Dark Powers by Rebecca York

Author:Rebecca York
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2012-09-26T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

The man who had spoken was Chief Judd. With him were two patrol officers, both young and both looking pleased to be along on this expedition.

“I’m glad you’re here,” Ben said, addressing the chief. “We found a skeleton inside. We think it might be one of the missing girls. Magdalina Sawicki.”

The Chief’s expression hardened. “I said hands in the air, unless you want to get Tasered.”

Ben shuddered and raised his hands. In his present condition, this was all he needed. Beside him Sage did the same.

As he faced the chief, he asked, “What are we charged with?”

“Trespassing.” He read them their rights and asked if they understood.

Ben glanced at Sage who looked as white as the skeleton inside the warehouse.

“Isn’t this a rather extreme reaction?” he asked.

“I’ll be the judge of that. This property has a chain-link fence around it plastered with No Trespassing signs for a reason. It’s dangerous in there, as I’m sure you discovered. You could have gotten injured—or killed. Then the liability would be on the owner.”

As he finished the explanation, the chief peered at Ben. “What’s wrong with you? You look like you went in there to get high.”

Sage started to speak, then closed her mouth.

Judd looked at her. “You were going to say?”

“We climbed up to see what was on the second floor, and Ben . . . got dizzy.”

He suppressed a groan, wishing that Sage had simply kept her mouth shut.

The chief made a huffing sound. “Yeah, right. And what brought you here in the first place?”

Ben answered. “There are gaps in the walls. As we were driving past, I saw something inside that made me think of the dresses that Magdalina left at Mrs. Borden’s when she disappeared.”

“And you know that how?”

“We went over to look through her possessions. With permission,” he added.

Judd gave him an incredulous look. “You expect me to believe that you’re here because you saw fabric that reminded you of that girl’s dresses?”

Ben raised a shoulder. “It’s the truth.”

“What—do you have X-ray vision?”

“I told you, I was looking at the building, and I saw something through the gaps in the walls.”

The man continued to stare at him, his expression incredulous. “This isn’t the road back to town. Why were you out here in the first place?”

“We were taking the long way home, so we could talk in the car.”

The chief kept his skeptical gaze fixed on Ben. “What are you hiding?”

“Nothing.”

“Turn around. Hands against the wall. Legs spread.”

Beside Ben, Sage gasped.

“Do what he says,” he advised, hating that the bastard was technically in the right. They had been trespassing. He’d known it, but he’d figured that nobody else would find out about it until long after the fact—and the chief would be glad to get the information about the ceremonial burial inside. Wrong.

His mind raced as he tried to imagine what had brought Judd here in the first place. Then he remembered the cars he’d seen when they’d driven out to Mrs. Borden’s and later. The chief must have had them followed, but not by one vehicle.

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