Anubis Nights by Gary Jonas

Author:Gary Jonas [Jonas, Gary]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Tags: Urban Fantasy
Publisher: Denton & White
Published: 2014-10-20T22:00:00+00:00

RAYNA NOBLE

Lincoln Parker looked tired when Rayna approached his desk at the Pinkerton office. She sat down, held her purse in her lap, and met his gaze. The office was busy this morning, but she didn’t pay attention to the chatter of typewriters or the various discussions at other desks.

“Did you learn anything?” Rayna asked, hopeful. She hadn’t slept much the night before. She missed having Jonathan beside her. Even if they were just sleeping, hearing him breathe was soothing. Spending the night alone just made her worry about him. If he died back then, he’d have died thousands of years before she missed him. That made the loneliness even more unbearable.

Lincoln ran his hands down his face, yawned, and rubbed at his eyes. He blinked a few times. His tie was mostly undone, and his suit was so wrinkled, he’d probably slept in it. “I have a lead,” he said.

“You look like hell.”

“Thanks for noticing. I could say the same about you, but my mother raised me to be polite.”

“Whatever. So tell me about the lead.”

“I talked to a buddy of mine who’s a Freemason. He told me about a number of occult groups who meet at various places in the city, but he said there wasn’t a chapter of The Golden Dawn here.”

“He was familiar with them, though?”

“Yes. Evidently, The Golden Dawn was a splinter group from the Freemasons. He rattled off the names of the guys who started it, but I didn’t bother to write them down.”

“Damn. I was hoping there would be a chapter here.”

“Well, that’s where my lead comes in handy. My buddy told me about an offshoot of The Golden Dawn that does meet here. They’re called Alpha et Omega, and they meet at the Thoth Hermes Temple. I have the address, but they don’t have another meeting until October first.”

“That’s this coming Friday,” Rayna said.

Lincoln nodded. “Indeed it is.”

“I guess that means you’re my date Friday night.”

“Getting paid to go out with you,” he said with a grin. “Lincoln Parker, gigolo for hire.”

Rayna frowned. Jonathan was supposed to be her date. “Not that kind of date,” she said.

“You’re one strange bird.”

“I’m in a relationship, so don’t get any ideas.”

“So where’s your boyfriend, and why hasn’t he put a ring on that finger yet?”

“He’s on a trip, but he’ll be back soon. Not that it’s any of your business.”

“Touchy, touchy.”

“No touching. Just pick me up at my hotel.”

“The meeting is an exclusive membership-only kind of thing.”

“Your friend can certainly get us invitations.”

“What if they don’t admit women?”

Rayna shook her head. “It’s an occult group, Lincoln. They’re bound to have sex rituals, so of course they admit women. Get us those invitations.”

“I’ll see what I can do.”

“No. You get them. Failure is not an option.”

“An invitation may require an introduction, and that will undoubtedly cost a pretty penny.”

“Keep the penny on the homely side,” Rayna said. “I’m on a budget.”

He nodded.

Rayna pushed herself to her feet and stared at Lincoln. “Go home and get some sleep.

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