[ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

him had to be strong, mean and determined.
114 www.samhainpublishing.com
Something Secret This Way Comes
Of all the people I wanted to discuss this with right now, Sig was at the top of my list. But how could
I have a casual chat with the head of the vampire council about my suspicions? Would Sig want to know
what a half-breed vampire killer thought?
Holden seemed to be reading my thoughts, because he put a hand on my thigh and said,  Let me go to
the council. I ll request an audience with Sig and see if he has any thoughts about what you ve discovered.
I nodded solemnly. It would be better if Holden went. Perhaps it would help him curry favor and find
advancement in the ranks of the other vampires if he brought them the information. I couldn t begrudge
him the desire to advance among his own kind. I knew I never would.
I opened my car door, noticing an unfamiliar but pristinely well-kept  72 Dodge Challenger parked
near my building. It was a charcoal gray color I rarely saw on cars, let alone vintage muscle cars.
I was about to ask Holden if he remembered ever seeing it before when I noticed that my living room
light was on. I might not remember cars, but I definitely knew I d turned off all my lights before leaving.
Someone was in my home and it wasn t someone I d invited.
www.samhainpublishing.com 115
Chapter Twenty-Six
 Holden. I leaned back towards the car, but my eyes remained focused on my window, which rested
on the same level as the sidewalk. My living room was the only one in the apartment that allowed natural
light in, and as such also the only one that let light out.
 I see it.
 Are we expecting anyone?
 Keats?
 Keaty would have called first. He knows better.
 The wolves?
I raised my eyes, looking away from the window when it didn t yield the answers I needed. I hadn t
considered Lucas or Desmond, but now that Holden suggested it, it seemed like the most obvious answer.
My face flushed, and it didn t escape Holden s notice.
 That would make sense.
 Do you want me to come in with you?
If it was either of my wolves, then having Holden with me would only serve to make things all the
more complicated. The uneasiness of earlier this evening was still fresh in my mind, and I doubted the boys
would have forgotten it either. I was also more than a little annoyed that they would invite themselves into
my home, and I didn t want Holden with me when I made that clear to whoever was inside.
 No. It s got to be one of them, that makes the most sense. You can go.
 You re sure?
 Go and see Sig. We need to know what he thinks we should do and how we should act on it. I need
to know if he still wants Peyton alive, given this new information.
Holden scoffed, and I knew he doubted the Tribunal s opinion would change regardless of any new
details, but being allowed to kill Peyton would go miles to help ease my mind.
 Tell me as soon as you know anything. Please.
He nodded and I closed the car door at last. In my lit apartment there was a whole other world of
problems for me to deal with. I was starting to think I d never find an end to my troubles.
It wasn t until I was standing alone on the sidewalk, watching Holden s car drive away, that I felt the
full force of a body slam into me from behind and realized how right I was.
Something Secret This Way Comes
The blow was accompanied by snarling and snapping next to my ear that made my whole body go
cold. I remembered being in the club yesterday with a man s throat in my mouth, only then the animal
noises had been coming from my throat instead of next to my head. It was a feral, distinctive sound, that of
a hunter with prey only a bite away.
I was being immobilized by someone s full weight, and they were trying to eat me.
I let out a howl that was less a horror-movie victim s scream and more the noise of a wounded animal,
but was the most natural utterance I could manage in the heat of panic. How could I have been stupid
enough to let down my guard for a fraction of a second, knowing Peyton was in the city waiting for a
chance to conclude our unfinished business?
 I thought you were so strong, the mouth near my ear said.
The fact human words were coming out when the previous sounds had been so guttural was enough to
snap me out of my internal chastising. As the voice and words sunk in, I put together that the speaker was
young and female. Had one of Peyton s new lackeys found me?
Using her new calmness as an opportunity to rear back, I smacked the back of my skull hard into the
front of her face and knocked her off me with the suddenness of the gesture. It never ceased to amaze me [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]