Chapter no 39
39 Despite its entrance facing the bustle of the Old Square, Ruhn found the medwitch clinic blissfully quiet. The white-painted walls of the waiting room glowed with the sunshine leaking through the windows that looked onto the semipermanent traffic, and the trickle of a small quartz fountain atop the white marble counter blended pleasantly with […]
Chapter no 38
38 “It makes sense,” Hunt said carefully, watching Bryce where she sat on the rolled arm of her sofa, chewing on her lower lip. She’d barely thanked Declan before hanging up. Hunt said, “The demon has been staying out of view of the cameras in the city. Sabine would know where those cameras are, especially […]
Chapter no 37
37 “Where?” Hunt demanded into the phone, one eye on Quinlan, her arms crossed tight as she listened. All that light had vanished from her eyes. Isaiah told him the address. A good two miles away. “We’ve got a team already setting up camp,” the commander said. “We’ll be there in a few,” Hunt answered, […]
Chapter no 36
36 The three-level shooting range in Moonwood catered to a lethal, creative clientele. Occupying a converted warehouse that stretched four city blocks along the Istros, it boasted the only sniper-length gallery in the city. Hunt stopped by every few weeks to keep his skills sharp, usually in the dead of night when no one could […]
Chapter no 35
35 The fluorescent wands of firstlight hummed through the white-paneled, pristine corridor far beneath the Comitium. Hunt was a storm of black and gray against the shining white tiles, his steps unfaltering as he aimed for one of the sealed metal doors at the end of the long hall. A step behind him, Bryce simply […]
Chapter no 34
34 Bryce and Ruhn had waited at the edge of the Oracle’s Park for Hunt, each minute dripping by. And when he’d emerged again, eyes searching every inch of her face … Bryce knew it was bad. Whatever he’d learned. Hunt waited until they’d walked down a quiet residential block bordering the park before he […]
Chapter no 33
33 The Oracle’s black chamber reeked of sulfur and roasted meat—the former from the natural gases rising from the hole in the center of the space, the latter from the pile of bull bones currently smoldering atop the altar against the far wall, an offering to Ogenas, Keeper of Mysteries. After last night, what he’d […]
Chapter no 32
32 After dropping off his gear at the apartment, Hunt trailed Bryce back to work, where she said she intended to look through Danika’s location data from Declan and cross-reference it with her own list—and the murder scenes so far. But the thought of sitting underground for another few hours grated enough that he found […]
Chapter no 31
31 Sandriel turned toward Hunt, Bryce, and Isaiah at the same moment Micah did. Recognition flared in the dark-haired female’s eyes as that gaze landed on Hunt, skipped Bryce entirely, and took in Isaiah. Bryce recognized her, of course. She was on television often enough that no one on the planet wouldn’t recognize her. A […]
Chapter no 30
30 Hunt kept a casual distance from Bryce as she walked beside him through the Comitium lobby to the bank of elevators that would take them up to the 33rd’s barracks. The other elevator bays dispersed through the centralized, glass-enclosed atrium led to the four other towers of the complex: one for the City Heads’ […]