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Endless Chase

ISBN 9781419919954

Edited by Shannon Combs

Cover art by Syneca

Electronic book Publication May 2009

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E NDLESS C HASE

N.J. Walters

Dedication

This book is for all of you who have come to love the Dalakis family as much as I

do, and who asked for Chase’s story.

Thank you for taking this journey with me and for embracing the Dalakis brothers,

the women who love them, and their extended family.

Endless Chase

Prologue

She stood in the shadows, feeling more at home there than in the light. As the man

she’d searched for these past five weeks poured rich red liquid from the decanter, the

scent of blood filled her nostrils. The temptation to kill him now was almost

overwhelming, but she restrained herself. Information was what she needed and dead

men didn’t talk. But his time was near.

Oblivious to the danger swirling around him, he strolled toward her and thrust a

crystal goblet in her direction. “Drink.” Suspicion darkened his eyes as he held up his

glass in a silent toast. “It’s too bad you didn’t arrive sooner. You could have shared in

the kill.”

It was too bad. That was one more death on her conscience. But what was one

more? He was a pawn, nothing more. She suspected they were all just pawns in this

game, shuffled and moved by a master player. But she was a willing one. Taking the

goblet from his outstretched hand, she raised it to her lips and drank it in one swift

swallow, knowing that was what he expected.

His smile sent a shiver down her spine and she knew she was in the presence of

pure evil. Laying the empty glass aside, she returned his smile as she shifted closer. “I’ll

bet a man of your many talents is privy to all sorts of secrets.”

A name sprang into his mind almost immediately. She heard it as clearly as if he’d

said it aloud. Vasili. She felt power and fear surrounding it. Who was this person to

inspire so much awe and trepidation in a monster such as this? Something deep in her

gut told her this was the information she’d been searching for.

Now that his mind was open, she focused her psychic power, grabbing on to his

mind with all her might. He froze, his mouth falling open on a silent scream as he tried

to fight. “Who is Vasili and where can I find him?”

An hour later, satisfied she’d learned all she could, she walked to the door, the

pungent smell of gasoline trailing behind her. There was no sound from the monster

she’d just dealt with. For his latest victim, it was too late, but there would be justice.

Stopping, she foraged in her coat pocket and pulled out a pack of matches she’d

picked up at a local bar. Flicking one match against the flint, she watched as it sprang to

life, its orange glow illuminating the scene before her.

She lit the entire package from the lone match, watching as the flames soared

higher. When she tossed it into the room there was a giant whoosh as it rushed forward

and met with the gasoline. Satisfied there would be nothing left to identify her, she

turned her back on the grim scene and walked away.

She knew exactly where she was going next.

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