Mercy of These Bones

Four years ago, Mathias Larsen broke siring laws to save a lover’s life. Four months ago, that lover turned on him, leaving him for dead. Now Mathias has followed her path of death to Las Vegas, straight to the last vampire who wants to see him: his sire. The man he left for a woman who stabbed him in the back. Edmund has found love again with a nightclub owner, the very human Darby Bell. He doesn’t want to believe Mathias’s warnings, but a murder that hits too close to home gives him no choice. While he struggles to keep Mathias and Darby safe, emotions run high as old love collides with new. But the clock is ticking. The vampire Assembly is coming to town, the local police are alerted to Mathias’s nocturnal activities, and passions are flaring high. Time is running out. By the time death strikes again, all bets are off.

Vivien Dean · Urban

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98 Chs

Chapter 40

“Do you live in Las Vegas, Mr. Richards?”

“No, I’m staying with a friend. A friend of Darby’s, actually. All he’s done since I arrived last week is talk about her, so I showed up last night to see if she was as amazing in reality as she was in the picture he painted.” That familiar twinkle was back in his eye as he glanced at Darby, making her wonder why it had disappeared in the first place. “Turns out, he’s the prince of understatement.”

Detective Cruz didn’t seem impressed at all by the obvious compliment. “Can somebody confirm you were here last night?”

“Lyle can,” Darby offered. “We were sitting at the bar and he served us. He should remember if you ask him. He’s good at that kind of thing.”

Mathias snorted. “I bloody well hope he remembers. I gave him a big enough tip.”

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