Ember (The Seeker Series Book 1) by Ditter Kellen

Author:Ditter Kellen [Kellen, Ditter]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: DK MEDIA, LLC
Published: 2015-03-26T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Ember jerked awake at the sound of an insistent pounding coming from somewhere close by. Her gaze darted around the room, but nothing made sense. Her head ached, and her throat felt parched. She couldn’t recall ever being so thirsty in her life.

Another round of banging brought her upright in bed. What the hell?

She shifted her attention to the sleeping form beside her, and everything came flooding back, from the Miller house incident to Gina’s untimely arrival. She’d fallen asleep in Angel’s bed.

“Ember, are you in there?” Laura’s muffled voice came from the balcony.

A gasp escaped Ember as she looked at the digital clock on the nightstand. “Holy shit.” She dragged the covers over Angel for protection before jumping from the bed and stumbling to the glass door. “Hang on.”

The sun blinded her as she pulled back the curtain a few inches, unlocked, and slid the door open. It took her a moment to adjust to the brilliant light before she noticed the detective standing next to Laura.

“Are you okay?” Laura asked, barreling her way into the room.

“I’m fine.” Ember squinted against the UV hell beaming into her eyes.

“Get dressed.” Clay spoke up from the balcony. “I’ll meet you downstairs.” He disappeared without waiting for a response.

She turned back to her lifelong friend. “I know it’s late, but—”

“Can we go to your place and talk?” Laura asked as she cut her gaze toward Angel.

“Of course.” Something was obviously wrong for Laura and Clay to come beating on her door again. Yes, she’d overslept, but that wasn’t a reason to call in the cavalry.

Ember locked the door and pushed the curtain back, flooding the room in darkness. “Let’s go out the front.”

She preceded Laura to the kitchen and snagged the key to Angel’s front door off the bar and locked his place up behind her.

Ember experienced déjà vu upon entering her home. She wandered to the living room to check on Shon, only to discover it empty. After checking the bathroom and her bedroom, she decided Gina must have found her pet after all. Worry for her cousin ate at Ember.

She shook her head and made her way back to Laura, who now sat at the bar frowning as she swept her arm out in an arc. “Party last night?”

“No. It’s a long story, but no.”

“There’s been another victim,” Laura blurted.

Ember felt the blood drain from her face. “Tell me.”

“Female, early twenties. Same MO as before. Well, mostly the same.”

“Mostly?”

Laura ran a hand through her hair and met Ember’s gaze. “Her teeth were removed.”

“Maybe she’d had oral surgery recently?” Ember knew it was a flimsy excuse at best, but her mind rebelled from the implication of the Seeker removing the woman’s teeth.

“According to the coroner, it happened postmortem.”

If she’d had any food in her stomach, it would have come back up, Ember thought as she leaned against the counter, staring at Laura. “Who covered it?”

“Stacey, since Alan is off this week, and you were a no-show. Don’t ever do that to me again, Em.

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