Full Moon Rising - 02 by Heath Stallcup Read Free Book Online

of here.” Paul ordered and the enforcers stepped forward to cart out what was left of him. 
    “What do we do?” Damien asked.
    “Find the other punk.  Perhaps he knows more.”
    Damien paused.  “Master, I will do whatever you say, you know that.  But I doubt seriously that the other punk will know any more than this one.”
    Paul turned slowly to Damien, his brows raised.   Damien raised his hands in defense.  “Remember, master, the punk said that their sister gang told them about this attack, and they were told by a biker gang who was told by a rival biker gang, etc.  It’s all word of mouth, yes?”
    “Go on…”
    “They know nothing.  Just that somebody wants to know if they would be interested.  Somebody is testing the waters to see if they can raise enough interest in the attack.”  Damien’s gears were going, trying to think like his dad would.  “Obviously there is interest.  Vampires across the world want payback.  But it’s not just here in the states, but worldwide.  My father had told me that all of the Monster Squads were hit last month and they all lost some men.  Some only had one team and they are completely out of the game until they retrain replacements.”
    “And your point is?”
    “Whoever is behind this may have been behind those attacks as well.”
    Foster debated a moment on the next step.  “Did your father have any idea who these vampires were?”
    “No, but there are always rumors…”
    “Tell me what you know, Damien.  This is not the time to trifle with me.” Paul growled.
    “That’s just it, master.  I don’t know , it is just rumors.” He defended himself.  “But as I was saying, there is one rumor that one of the hunters survived the attack here.  The Beastia had an infiltrator with the Humanus and…the infiltrator carted off one of the hunters.”
    “Where?!” Paul demanded.
    “We don’t know.”  Damien admitted.  “But it is a start, yes?  If we watch the hunters, perhaps they will…”
    “No.”  Foster said.  “We have nobody who could effectively do that. But perhaps we can find the Beastia.”  Paul’s eyes na rrowed.  “As much as it pains me to even consider the thought, perhaps an… alliance with the goat suckers would be in the best interest of all vampires… if we work together to stop the anarchists.”
     

 
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    Mitchell approached Evan Peters’ lab station apprehensiv ely.  His mind was racing and he felt like his heart was beating through his chest.  After more than a decade of shifting with every full moon, the shifts were becoming harder and fighting the aggression of the wolf was becoming more and more difficult.  He saw Evan’s station was empty.  Where could he have gone?  The computers were shut down and his notebooks were put away.  Although Evan rarely slept, that must be where he was.  Matt knew from experience that waking Evan was like waking the dead.  Literally.  But this felt like an emergency.  A personal emergency, true, but an emergency nonetheless. 
    He went to the elevator and punched in the lower level bu tton and slid his key card for access.  Very few could access the level where Evan had set up his room, as stark as it was.  Matt waited for the doors to open then took the hallway right until he reached what used to be a supply closet.  He knocked loudly on the door, hoping to wake him.  The door opened and Evan gave a rather surprised look at the colonel.  “I’m still up, Colonel.  Is something wrong?”
    “I really hate to bother you Evan, but could you brew me up another batch of that secret sauce of yours?  The stuff you gave me before?”
    Evan nodded.  “Helped, did it?”
    “Took the edge off quite a bit, but my nerves…feels like it burns through whatever calming effect it has pretty quick.”
    “Let me grab my lab coat and some shoes.”  Evan turned away from the door, but didn’t shut it.  Matt looked inside the room, curiosity and the