Celebromancy (Ree Reyes Series Book 2) by Michael R. Underwood

Author:Michael R. Underwood
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Pocket Star
Published: 2013-07-15T00:00:00+00:00

They made their way back to Jane’s trailer, and after feeding it (not literally) a semiotic anchor (Drake’s words, not hers), the astrolabe was ready to go. The trail led them several blocks to the north, then east, heading into downtown. Ree watched most of an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (“The Harvest”) on the way over, and felt the energy of the magic zipping through her veins like quippiness caffeine.

She and Drake got more than a few odd looks from club-goers, homeless people, and one police officer on the night beat. Ree thought the officer might have been one of the cops she’d met the night after the first attack, but when she was about to stop and ask, Drake took a sharp turn and said, “This way! The signal has become stronger in a most inexplicable manner!” and so she followed.

Drake lead them down Third Avenue, then paused in front of an active construction site, fenced off, yellow cranes and plows lit at odd angles by the streetlights, looking like a twentieth-century elephant graveyard.

“Here?” Ree asked.

Drake puckered his lips, then said, “So it would seem. The astrolabe says she is less than one hundred feet straight ahead.”

Ree looked up and down the street. “We should go back and get that beat cop, have her help. I’m not excited about the idea of breaking and entering while she’s in the neighborhood.”

“I’m afraid that the extranormal matters of our situation would come out all too easily, Ms. Ree.”

“Well, I’d rather have her on my side than slapping cuffs on us for an overnight visit to the lovely accomodations of the Fifth Precinct lockup. We’ll just rely on the Doubt for this one.” Ree turned and jogged back to where she’d seen the beat cop.

“Officer!” Ree called as she spotted the cop.

The woman turned and looked at Ree. “Yes?”

Ree looked both ways and then crossed the street, amused by the fact that she was jaywalking in front of a police officer. “I’m Ree Reyes, I think we met at the Awakenings set.”

The officer looked at Ree again, then nodded. She was just a couple of inches taller than Ree, was solidly built, and moved with smooth confidence. Her thick hair poked out from the sides of her hat but didn’t obscure her vision.

“Yes, Ms. Reyes. What’s the problem?”

“Jane Konrad is gone, and we have good reason to suspect she went into the construction site around the corner, and I thought it’d be a helluva lot of a better idea for us to tell you than to tresspass ourselves.”

Ree waited while the officer considered. She shifted her weight to the other leg, then scanned the street. Apparently satisfied, she leaned into her radio, saying, “This is Washington, Badge #71359. I have a lead on Konrad. Proceeding on foot to the construction site on Third and Harrison, over.”

The radio crackled, then there was a response in a bored female voice. “Stand by. We’re sending another unit. Over.”

Ree looked at Washington. (Was it Lieutenant Washington? Sergeant? Ree had never bothered learning the police visual ranking system .

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