Retribution of Sins (SMVS, #6): Skye Morrison Vampire Series, #6 by J.L. McCoy

Author:J.L. McCoy [McCoy, J.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: vampire, urban fantasy, Romance
Publisher: J.L. McCoy
Published: 2018-01-07T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Back aboard the plane, we settled in for the one-and-a-half-hour flight to Paris to check out the only lead we had so far—the Hôtel Saint-Merry. Corvus and Hagan were pouring over every page I managed to pilfer from Stanus’s vault, and they were working surprisingly very well together. You could have knocked me over with a feather.

I was looking up a promising address on the GPS when the headache first set in. The closer we got to Paris, the more intense it became. I said nothing to my companions, of course, because I had a small inkling as to what was causing it. The closer I got to Paris, the closer I got to Ireland and wherever the hell Amun was being imprisoned. I was terrified of slipping up or falling asleep and letting him in. I was bound and determined to keep him out of my head, and I said nothing of the headache to my companions as I knew what their thoughts on the subject would be—nothing good of course. Plus I was terrified of confirming their suspicions that Amun’s connection to me still existed.

“We’ve got sixteen possible locations so far and still a mound of papers to go through,” I stated as I rubbed my aching forehead. “How in the hell are we going to check all of these places in the next thirteen days?”

“We start with what we know,” Hagan explained. “Stanus will most likely not be hiding out in the middle of a large metropolitan area due to the chances of being spotted by an unsympathetic vampire, so we can put those properties at the bottom of the list. Sparsely populated locations with large land ownership get put at the top of our list. It’s our belief that he will most likely be residing there.”

“What happens if he’s not hiding at one of his own properties and we end up wasting all of our time searching these?”

“We have to believe we have the answers right in front of us, Morrison,” Hagan explained gently, understanding my fears. “We’ll find him. I promise you that. I’ve got my money on him running scared and running out of vampires willing to facilitate his dream of becoming the Dark leader.”

“You do understand that if we find Stanus with consorts, we are killing them all on sight,” Corvus stated, and Hagan and both stopped cold and glanced over at him.

“I’m not killing anyone I don’t have to, Frost.”

“Not unless it’s kill or be killed,” Hagan chimed in, agreeing with me.

“I guarantee you, if anyone is with Stanus, they will be fighting to the death to protect him from capture. He still has a loyal faction of vampires out there, don’t forget that.”

“How can I?” I answered, my brow furrowing at the memory of all those I killed on the airstrip the night we rescued Nikki. Even though it was kill or be killed, it still felt horrible knowing I’d taken all those lives.

*****

After landing in Paris, Corvus secured us a vehicle, and we wasted no time heading for the hotel.

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