Deadly Designs by Dale Mayer

Author:Dale Mayer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Urban, Fantasy
ISBN: 9781927461242
Publisher: Valley Publishing
Published: 2014-12-26T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Storey turned ever so slowly. She gasped. A quick scan of Tammy’s face showed no joy either. Her bottom lip trembled. Not good. Her hand clenched Storey’s and she snuggled tight against her side. Definitely not good. Were the strangers even Tammy’s people?

The two people walking cautiously toward them were female and definitely made Tammy appear more childlike in comparison. Chunky, stocky, thick featured, they were similar to the males that Storey remembered shipping home to their dimension.

Did they know who Storey and Eric were?

They’d taken in Tammy’s presence but their features in no way showed that they recognized her as one of their own people.

“Eric?” She kept her voice calm and quiet.

He answered in an equally low murmur, “Yeah. I’m here. Not sure what to do at this point.”

Not liking the situation, she stepped closer to him. Tammy stayed glued to her side. “Tammy isn’t liking this development.”

“That’s not good.” He bent around her slightly to see for himself.

She waited, considering their options. The Louers were still a bit away. “Do we run?”

“Where?” he countered.

Damn. “Suggestions?”

“None.”

“Aren’t you the ranger here? Don’t you speak multiple languages? Can’t you communicate with them at least?” With a sharp motion, she tapped his codex. “Why are your codexes not translators, too?”

He lifted his arm. “That capability has never been needed before. I would have to ask Paxton about adding such a function.”

“Right.” The two were almost upon them. Storey stiffened at the stony looks on their faces. She tried smiling at them. No reaction. “Being friendly isn’t helping.”

“Pull out the message from your stylus.”

“Oh right.” Awkwardly, trying to keep an eye on the approaching women while working to open the pocket on her backpack, Storey finally managed to pull out the note. She straightened. Eric took it from her, unfolded it, then held it up in front of them.

The women stopped. Something flashed in their eyes. When they were still a good fifteen feet away, Storey called out, “Hello. It’s nice to see you.”

Both women had similar features, potentially making them siblings. Except one had short, dark hair and the hair on the other one was a lighter brown. The dark haired one glared at her.

“Great. Tammy doesn’t speak verbally either. What’s the chance they can communicate telepathically and sounds bother them?” she whispered.

“Noise didn’t appear to bother Tammy. But telepathic communication might explain Tammy’s lack of speech.”

The women separated several feet as they approached. One came up on the outside of Eric and the other on the outside of Storey. Tammy freaked. Her mouth opened and the shrillest sound they’d heard yet came out of her mouth. Storey gasped and clapped her hands over her ears. From under her half closed lids, she could see the two women still strode forward. The noise didn’t affect them.

“Maybe they’re deaf.”

“That would be wonderful right now.”

Shuddering against the shrill tones, Storey bent to wrap her arms around Tammy. The shrieks reduced to whimpers. And Tammy locked her arms around Storey’s neck – tight.

For a child, she was strong.

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