The Vampyre Legal Chronicles - Daniel: Book: 3 Read Online Free PDF

Pattullo and Hindmarch had been found. He
pursed his lips as his hand hovered over the mouse and he brought up his
back-up system. It always helped to have a plan B. He linked to the outside
CCTV cameras of the GPH building in New York and watched the entrance and exits.
If the woman stuck to her usual routine, it wouldn't be long before she arrived
at the service entrance.
    He knew she was Daniel Gillespie's PA, Gia Del Russo.
    She was beautiful and if he'd had human emotions he was sure
that beauty might trigger a physical reaction between his thighs. He didn't do
sex. Too messy. The relief too brief. These days he had better results with
torture or driving a creature insane. A demon had to find his fun which ever
way he could get it.
    And talking of having fun with the insane, Eleanor Pattullo
slid into his communication room, as he liked to call the central hall of his
residence. Two of the walls were jammed with flat screens. He'd recently been
mulling over the use of holographic displays, but human technology hadn't quite
matched his needs. He knew it was only a matter of time before it did. In the
meantime, he'd make do. The vampyre moved with care into his line of vision.
    Eleanor wanted something and since he was in a good mood, he
might just let her have it.
    "What can I do for you today?" he asked in a
cheery voice and noted relief in her dark eyes.
    Her bruises were healing nicely, too.
    "I was wondering what you wanted me to do with the
little boys?"
    Ah, yes. He was now the proud owner of six human toddlers.
    Watching twenty-four-hour breaking news as panic had spread
not only about the global spread of the Ebola virus, but in New York there was
panic about the missing boys, too. It was a whole form of entertainment in
itself. The children had cried until he'd shown them the error of their ways
and now they sat together in a large cot built for purpose, silent and
watchful. Six pairs of eyes never leaving his face. He turned to them now and
immediately all eyes fell to the cot comforter. He had to give it to them,
young humans learned fast.
    In one of his lightning changes of mind, he decided right
then and there, to keep them.
    After all, he'd never had a family of his own.
    Of course, they didn't belong in this reality.
    But maybe, further down the road, they'd come in useful when
he sent them back into their human world.
    Hmm.
    Perhaps he'd change them. Mess up their DNA a little. Maybe
even give them unique skills, or even powers, that would make them stand-out.
    Now there was an idea.
    He liked it.
    Thrilled with his own genius, he turned to Eleanor.
    The vampyre was starving and she looked it.
    She'd rather die than feed from his hellhounds.
    Her clavicle bones were jutting through the skin on her
shoulders.
    She looked weak.
    She looked sick.
    However, although she'd badly let him down, she'd received
her punishment without a murmur, even though her mind was fractured, probably
beyond repair.
    He'd been careless there and he needed to be careful with
her.
    Good and willing help was very hard to find these days.
    "You may feed from them," he said. "Make sure
you do not kill one because I have decided to adopt all six as mine. And you
will be their mother and teach them everything you know."
    Her dark eyes had gone wide and he didn't miss the way her
bottom lip had trembled.
    So, it appeared the vampyre cared for the children?
    Excellent.
    Now he had another way to control her and ensure her
loyalty.
    He watched as she slowly made her way to the cot and picked
up a child.
    The little boy didn't cry, he simply stared into her eyes as
she carried him from the room.
    Today, The Maker decided as he returned to watching the
screens, was a good day.
     
     
    ***
    As Gia was being driven to her
destination, she tried to count her meagre blessings.
    At least she had her job to save her sanity. A job she
loved.
    Gillespie, Pattullo & Hindmarch was the most prestigious
firm of corporate lawyers in the country. Working