Reluctant Partnerships by Ariel Tachna

Author:Ariel Tachna [Tachna, Ariel]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: erotic MM, Romance MM
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

“WHAT’S this about a vampire attacking Adèle?” Martin asked, coming into Raymond and Jean’s office.

“A rabid vampire,” Jean said with a sigh, “or the equivalent thereof, since vampires don’t get rabies. From what Adèle told us about the man, I’m sure the same vampire who turned Pascale also turned Pierre, the one who attacked Adèle, because any responsible vampire wouldn’t have offered the choice to be turned to someone as delusional as Pierre appears to be, and yet Pierre was turned. My guess would be the extorris gave Pierre no more choice than he gave Pascale.”

“Delusional?”

“He’s a vagrant on pretty serious anti-psychotic drugs,” Raymond explained. “Without those, he’s completely out of his mind.”

“And the drugs won’t work on a vampire,” Martin postulated.

“Not directly,” Raymond agreed. “We’re working on getting some donor blood and some of the drugs so we can try mixing the drugs in the blood to see if that works.”

“Has anyone contacted Denis Langlois?” Martin asked, his pulse picking up at the thought of his potential partner. “He should probably be involved in this too, shouldn’t he?”

“Thierry has gone to get him,” Raymond replied. “He should be here any moment.”

“Another one?” Denis demanded, striding into the room with far more authority than a man of his apparent youth could ever have managed. Martin could not squelch the instinctive appreciation of the fine figure Denis cut in his slim suit, his hair slicked back from his forehead as always.

“Another one,” Jean confirmed, “except that we have even less to go on with this one than we did with the first. The man was mostly mad before he was turned, and his turning has apparently unhinged what little of his mind remained.”

“Putain,” Denis cursed under his breath. “Just what we need. Another vampire incapable of controlling himself.”

“There might be hope for this one if we can figure out how to get his meds into him,” Martin offered. The idea was not his, but he could not resist the need to have those laser-sharp eyes focused on him, if only for a moment.

“And you have an idea how this might work?”

“Raymond had the idea, actually,” honesty compelled Martin to reply, “but I’m a researcher. I could conduct the trials to get the balance right. It would be one less thing for Raymond to have to worry about.”

“You can’t do it alone,” Jean insisted. “He’s too dangerous for you to be alone with him. You need another vampire, preferably two, with you any time you’re with him. If he breaks free, he could kill you before you knew even what happened.”

“Can you do wandless magic?” Raymond interjected.

Martin shook his head. “That isn’t a skill I’ve mastered.”

“Then you need two vampires or a vampire and a wizard at all times,” Raymond insisted. “He fought my magic so hard earlier I had to reinforce the spell. If he were to break free and knock your wand away, you would be completely at his mercy.”

Martin had observed Raymond over the week he had been at l’Institut.

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