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Elrod, PN - Vampire Files 08 - The Dark Sleep
Vampire Files Book 8
THE DARK SLEEP
P. N. Elrod



CONTENTS
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen



1
Chicago, April 1937

Normally I wouldn't be caught deadЧor even undeadЧin this kind of eatery
anymore, but my partner Charles Escott needed my help with a case. He had a
skittish client who insisted on being along for the ride and wanted someone to
hold her hand and keep her out of troubleЧthat is to say, out of his hairЧwhile
he worked.
I looked across the table at Mary Sommerfeld, and tried to give her a reassuring
smile, but she wasn't having any of it. She kept darting nervous glances to her
left, my right, and several times I had to stop myself from doing the same. If I
wanted to see what was going on there, I could use the pocket mirror cupped in
my palm.
"Keep your eyes on me," I muttered. "Try to eat something." After all, I'd
bought her the more expensive fifty-five-cent dinner (beverage extra), and I
hated to see good food going to waste. I assumed it was good, anyway. My
judgment on fine dining was no longer reliable. The only thing that didn't smell
nauseating to me in this joint was my untouched coffee.
"But he's not doing anything," she muttered back.
I took her to mean my partner. "Mr. Escort's had lots of experience at this kind
of thing. Give him time, he'll come up aces for you."
She grimaced and seized a fork, glared at it, and made a point of wiping it
thoroughly with her napkin, which I thought unnecessary. Granted, the joint
wasn't the Ritz Hotel, like what she was used to, but then it was a few steps