Read Online Fading Light: Shadow Born, Book 2 by Angela Dennis - Free Book Online Page B
Authors: Angela Dennis
Ads: Link
the main lobby. “What did you find out?” he asked as Brenna stepped inside.
“Nothing. Other than the guards are treating the shifter like an animal. He was tied and shackled,” she said as she moved toward him. “I want them relieved of duty and shifters assigned to him.”
“I’ll apologize to him myself. I didn’t know or I would have stopped it.” Seraph took the phone Lucy handed him and shouted a few choice words into the receiver. “Done.”
“Thanks,” Brenna replied.
Lucy reopened the partition in the glass. “Here are preliminary lab reports from the hybrid. I expedited them. You might want to take a look.”
Brenna grabbed them, searching through the jumbled script. Seraph peered at them over her shoulder.
“Whatever toxin he inhaled was purged from his system,” Lucy continued. In a former life the gargoyle had used glamour to pass as a human coroner. Now she headed up the medical team for the IRT.
“So it’s a dead end?” Brenna handed the papers to Seraph.
“Maybe for someone else.” Lucy grinned. “He’s a hybrid, so his shifter blood protected him somehow. It may have created an antibody I can use to find a human antidote.” She leaned down, disappearing from sight, then reappeared with an overflowing banker box. She slammed it on top of her desk with such force the glass rattled. “I’ve been going through these files for months and this is the first time I’ve had anything substantial to work with. I want everything you find, even if you think it inconsequential. I’m going to find a damn cure.”
“If anyone can do it, you can,” Seraph said. “Keep me posted.”
Brenna watched as he disappeared down the hall. “He’s right. As much as I hate to admit it, you’re a genius when it comes to these things. I’ll get you everything I can.”
Lucy shrugged as she began to go through the papers in the box. After a few moments she handed Brenna a file.
Brenna flipped it open. A familiar face stared back. “Damn,” she murmured. The text on the image stated the woman had been a victim of the most recent attack.
“What are we talking about?” Gray stepped into the room. Apparently he had gotten lost somewhere along the corridor.
Brenna handed him the picture. “Look familiar?”
He stared at the image a few moments, his brow furrowed. “She’s the spitting image of Mira.”
“It’s her granddaughter. I need to find Mira. I had no idea.” Brenna took the picture back and placed it in the file.
“Mira found out when she came by to get her stuff.”
Brenna closed her eyes, pinching the bridge of her nose. “I didn’t know.”
“Doesn’t matter.” Lucy leaned back in her chair. “She’s on her way to the boarding house. I told her not to do anything stupid.”
“I need to find her. She’s going to need a friend.” Brenna gathered up the files and handed them back to Lucy.
“You’re assuming she wants to see you,” Gray shook his head. “She’s managed to avoid you for months.”
“You don’t understand. This could send her over the edge.” Brenna moved through the room toward the hallway that would take her to the alternate exit. It would dump them closer to the boarding house. She always kept an extra vehicle there just in case.
“You need to ready yourself. If she loses control and starts killing everything in sight, you might have to kill her. She’s strong, especially since you gave her your blood. And her control has always been dicey.”
Brenna froze. “Killing her isn’t an option.” She glanced at Gray. “I gave her my blood so she could help us fight Orien and Adare. She wasn’t strong enough to fight two deviant psychopaths. It was the right thing to do.”
“Sure. Like making an unstable vampire unstoppable is ever a good idea.” Sam stepped from the adjoining hallway to join them.
Brenna pushed back a wave of anger. “I thought you were at the crime scene?”
“I was. Seraph called me back.” A smirk danced
“Nothing. Other than the guards are treating the shifter like an animal. He was tied and shackled,” she said as she moved toward him. “I want them relieved of duty and shifters assigned to him.”
“I’ll apologize to him myself. I didn’t know or I would have stopped it.” Seraph took the phone Lucy handed him and shouted a few choice words into the receiver. “Done.”
“Thanks,” Brenna replied.
Lucy reopened the partition in the glass. “Here are preliminary lab reports from the hybrid. I expedited them. You might want to take a look.”
Brenna grabbed them, searching through the jumbled script. Seraph peered at them over her shoulder.
“Whatever toxin he inhaled was purged from his system,” Lucy continued. In a former life the gargoyle had used glamour to pass as a human coroner. Now she headed up the medical team for the IRT.
“So it’s a dead end?” Brenna handed the papers to Seraph.
“Maybe for someone else.” Lucy grinned. “He’s a hybrid, so his shifter blood protected him somehow. It may have created an antibody I can use to find a human antidote.” She leaned down, disappearing from sight, then reappeared with an overflowing banker box. She slammed it on top of her desk with such force the glass rattled. “I’ve been going through these files for months and this is the first time I’ve had anything substantial to work with. I want everything you find, even if you think it inconsequential. I’m going to find a damn cure.”
“If anyone can do it, you can,” Seraph said. “Keep me posted.”
Brenna watched as he disappeared down the hall. “He’s right. As much as I hate to admit it, you’re a genius when it comes to these things. I’ll get you everything I can.”
Lucy shrugged as she began to go through the papers in the box. After a few moments she handed Brenna a file.
Brenna flipped it open. A familiar face stared back. “Damn,” she murmured. The text on the image stated the woman had been a victim of the most recent attack.
“What are we talking about?” Gray stepped into the room. Apparently he had gotten lost somewhere along the corridor.
Brenna handed him the picture. “Look familiar?”
He stared at the image a few moments, his brow furrowed. “She’s the spitting image of Mira.”
“It’s her granddaughter. I need to find Mira. I had no idea.” Brenna took the picture back and placed it in the file.
“Mira found out when she came by to get her stuff.”
Brenna closed her eyes, pinching the bridge of her nose. “I didn’t know.”
“Doesn’t matter.” Lucy leaned back in her chair. “She’s on her way to the boarding house. I told her not to do anything stupid.”
“I need to find her. She’s going to need a friend.” Brenna gathered up the files and handed them back to Lucy.
“You’re assuming she wants to see you,” Gray shook his head. “She’s managed to avoid you for months.”
“You don’t understand. This could send her over the edge.” Brenna moved through the room toward the hallway that would take her to the alternate exit. It would dump them closer to the boarding house. She always kept an extra vehicle there just in case.
“You need to ready yourself. If she loses control and starts killing everything in sight, you might have to kill her. She’s strong, especially since you gave her your blood. And her control has always been dicey.”
Brenna froze. “Killing her isn’t an option.” She glanced at Gray. “I gave her my blood so she could help us fight Orien and Adare. She wasn’t strong enough to fight two deviant psychopaths. It was the right thing to do.”
“Sure. Like making an unstable vampire unstoppable is ever a good idea.” Sam stepped from the adjoining hallway to join them.
Brenna pushed back a wave of anger. “I thought you were at the crime scene?”
“I was. Seraph called me back.” A smirk danced
Similar Books
