A Hunters Promise

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Book: A Hunters Promise Read Free
Author: Gwendolyn Cease
Tags: Romance
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somebody’s ass was going to get a beating. He rounded the corner to find Grimm leaning against the side of a building. The blond was staring intently across the street at a bar.
    “You know, if you wanted a drink, you didn’t need me to go with you,” Charon said.
    “I get lonely,” the other man replied.
    After waiting a moment, Charon nudged Grimm. “What the fuck’s going on? Why’d you call me? I was busy.”
    Grimm finally looked at him. “You weren’t getting laid, so what do you care?”
    “Fuck you.” Charon turned to leave. He didn’t need or want Grimm’s piss poor attitude. Hell, he had one of his own, and didn’t want to put up with someone else’s.
    “I keep scenting that rotten garbage smell,” Grimm said. “You know, how Tomas’s brother smelled? Not as strong, but it’s still there. Or here. Somewhere.”
    Charon stopped and turned around. He remembered all too well how Tomas’s brother Juan stunk. He also remembered how desperate Tomas had become. Desperate enough to kidnap Joelle to feed Juan her blood. Luckily, for everyone involved, he hadn’t, because Talon wouldn’t have let anyone, but Joelle, leave the house alive. Charon supposed that’s what happened when an Ancient found his human Liaison and bonded like they did.
    Charon leaned against the wall next to Grimm. “You think it’s coming from the bar?”
    “I’m not sure,” Grimm said, running his fingers through his hair in frustration. “It’s like, when I move from this area, I can’t locate it. The wind is coming from the direction of the bar, but if one of those things is in there, how do the humans not smell it?”
    Charon nodded, “I feel you. Because it’s not like Juan could toss on some cologne or some shit to cover that stink.”
    “Right, so I’m thinking it’s hiding around here. But I don’t really know why or where.”
    “Possibly looking for an easy human to grab?” Charon suggested.
    “Maybe, but from Joelle said, Juan wasn’t all there when he came hunting her.”
    “And what if someone else is with it?” Charon said as he searched the dark. “Controlling it, keeping it in check.”
    Grimm nodded, and the two men continued to search the darkness. Charon closed his eyes and breathed deeply, trying to catch what Grimm was scenting. Kenshin said Ancients often developed extra abilities, and obviously, a keener sense of smell was Grimm’s deal. Slowly, Charon began to pick out individual aromas and discard them. He turned his head, and for a moment, just a brief second, he smelled the rotten garbage smell and something else. It was the something else he concentrated on. He couldn’t tell where it came from, but knew it was important.
    “What is it?” Grimm asked.
    “It’s a scent that’s riding with the garbage, but I don’t know what it is.”
    “I caught that,” Grimm said with a nod. “It’s familiar to me, too. And it’s like trying to mask the other scent, but not get noticed.” Grimm rubbed his face, “Fuck, I don’t know. I’ve been at this so long I don’t even know what scent I’m catching anymore.”
    “How long have you been standing here?” Charon asked.
    The other man shrugged. “I’m not sure. A few hours, maybe.”
    “That’s crazy,” Charon muttered. “Let’s walk and see what we can find since standing here isn’t getting us anywhere but pissed.”
    Grimm didn’t reply, but fell into step as Charon pushed off the wall and started walking. The neighborhood wasn’t a bad one since it was made up of working families, a grocery, and a number of bar/restaurants. All in all, for a weekday night, it was quiet. Too quiet, really, for vamps to hunt humans. The lack of a crowd would make hunting incredibly difficult, especially since a regular vampire didn’t have the skills or abilities an Ancient had. Of course, the smell wouldn’t help either. Hard to hide in a crowd when you smelled like week-old rotten meat.
    They hunted the block for the elusive

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