A Psychic with Catitude by P.D. Workman

Author:P.D. Workman [Workman, P.D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: pd workman

Chapter Twenty

Reg breathed a sigh of relief when they stepped out of the last building and into the blinding sunlight. She covered her eyes, tears streaming down her face, and just soaked in the sensation of the sun beating down on her skin. She would never have guessed that it could be so cold just a few feet underground.

They both stood there for a few minutes, blinded and getting used to the light, before they were able to move and get back into the car. Jessup radioed in a status update. As they drove out of the dead end and again saw the people out on the street, Reg looked at them with new eyes. The children who played and laughed on the sidewalks and in the gutters might not be children at all, but pixies keeping guard, watching as they first approached and then drove away.

Jessup noticed her interest. “You’ll never look at children the same way again. You’ll always wonder, even when you’re away from this place, how many of them are children and how many are pixies keeping watch or looking for new victims.”

“Do you believe what they said?”

“Pixies lie constantly. I can’t rely on anything they said.”

“Then what was the point in interviewing them?”

“To observe them and see if they gave anything away. To see if Ruan was there. Or any sign of Calliopia.”

“How would we know? It’s like a rabbit warren down there.”

Jessup turned her palm up in a gesture of surrender. “You don’t know if you don’t look.”

“I suppose not. So did you learn anything?”

“I don’t think Demelza knew that there was a relationship between Ruan and Calliopia.”

Reg nodded her agreement. “That was the only time I felt anything from her. She really didn’t like the idea of a romantic relationship between them.”

“So whatever happened to Calliopia, it wasn’t because Calliopia was lured here. Not by any of the adult pixies.”

“Do you think she might have originally come here because of Ruan? Because he lured her here to be with him or she thought she could get together with him?”

“It’s still a possibility. But I don’t get the feeling that we have figured it out yet. I still don’t think we’ve quite put our finger on what happened.”

“Brannock knew that she had disappeared from her room.”

“I noticed that too,” Jessup agreed. “But I don’t know if that’s because the pixies had something to do with it, or just that they had heard about it.”

“Is it true that fairies—”

Jessup put her hand over her hip and swore. She swerved slightly, making Reg grab onto the handle of the door for support, flashing back to Sarah’s driving. They straightened out and she let the handle go, but Jessup kept swearing.

“What is it?”

“My badge! My shield! It was on my belt, so that it’s handy if I need to use it to identify myself, and it’s gone!”

“You think the pixies stole it?”

“It didn’t just drop off of its own accord!”

“I’m sorry. Do you want to go back and get it?”

Jessup’s fingers tightened on the wheel, and she considered for a moment.

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