Maybe I shouldn’t have been so worked up, especially considering the contents of the book. It was, after all, not so much a book, but a personal message to me. And so I told Fang about it, about how the author appeared to be speaking directly to me. About the advice it contained.

“It was all very spiritual stuff,” I said. “It seemed to apply to me directly.”

Fang was looking at me through narrowed eyes again. Dubiously, as some would call it. “How so?”

I shrugged. “A lot of advice about staying in the ‘light,’ about not giving into my ‘dark nature.’ That those who have been granted premature power have a special challenge in keeping that power in check, to use it for good.”

“He’s talking about you being a vampire?”

“Not in so many words. The book was very vague about what kind of powers, but it seemed to be directed to anyone who had found themselves in my position. But it could have just as easily been written for a—”

“Werewolf.”

“Sure. Or anyone else who suddenly finds themselves in a position of power or authority.”

“Wild. But why do you think it was written for you?”

“Hard to pinpoint. It just felt directed at me. It gave a lot of advice, too, too much to talk about now in your ten-minute break.”

“And it was copyrighted today?”

I nodded. “Fang, you said that a young guy came in and told you about the Occult Reading Room.”

“Right.”

“Tell me more about him.”

“Like I said, he was a young guy. He came in and soon we were talking about Cal State Fullerton’s baseball team. They’re in the finals again this year—how their program can consistently put together some of the best teams in college—”

“Focus, Fang.”

“Yes, right. He finished his beer and mentioned he had to get back to work in the Occult Reading Room at Cal State’s library.”

“He said it like that? Not, ‘I have to get back to work’?”

“Yeah, you’re right.

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