The Vampire Hunters: Book I of The Vampire Hunters Trilogy by Baker Scott M

Author:Baker, Scott M. [Baker, Scott M.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: horror, vampires
ISBN: 9781940344089
Publisher: Emby Press
Published: 2014-02-03T05:00:00+00:00

6.

DRAKE SAT AT HIS DESK, his feet propped up on an extended drawer. With a Macanudo clenched between his teeth and the keyboard resting on his lap, he had been surfing the Internet for over an hour. More accurately, he had been searching The Washington Standard’s website to find out everything he could about Jessica Reynolds. Sadly, the effort was a waste of time.

Taking a long draw on his cigar, Drake removed it from his mouth and placed it in an ashtray, then blew smoke into the air. He reached for his iced coffee and took a long drink. With a frustrated sigh, he continued reading. Despite over an hour on the Internet, he found very little to judge her by. Jessica’s biodata page listed little more than her date and place of birth, the colleges she attended, and the other newspapers she worked for. He checked out their websites, but most were small local newspapers that did not maintain archives if they even had a homepage. Even The Washington Standard’s official photograph of Jessica failed to do her justice. Or at least he hoped so since it looked like the reflection from a funhouse mirror.

Picking up his cigar, Drake took another drag. Fortunately, the website had archived all of Jessica’s articles. Mostly reports on political corruption or the sexual indiscretions of the rich and famous. Not a very impressive portfolio, but Drake reasoned that resulted more from the low editorial standards of The Washington Standard than her own abilities. The quality of Jessica’s writing impressed him. And more importantly, the extent of her research. She had a knack for digging deep into a story and for getting people to talk to her, which more often than not led to them revealing the one fact that blew open the entire scandal. To Jessica’s credit, none of the facts she reported had been disproved. Drake felt she could hold her own on any of the city’s major newspapers if given the chance. Which he did not find reassuring. Now that Jessica had begun snooping around their hunting of vampires, it would not be long before she uncovered the truth.

A knock at the door broke into Drake’s thoughts. “Come in.”

Alison stuck her head inside. “I just wanted to remind you that Jim wants to show us his latest gadgets when you have a minute.”

“I’ll be right there.” Drake logged off his computer, took a puff on his cigar, and joined Alison.

Jim was waiting for them when they came upstairs. He stood in front of the work bench, shifting his weight from one foot to the other like a nervous schoolboy about to give his first class presentation. He nearly sprang to attention when he saw them approaching. Drake could tell that Jim desperately wanted to impress them.

“Okay, kid,” Drake said in as supportive a tone as possible. “Show me what you got.”

“Yes, sir.” Jim stopped short, realizing he sounded too formal. He gestured for the others to join him at the work bench.

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