Mary Hades by Sarah Dalton

Author:Sarah Dalton [Dalton, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2014-04-30T00:00:00+00:00

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Logic is fun. Logic helps you learn. But in this case, logic tells me Seth could be a murderer, and that we don’t know how to deal with Amy.

The facts: Amy was killed five years ago and her murderer was never found. A dog walker discovered her body on the moors. The killer hadn’t even tried to cover her up. She was the only young girl killed; there were no more murders after Amy’s death. Since her death, mysterious accidents have claimed the lives of men, varying in age from ten years old to those in their sixties. Amy is able to lift, push, hurl, squeeze, write, slither, and float. Lacey can hurt her. She can hurt Lacey. Lightning seems to at least startle her. Also, Seth and Amy have history.

“Maybe that’s the key,” Neil suggests. “Maybe we need another jolt of electricity to get rid of her for good.”

“But how are we going to hit her with electricity stronger than lightning?” I say. “Ooh! What are those power packs called in Ghostbusters? We need one of those.”

Neil almost snorts out his hot chocolate.

“No,” Lacey says. I relay everything she says to Neil. He can’t see her in the café, because then everyone would be able to see her. “Electricity makes me feel more alive. I don’t think that’s it. There has to be an alternative, an incantation, a spell or whatever, that will send her away.”

“What we need, is a ghost expert,” Neil says.

“Like Igor, the guy from the ghost tours,” I suggest.

Neil’s eyes widen in excitement. “Exactly!” He waggles his eyebrows mysteriously. Then he checks his phone. “Shit, I’m meant to be meeting Lemarr for lunch. Can we meet up after? Like two-ish?”

“All right. Ask around your crew, see if anyone knows more about Igor,” I say.

“It could be worth a shot,” Neil replies.

I turn to Lacey. “Yeah, why not.”

A weight lifts from my shoulders. Maybe Mum was right. I do need friends. Having Neil around feels like my problems are halved. His knowing about Lacey makes everything so much easier.

We take a leisurely stroll back to Five Moors. Someone has kindly removed the bloody graffiti from the sign, but my eyes linger there anyway. The sun never made it out of the mist and turned into an overcast day instead—one that feels like another thunderstorm lurks in the bellies of the clouds overhead. There’s a grey tinge to the world, an oppressive heat, and a pressure that builds up in your sinuses.

“No way,” Lacey says. She sees him first, sat on the same picnic bench as before, not reading this time, but staring at the moors instead. “I’ll deck him.”

“Is that Seth?” Neil asks. “Do not talk to him without me here. I’m staying with you.” He straightens up, stretching himself to full height. He swallows. “He looks kinda… muscular. Reckon I could take him? You know… if I have to do a citizen’s arrest?”

“You could take him,” Lacey says, even though he can’t hear her.

I ignore the both of them and walk straight up to him.

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