Death at First Sight (Spero Heights Book 2) by Angela Roquet

Author:Angela Roquet [Roquet, Angela]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2016-08-28T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

On the opposite side of Caveat Road, the colossal backside of the Spero Heights Community Center faced Orpheus House. Both buildings took up two full blocks, but the center was significantly larger. The three levels were stacked atop an underground parking garage, leaving only a strip of curbside grass and a narrow sidewalk around the perimeter, whereas Orpheus House was only a single level, sitting far away from the road, surrounded by empty parking lot and overgrown grass.

The public library claimed the block to the west of the community center, and as they passed it, Lia’s grip tightened on Dr. Delph’s arm. He could hear voices up ahead, and the frantic noise in Lia’s mind told him that she was not looking forward to a crowd.

“It’s okay.” He patted her hand and slowed his pace. “I promise, these are good people, and no one is going to dig into your past.”

She snorted. “You mean, no one except you.”

“Precisely.” He gave her a sheepish grin. “They trust my judgement here. You should too.” He believed that himself most days, before the Fates’ absence had put a chink in his mental armor. But that wasn’t Lia’s concern. She had her own problems to work through, and his self-doubt wasn’t going to help matters.

When they reached Fanfare Road at the southwest corner of town square, Lia sucked in a sharp breath and pushed the sunhat down further over her head with her free hand.

A dozen people lounged around the pavilion, some clapping along as a man played guitar. A dog chased a Frisbee across the lawn where Dr. Delph had been practicing yoga that morning, and a small child, too young for school, giggled and splashed in a bubbling fountain. Her mother watched from a bench next to the rose garden, fanning herself with one of the bright fliers from Say Cheese, the gift shop and deli next door to the cheese factory.

Dr. Delph stole a glance at Lia before following her bewildered look back to the playing child. The girl’s human legs stopped just below the knees, and hairy goat hooves finished her off, clicking gleefully on the concrete as she splashed through the water.

“It’s not polite to stare,” Dr. Delph said under his breath.

Lia didn’t even blink. “How is that possible?”

“I don’t make the rules of polite society. I just follow them.”

“No, I mean—”

“I know. I know,” Dr. Delph whispered, directing her down the sidewalk that curled around the community center. “I told you, unique circumstances. This town is full of them.”

A circular court cut into the front face of the community center, sandwiched between two entrances to the parking garage. It was deserted most of the year. A banner leftover from the Cheese Festival hung above the glass doors that led inside to a central office where a nice skin-walker named Robin ran the place.

The building’s first level boasted an indoor pool, arcade, and a banquet hall. The remaining two floors consisted of hotel rooms—though they were only used

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