Bones of a Witch by Dana Donovan

Author:Dana Donovan [Donovan, Dana]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Usenet, detective mystery, paranormal mystery, witchcraft, salem witch hunts, C429, Kat, Exratorrents
Publisher: Dana Donovan
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Carlos Rodriquez:

After Tony told me to run the siren and lights, I started making some good time. We’re really not supposed to do that, of course, without first notifying the cops in whose district we’re crossing, but I figured the worse that could happen was we’d pick up an escort here or there along the way and that would get us there faster. As it was, no one challenged us, and we made Salem within the hour.

“So where to now?” I asked Dominic. He had been feeding me directions off his Merc-Vector 280, but as soon as we crossed the Salem city limits he clammed-up. I caught his eyes in the rear view mirror. “Well?”

“I’m working on it. There. Take a left at the stop sign,” he said, adding, “I think.”

“You think? What’s that supposed to mean?”

“Nothing. Take the left and go straight.”

I took a left, went straight and then followed the road to a dead end. We got out there and looked around, but for a couple of teen punks smoking cigarettes on a bench seat under a streetlight, we found no one else around. I went up to the oldest looking kid and asked him if we were at Gallows Hill.”

“`Swhat the marker says,” the kid replied, “ain’t it, Pops?” He pointed with his cigarette in hand at a small granite slab and pedestal behind us. I turned and nearly tripped over the damn thing. Dominic shined his penlight down on it and read the inscription aloud.

“O What breath we here have taken

Damn thee now and crush thy will

The Lord we trust hath not forsaken

Thy souls He claims from Gallows Hill”

When finished, he looked back over his shoulder and added, “Guess we’re here.”

“Yeah,” said Tony, “but where’s Lilith?” He walked up to the punk kid who had called me pops and crowed him back into his seat. “You guys see a young woman here tonight, maybe with an older guy?”

The kid looked up at Tony, showing him a touch more respect than he had shown me. “No. We ain’t seen no one here tonight.”

“You sure?” Dominic said. “You’d remember her; she’s smoking` hot.”

I elbowed him in the side. The kid nodded up at me. “What, is she your daughter or somethin`?”

“She’s my girlfriend,” said Tony, and he grabbed the kid by his shirt and pulled him to his feet. “You sure you haven’t seen anyone?”

“Tony.” I stepped between them and broke the two up. “He said he hasn’t seen her.”

“Yeah, Mister, give me a break. What-a-ya, high or somethin`?” He flicked his smoke into the bushes, and then he and his friends soldiered off.

Tony dropped his head in despair, scratching the ground with his foot before taking a seat on the bench. I brushed the boards next to him with a clean handkerchief and sat down beside him. Dominic took the seat to his left. We sat there, not speaking, taking turns checking our watches and wishing—me anyways—that we smoked so that we would have something to do with our hands.

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