Night Falls Darkly by KIM LENOX

Author:KIM LENOX [LENOX, KIM]
Language: vie
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

“You’ve cut your hair,” Leeson observed with a scowl of realization. “You only do that when—”

“Look at this.”

The two immortals stood in his lordship’s study. Archer handed him the letter. Leeson opened the folded page and, by the light of the fire, scanned the contents.

“Bloody hell,” he exclaimed, looking up. “This has never happened before.”

Archer offered no response. What could he say?

“How did the letter get inside the house? Even if it came through with the morning post, I should have sensed something. God, it reeks like a dead horse.”

“He’s learned to cloak himself, at least in some ways.”

“Even so!”

“Perhaps he is something worse than Transcended.”

“Worse?” Leeson’s eye widened with alarm. “What do you mean worse? What is worse than a Transcended soul?”

“I don’t know,” Archer mused darkly. “Not yet. But I’m going to find out. I want you to be vigilant with Black House and protect its perimeter. Watch the servants. It may be he’s seduced someone into doing his work.”

“Damn, bloody soul.”

Archer pulled his coat over his shoulders. “Stay close to Miss Whitney at all times, do you understand?”

“Yes, sir.”

“The killer may try to hurt her—” Archer clenched his eyes shut, for “hurt” didn’t begin to describe what the Ripper did to women. The image of the dead prostitutes kept surging into his mind, but with Elena’s face transposed upon them. “He might try to hurt her to get to me. Don’t let that happen.”

“I won’t.” Mustache twitching, Leeson flicked aside the angled lapels of his jacket to reveal twin daggers, artfully secured against his brocade vest. The daggers’ blades, forged of Amaranthine silver, gleamed with a surreal light. Soul slayers. “I might not be a Guard, but I can be a damn nasty secretary when need be.”

Archer nodded and headed toward the door. His instincts told him to stay with Elena, to go into shadow and guard her through the night. But his eternal purpose was not to protect a mortal woman—a young woman whose earthly existence would end in a blink of eternity—but to maintain the balance of the world’s mortal population, so as to protect the endangered realm of the Amaranthines.

Leeson called after him, “What of the Ripper’s claim that he has left the city?”

Archer paused. “Today, while in the East End, with my powers returned to their full strength, I found not the faintest trace of him. There were faded strands, days old, which I will investigate tonight. He may have gone underground, into the subterranean tunnels beneath the city. Or he may have gone to Paris, or even New York. Another city of London’s size and complexity. He would prefer them. Advise Charon to be ready, for we may depart at a moment’s notice.”

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