The Tenth Victim Novels & Stories

After returning home, Adrienne immediately went to take a bath, but Jefferson kept busy and made a call. "Find out the identity of the fourth victim as soon as possible." At the other end of the phone, someone replied, "Jefferson, we just confirmed a few minutes ago that the fourth victim was a staff member at Chatterton Town Bank in Paramount Area." The first victim was a vegetable vendor, the second was an ordinary housewife, the third was a real estate agent, and the fourth victim worked at a bank. What was the connection between the four victims?

The notes the inspector took ran as follows. Pranav’s relationship with victim – strained. Jyoti, suspicious movements. Why wouldn’t she move away from the door. Something else is going on

Oliver Valenti—who looked more suited to sipping champagne in Paris than sitting in a mafia bunker. “Victor.” Piero opened first. “One woman. Just one. And twelve teams aren’t enough? For fifteen years we believed that sin was buried.” Victor swirled his whisky. A lazy motion that radiated menace. “She’s no ordinary target. Trained. Hidden by professional hands.” “Or perhaps,” Elthario offered with a venomous smile, “she’s simply a ghost you’ve nursed from your own guilt.” “She’s real.” Victor’s gaze ignited a cold fire. Elthario fell silent.

Mission or not, I would haunt whoever did this to the ends of the world and make them feel what these girls suffered tenfold. On the big screen attached to the wall of the conference room was the list of ten victims and what was left of their lifeless bodies. They had been drained of blood to the last drop, and the culprits left a bite mark on the junction of the neck and shoulder. In the eyes of a human not privy to the shifter world, it would look like a vampire bite, and Officer Cooley strongly believed that this was a vampire's doing. “Chief Ramirez mentioned that you solved a case like this before.” Alpha Seth directed his question to Spade and me.