Agents, Agreements and Aggravations: In Her Paranormal Majesty’s Secret Service™ Book Three by Anderle Michael

Author:Anderle, Michael
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2020-05-20T16:00:00+00:00

Richmond, Virginia, USA

They waited for nightfall before hopping into the rental car and cruising over to the quarry.

It felt strange to Tanya to be without Sandra. The eternal child had been a permanent accompaniment, stuck to her hip ever since they had first discovered her in New York. She had been Sandra’s guardian almost from the moment of her spectral birth and brought her up to speed with the modern world.

As they drove in relative silence toward the excavation site, she felt more alone surrounded by mortals than she ever had surrounded by specters. The only positive of the whole experience was Roman had fished out a spare set of SI glasses for her to remain in contact with everyone since Sandra had been her source of access to the specters, and now she was gone.

Lupe and Hendrick had stayed behind, as was expected. The conduits took the back seat, while Jiao took the front, and Feng Mian melted and stood in the trunk.

The city faded into silhouettes behind them as the quarry came into view.

The first thing that struck Tanya was that the machines had stopped their incessant whirring. She supposed she hadn’t heard them working at night, so there must be a curfew imposed upon them despite their production schedule.

The group sneaked to the edge of the pit, the place where they had seen the possessed gathering around Madame Celestine as that strange force had darted toward her. The bottom of the cut was empty. Or, at least, they assumed it was. With no lamps or lights lit down there, it was impossible to tell.

“Switch to IR,” Roman muttered. Ula and Triton copied and tapped the controls on their glasses. Their heads swept back and forth as they examined the sight.

“Zero bogeys,” Roman confirmed.

Tanya’s heart rate had doubled. She placed a hand on Roman’s shoulder, surprised by how warm he was. “That doesn’t mean anything, though, right? Specters don’t give off a heat signature.”

Roman moved her hand firmly away without looking. “No. But humans do.”

Ula turned to look at her. “If they are really possessed humans, they have to have some kind of heat trace. No biological body of a human can survive cold for that long. Organs and functions will just break down.”

Feng Mian remained silent beside them, though Tanya was sure she saw his eyes occasionally flick in Jiao’s direction. She wondered how she could get them to get over their differences and admit they liked each other.

Roman led the way as they skirted the upper level of the quarry and made their way toward the only entrance down—the haul road. Out there, they were exposed. The chilly wind bit their exposed skin. Triton kept watch at the rear as the others pressed on, using the downhill momentum to break into a sprint.

They reached the bottom without incident. From down here, the upper level appeared magnified, as though the drop had doubled in size since they’d descended. They stuck close to the wall and made their way toward the rock face where Madame Celestine had disappeared.

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