A Longer Fall (Gunnie Rose) by Charlaine Harris

Author:Charlaine Harris [Harris, Charlaine]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
ISBN: 9780349418056
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Published: 2020-01-13T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

I was sorry I’d said that two hours later. I’d found Rogelio sitting in another restaurant, having a long drink with lots of ice. He was alone. I’d waited outside, hard put to look natural while I remained out of his sight. He’d come out finally. By that time, I hated him because he had been under a fan having a cool drink while I was sweating.

I set out following him. In a little town like Sally, that wasn’t easy to do. I was real glad when I spotted Eli cruising around in his battered car. Our eyes met, and I jerked my head at Rogelio, who was a block ahead of me. Eli was able to do a U-turn and pull up to the curb beside my former crewmate, who looked over when Eli leaned over to the passenger side and rolled the window down.

“Rogelio,” Eli called. I sped up to box Rogelio in from the rear by then, and he still hadn’t noticed me. Rogelio went over to the window and bent down. I closed on him from behind and stuck a knife to his ribs.

“Get in the car,” I said.

“No.” Rogelio began to push back against me, and I jabbed him.

“You bitch!” he said, and started to wheel around to hit me, but Eli got him with a spell first, contained in some powder he’d pinched from a pocket of his grigori vest. Rogelio went blank and silent.

“I love that,” I said. I opened the passenger door and told Rogelio to get in. He did, without a word. I got in the back seat.

“Smooth as silk,” I said, smiling. I kept the knife in my hand. “How long will the spell last?”

“It’s unpredictable,” Eli warned me. “So don’t relax.”

“As if I would.” I was sitting forward on the seat, my knife almost at Rogelio’s neck. It would only take a second to settle him.

We’d abducted Rogelio just before noon, and the streets were empty. People were home eating lunch, or inside a store shopping. Anything to be out of the sun. Of the few people about, no one had seemed to notice a thing. If they had, they were confused enough about what they’d seen to keep quiet.

We drove north out of Sally and into the countryside, which was gently rolling and cleared for agriculture for the most part. Cows and chickens, the occasional crop of cotton or … something else. I’m not real versed in farming.

Rogelio seemed to be more aware after ten minutes, and soon after that he was definitely stirring and muttering.

“Hold still!” I said, pricking his neck. “Don’t talk till we’re ready for you to talk.” Our unwilling passenger quieted down for a minute or two, but then he was twitching again, and saying, “No, no, no.” Which was not useful.

“We about there?” I was wondering how long it would be before I had to fight Rogelio, which would not be hard since I was behind him and armed. But we hadn’t had a chance to search him.

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