The Tome of Bill (Book 1.5): Night Stalker by Gualtieri Rick

Author:Gualtieri, Rick [Gualtieri, Rick]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Urban Fantasy
Publisher: Westmarch Publishing
Published: 2017-03-31T04:00:00+00:00

A CALL FROM THE CHIEF

“Like clockwork,” I muttered as my phone began to chime.

I’d taken off my vigilante outfit in the stairwell before leaving the building, but this time I replaced my trench coat with a regular jacket. My hope was that my normal appearance cut a far different silhouette than my alter ego, just in case any other Village vamps happened to be lurking close by.

I was several blocks away, pretty much just randomly wandering and hoping to look like any other doofus out on the street this night, when my phone rang. Though I’d originally planned on heading straight home to debrief / brag to my roommates, I decided to give it a little while. If Sally called while I was on the subway, that might give her cause to start dialing my home number. I didn’t want to risk Tom answering and giving some nitwit excuse that could blow the whole thing.

“Hello,” I said innocently into the receiver.

“Guess what just happened?” Sally asked from the other end. Her tone wasn’t quite the panicky pitch I’d been hoping for, but then I remembered who it was I was talking to.

“You decided to start offering two for one specials on lap dances?”

“No, balls for brains. Someone just beat the shit out of Firebird.”

“Oh?” I feigned a modicum of concern. “Is she okay?”

“She was well enough to whine about it.” I couldn’t help but notice the distinct lack of caring in her voice. Hell, if anything, she sounded amused. Guess Firebird wasn’t at the top of Sally’s Facebook friend list.

“What happened?”

“Hard to say for certain. She was at the 20th Street apartment when she says something kicked the door down.”

“Something?” I asked, bemused that reality was already giving way to bullshit.

“Yeah. Whatever it was, it barged in and mercilessly beat the crap out of her. She claims she was lucky to escape with her life.”

“Another vampire? HBC maybe?”

“According to her, it was like nothing she’d ever seen before. She keeps yammering on about something dressed in all black, like a demon out of Hell.”

“Do you believe her?”

“She’s a fucking idiot, what do you think? Personally, I think she got sloppy on a hunt, picked a not-so-easy target, and now she’s trying to get some sympathy rather than just admitting one got away.”

“Oh?”

“But that still isn’t stopping her from telling anyone who’ll listen.” I was about to say something noncommittal, but she continued, “But you know what? Maybe this is a good thing for us. Lord knows I’ve been looking over my shoulder all week. Hopefully this will give them all something else to think about for a while.”

I smiled into the receiver. Hopefully indeed.

“Oh hey, Bill?”

“Yeah?”

“Speaking of the HBC, did you happen to start some shit with those assholes again? I got a call from Colin earlier and he…”

“Sorry, the subway car is entering a tunnel. You’re breaking up. Talk to you soon.” I sputtered some static noises and quickly hung up. Colin, James’s assistant, was the acting vampire in charge of Boston – the hub of undead activity in the Northeast.

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