Luther's Return (Scanguards Vampires Book 10) by Tina Folsom Read Free Book Online Page A

calmness emanated from him. It was Zen-like. It fascinated her, made her want to know more about him, and find out what went on behind the unreadable façade of his handsome face.
    “He said to Samson that he was in prison for twenty years. What for?” she asked, turning to her brother.
    “A murder plot.”
    At Haven’s short answer, she gasped. “Murder?”
    Her brother nodded. “It was before my time, and nobody talks about it much. But apparently he was trying to kill Delilah and Nina. Delilah was pregnant with Isabelle at the time. The attempt was thwarted by Scanguards, and Luther was put away.”
    Open-mouthed, she stared down at Luther. “No wonder Samson was so enraged. Do you think Luther came back to finish the job? Maybe kill Isabelle instead?”
    Ice shot through her veins at the thought.
    “He denies having anything to do with it, and from what I’ve seen so far, I’m inclined to believe him.”
    Haven pointed to the monitor to his left, and Katie followed his gaze. An image of a corridor was frozen on the screen. She recognized it. It was the area near the dressing rooms.
    “He denies knowing the guy who took Isabelle. And from the partial face we have, so far we haven’t found a match in the databases. We’ll know more after the lie detector test. But no matter what the result is, Luther is dangerous. He’s not like us. He’s a criminal.”
    Katie involuntarily shivered at her brother’s assessment. She could blame the air conditioning in the room, but she knew it was her body’s reaction to the man who was being interrogated.
    Thomas and Eddie stepped back from Luther, giving her a good view of his scarred torso once more. Her fingers itched with the need to caress the marred skin, to feel for herself the damage that had been done to his body. As if she needed proof that he was somebody she had to stay away from. Somebody she should not find as fascinating as she did.
    The phone rang, and Haven answered it. “Yeah?”
    In the interrogation room below, Thomas gave Eddie a sign to switch on the machine. Next to Katie, Haven jumped up.
    “I’ll be right there.”
    She spun her head to him. “What’s wrong?”
    “We have a lead. Somebody spotted a woman being dragged into a car not far from the University.” He was already at the door, when he looked over his shoulder. “Stay out of sight and out of trouble.” Then he sighed. “And Katie, I know this whole thing has to be particularly hard on you. But don’t let it drag you back to that dark place. It’s behind you. It’s over.”
    She nodded automatically, shuddering at the memories, and watched the door fall shut behind him. Then she turned her eyes back to the window. Though Thomas spoke to Luther, there was no sound. Haven had probably switched off the speakers before leaving the observation room. Not wanting to alert anybody below that she was up here watching them, Katie didn’t dare try any of the buttons on the console to find the right one to listen in on the room below.
    Instead, she turned to the computer screen and shifted into Haven’s empty chair. With a click of the mouse, she hit the play button on the screen and watched Isabelle’s abduction unfold.
    She strained to get a better look at the kidnapper, but the grainy black-and-white picture and the camera angle didn’t help. Besides, the man kept his head down as if he knew that there was a camera. Isabelle struggled, and it was evident that she was using her vampire strength against the attacker, but the man seemed stronger than she. A vampire or a hybrid himself.
    “Oh God, Isabelle,” she murmured to herself. “I’m so sorry.”
    She reached for her student’s face on the monitor, wanting to comfort her, to tell her that she would do anything to find her, when she accidentally touched the mouse again, restarting the video from the beginning.
    It was almost too much, having to look at it again. Helplessly, she stared at Isabelle, when she noticed her lips