Cards of Death Box Set by Tamara Geraeds

Author:Tamara Geraeds [Geraeds, Tamara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-26T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 20

There’s no way I can sleep right now, so I invite Quinn to stay for a while. We sit down at the kitchen table and I pour us some vodka from the bottle that Mom must have bought recently. “How was everything at Darkwood Manor?”

“Quiet. We fixed some broken floorboards and painted the front of the house.”

“Did you find out who that woman with the hair bun was?”

He empties his glass and I follow his example.

“Her name is Myah Pullus. She works as an IT-specialist at the Idaho Police Department.”

“The M, the star and the screen. It’s definitely her.” I rub my forehead. “So now we have to find out who wants to kill her.”

Quinn refills the glasses. “It could be a criminal she caught.”

For once, I enjoy thinking about this puzzle. It keeps my thoughts from going over every possible situation Mom can be in right now. “We should search her house and office and put spy cams in. When someone comes to plant explosives, we can remove them.”

Quinn raises his glass and I tap it.

“Rodney’s has some spy cams we can use. I’ll go get some tomorrow.”

“Sounds like a plan.”

We finish another drink and just sit quietly for a moment. Then I ask the inevitable. “How are we going to find my mother?”

Quinn reaches for the bottle again. “I can try to trace her. And you could cast a tracing spell.”

Although his tone says it all, I still ask, “But you don’t think we’ll find her.”

He shakes his head. “I think they’ll return her when they’re done.”

I almost choke on my drink. Vodka flies everywhere. “When they’re done? Done doing what?”

He grabs the bottle again. “I don’t know. But you have to prepare yourself for something ugly, Dante.”

So that’s why he’s been feeding me all this alcohol. I push my chair back and stand up, slamming my glass on the table. “If you think you can keep me here …” I sway on my feet and grab the sides of the table, “you’re absolutely right.”

He rises from his chair and walks to me as steadily as always. “I’m sorry, but I don’t want you to do something foolish. That’s exactly what Lucifer wants.”

I try to focus on his dark frame. “You’re calling him by his real name now?”

He smiles sadly. “He is still my brother.”

My hand reaches for the glass, but misses. “How come you’re still so sober?”

He pushes me slowly towards the couch, supporting me so I don’t keel over. “I’m an angel, Dante, I don’t get drunk. Didn’t you notice before?”

I remember the last time we were all together. Me, Quinn, Charlie, Paul and Simon. We all had a bit too much to drink, but Quinn didn’t seem affected. I can’t believe that was just a couple of days ago.

I nod, and the whole room spins around me.

“Just lie down. You’ll be fine.” He places a pillow under my head and lifts my feet onto the couch.

I close my eyes, no longer fighting the heavy pull of sleep.

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