Early to Death, Early to Rise [Madison Avery 2] by Kim Harrison

Author:Kim Harrison
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Death, Future Life, Serial Murders, Fantasy - Dark, Religion, Supernatural, American Science Fiction And Fantasy, Horror, Horror & Ghost Stories, Occult Fiction, Death & Dying, Horror Tales, Social Issues, Juvenile Fiction, Fiction - Fantasy, Fate and Fatalism, Fantasy & Magic, Witches, Fiction, Eschatology, Vampires, Action & Adventure, Contemporary, Dead, General, Fantasy, Suspense Fiction, Science Fiction And Fantasy, Bounty hunters, Fantasy - Contemporary, Adolescence
ISBN: 9780061441691
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2010-05-24T05:00:00+00:00

Her eyes narrowed. “Ron could be watching us right now. I’m not going to let him put a guardian angel on Shoe!”

Oh, ma-a-a-an. They were going to make enough noise to bring Shoe to the window. It wasn’t the introduction I really wanted. “Actually,” I said before Barnabas could come back with anything, “Nakita has a valid concern.”

The leaves rustled, and Barnabas turned to me. “What?”

Not meeting his eyes, I looked up at Nakita. “Why don’t you make a couple of circles to make sure Ron or Paul isn’t watching us?”

Barnabas hid his smile a shade too late. Nakita saw it, and she stiffened. “You’re getting rid of me,” she accused.

“Well, yeah,” I said, not wanting to lie to her. She’d been lied to enough. “But you’re right. Someone should keep watch. I pick you.”

Her brow furrowed, and as her eyes shifted to silver for an instant, she said, “Fine,” and stalked away.

I exhaled, rubbing the back of my neck in a show of nervous relief as she found her wings, and, with a downward thrust that sent grass clippings flying, she put herself in the air.

Barnabas stood and stretched. “Does ‘fine’ mean the same thing when Nakita says it as when you do?”

“Yup.” Glancing back at Shoe, I felt a moment of uselessness. “He’s just filling out college applications.

Barnabas, Shoe is as exciting as oatmeal. Are you sure we’re watching the right person? Even if he is a computer genius, he doesn’t seem the kind of guy who’s after anonymous notoriety by killing people.” Barnabas eased closer, and the scent of the back side of the clouds slid over me. “Think so?” he whispered.

“He’s bringing up a hidden folder.”

Suddenly a lot more interested, I looked in to find Shoe still sitting at his computer. Squinting, I read, operation vacation, at the top of the new window. “Sounds innocuous enough,” I said softly.

Barnabas rumbled deep in his chest, shifting his weight to his other foot. “Remember what Grace said? The school’s computer is infected first. Vacation? As in shutting down the school and gaining a day or two off?” Ooooooh, not good. Still, I wasn’t convinced, even as Shoe popped one of Ace’s decorated CDs into the laptop.

“I’ve got to talk to him. Now.”

Barnabas turned to me with wide eyes. “Did you see that?” he asked. “The disc had a black wing on it!” He looked shocked, and I waved a hand in dismissal. “Sorry. I meant to tell you. It’s Ace,” I said, sending my gaze back into the gray and white bedroom. “He’s an artist. Isn’t it creepy? He got the idea for the melting crow from Shoe.”

“‘Creepy’ is not the word I’d use,” Barnabas grumped, resettling himself.

I watched as Shoe leaned back in his chair as the disc burned. Why he didn’t put it on a jump drive escaped me.

Maybe he was going to sneak it into school disguised as music?

Why am I still sitting here? I asked myself suddenly. He was loading the virus. What did

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