The Vampire's Mate by Zara Novak

Author:Zara Novak [Novak, Zara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-10-04T16:00:00+00:00

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Edmund rolled his head on his tired neck. Dive bar after dive bar, scumbag after scumbag. In the last hour he’d worked his way through four bars in the surrounding blocks, doing a quick shakedown of the patrons inside to see if they knew anything. Edmund always found it easy to interrogate humans, and could always rely on his Intention to get the truth straight away, but it was still hard work.

“Nothing funny around here padre.” The first barkeeper had told him.

“Funny? Funny how? Nothing happens in this city buddy, not since the plant closed down last year.” Another said.

And so it went. Useless words, meaningless answers. If the Order had been here, someone would have seen something. He checked his watch, realized they were due to meet back at the hospital in ten minutes and headed outside. Feeling that his luck had been a little flat, he ducked into one last bar, deciding it might be worth checking out.

‘The Hop’ was a dirty little place. The scent of stale beer and cigarette smoke hung in the air, a TV in the corner was playing a silent image of college football. Country rock blasted out through the hot room. A couple working girls stood around a jukebox in the corner trying to snare johns with their short skirts and suggestive glances. It was Edmund’s type of place. He pulled up at the bar, and took a stool next to a drunk in a cowboy hat. The sound of shrieking came from somewhere behind, and he turned to see a drunk college girl in a short skirt, spinning on a stool cowboy style. Laughing, he turned back to the bartender, a middle aged blond woman with tired eyes and a pretty face.

“What you having partner?” She asked.

Edmund waved his hand subtly over the table top and flared his eyes into hers. His Intention wrapped around her easily enough. As he connected with her mind, he caught a brief glimpse of the woman being tied up and beaten. It looked sexual, but it wasn't a happy situation for her. The brief image was cloudy, but he could see the captor was in all white. Images like this happened sometimes when using Intention on humans.

“Anything unusual happen around here recently?” He asked. “Men in white? Weird things going on at the hospital?”

The woman gulped. He could see there was trepidation in her eyes. Under his Intention, lying to him wouldn’t be possible, but she did.

“Nothing like that honey.” Another image came, the woman was bawling while a man ripped her clothes from her body. A strong hand pinned her down while another spread her legs. “Why you ask?”

For a moment he said nothing. The Order had been here, and they had abused this woman. The evidence was in her mind, but she seemed to have no memory of it. Had they blanked it out?

“Never mind.” Edmund released her from his grasp and sat back on the stool with a smile. He looked up at the bar behind her and searched for an empty bottle of liquor.

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