Blood Sacrifice: Vampires of Blood and Bones by B.A. Stretke

of the thing that he believes attacked him. Somehow the thing was overpowered and disposed of by someone or something. He then went door to door at the motel introducing himself and questioning the occupants about their experiences the previous evening. He came up empty, not a single person he spoke to remembered the evening the way he remembered it. What bothered him was that the young girl who was injured was nowhere to be found. Yes, there were many explanations that could be made for her absence, but it seemed too convenient. Everything was too convenient for his peace of mind. CHAPTER FIVE “He searched the woods and is now canvassing the motel.” Terence contacted Bastian, who had returned to the Palace to follow up on the rogue cougar that had attacked his beloved. “He spoke to Rawl this morning, briefly, and it seems he has some memory of the events, but he’s not convinced of their accuracy.” “Keep me posted. Let me know when he leaves the motel.” “I will.” Bastian entered the morgue and saw that Silas was there with Dr. Evens and a wolf shifter that he did not recognize. He walked over to the three men who were standing over the corpse of the cougar he’d killed last night. “Bastian.” Silas acknowledged him. “This is Dr. Navarre from the Presque Isle wolf pack up in Presque Isle County. Dr. Evens called him last night to help determine the physiological cause of this shifter’s descent into madness. It appears to have happened in a matter of hours, which is, as you know,