Chapter 56

Trinity

The drive back to Mark’s house was quiet. They put me in the back seat, and Vash was in the front beside Mark, looking out the window and blowing cigarette smoke out the window. The other two hunters parked down the street and went to the house. When they said it was clear, Mark drove into the garage and parked. He walked me into the house, and Vash went outside with the other two to do something.

I could still smell blood in the air, but the vampire bodies that had been there were gone.

“Vash, did the church send a clean-up crew here?” Mark asked into his radio.

“No,” Vash said. “Unless someone else called it in.”

He cursed. “We’ll reconvene about it. The bodies are gone… just like in the clearing.”

He turned to me, but I couldn’t look at him.

“I’m going to kill Lucian, Trinity.”

I glanced at him. “No, you won’t.”

“You think he’s stronger than the church?” Mark asked.

I set my jaw and stood up. “I think it won’t matter.”

“If it comes to it,” Mark started. “Would you let h