Tree Of Souls (Transfusion Saga #6) - Stephanie Hudson Page 0,74

maybe as we speak is at its destination?” I gave a him a knowing grin just thinking about my girl and said firmly,

“Yes, Dom, that is what I am fucking telling you.”

“But that is…” I quickly ended up cutting him off,

“Fuck! Gods be damned!” I suddenly shouted stopping once more and raking a hand through my hair near yanking it from my scalp for being so clueless!

“What! What is it?”

“I have been so fucking blind, that’s what!” I snapped.

“Luc, I have little patience for this.”

“That day in the library, she had the box with her…” I reminded him.

“Yes, we know, the witch lured her to my vault, we discovered that, what is your point?”

“Yes, we did, but after she discovered what she thought had happened between Keira and me she gave me the box back, made a point of it actually by forcing it into my chest,” I told him but he still didn’t see the connection I was trying to make to the big bastard.

“And?”

“And ask yourself, why would she do that? Why, if she already knew that she would take her secret copy of the map and go on the run to try and discover its secrets…especially knowing that she may need the box to do so. Why not take it with her?” I pointed out making him now see where my train of thoughts were headed.

“Because she didn’t need it,” he said in a tone that spoke more to himself.

“Exactly, because she didn’t need it,” I repeated.

“What if something happened in that vault that showed her the way to discovering the map’s secrets. What if it had something to do with the box and she discovered how to use it to discover the destination before giving it back to me, counting on the fact that its secret wouldn’t be discovered by our people,” I continued, not only laying all the pieces of it out for him, but for my mind also.

“So, what you’re saying is…”

“That if we decipher the map, then we find out where our girl is hiding,” I finished making him agree.

Then he placed a hand on my shoulder and said,

“Then I’d better leave you to your work and your own journey of discovery.”

“And I will keep you informed of any progress made,” I told him making him nod in thanks and then as he started to walk away, he turned back to me and said,

“Go bring our girl home, Luc.”

Oh, but I would do much more than that, for I had a princess to reclaim, meaning only one thing…

The hunt was back on.

Chapter 19

Hiding in Blood

After hours spent looking at the box and pouring over every fucking report I had received on it, I wanted to throw the fucking thing out of the nearest window and let its new home become a frozen lake. I was starting to believe that one of two things must have happened. One was that Amelia had officially hit genius status or the God of dumb fucking luck had struck a deal with the Fates and decided to give her a healthy dose of it!

Honestly, I wouldn’t have been surprised at either, but knowing how smart she was for this ancient crap, then I would put my money on it being mostly her doing and a bit of the other. Now, if the Fates would just be so fucking kind and grant me the same courtesy, then I could swiftly move on to the part where my ass was on a plane and heading to wherever the Hell it was in the world she had been hiding.

I pulled the map from beneath the papers it had got buried under and placed it angrily on top, putting the box next to it, expecting it to do something…fucking anything! Hell, I would take the fucking Devil’s hand reaching out of it and slapping me three ways from Limbo, just as long as what followed was the fucking answer!

“AAHH FUCKING THING!” I suddenly roared after grabbing it and throwing it at the wall. An action that ended with a small explosion of glass from the frame I had hanging there, with the picture I had taken of the lake now floating to the floor.

I raked a frustrated hand through my hair and held it at the base of my neck before releasing the strands on another growl. Then I got up with a sigh and went to retrieve it, first having to brush off the shards of glass and not giving a