Midnight Blood by Adam Wright

Author:Adam Wright [Wright, Adam]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-04-30T06:00:00+00:00

9

“This is it,” I told Merlin. “Pull over here.”

He pulled the police cruiser over and killed the engine. We were about fifty yards from Lucy Hawthorne’s house, far enough away to not look too conspicuous.

“Are we going to go and confront her?” he asked.

“I am” I said. “You’re going to wait here. And there’s no unspoken message in what I’m saying. I really want you to stay in the car.”

“But why? If she’s a member of the Cabal, you may need my help. You don’t have Excalibur to hand.”

“No, but I have this.” I showed him the enchanted dagger I’d taken from Todd and Honoka’s SUV.”

“That knife is no Excalibur.”

“No, it isn’t but that’s probably a good thing. I’m not going to kill Lucy, just talk to her. If her house is used as a Cabal meeting place, she probably has a wealth of information we can use to infiltrate their organization.”

“And how will you extract that information from her? I have a number of spells that—”

“Just leave this to me, okay?” I got out of the car and slid the dagger into the back of my jeans. It wasn’t raining like the last time I was here but a strong breeze was tossing the dead leaves around the street. Before I closed the car door, I leaned in and reiterated to Merlin, “Don’t leave the car.”

He sighed. “Very well, I will await your return.”

I closed the door and walked the fifty yards to Lucy’s house with my hands in my pockets. Wearing only the T-shirt and jeans I’d had on when Honoka had knocked at my door earlier, I felt chilled to the bone.

The large federal style house looked empty as I approached the porch. There weren’t any lights on that I could see. The windows were like empty black eye sockets.

I stepped onto the porch and rapped the front door knocker three times to announce my presence.

I wasn’t expecting an answer. I was prepared to go around back and break into the house. So I was surprised when I heard movement and then the sound of someone drawing back the bolt on the inside of the door. It opened a crack and a young woman’s face appeared. She looked me over and smiled shyly. “You’re Alec Harbinger.”

“I am. And you’re Lucy Hawthorne, I presume.”

“You presume correctly.” She opened the door fully. “You must be freezing out there. Come in.”

“Thanks.” I stepped inside. The house was warm. Lucy was a petite redhead with a slight resemblance to her brother and sister in her features. She was dressed casually in jeans and a T-shirt that had the words Miskatonic University across the chest. I had the same T-shirt at home and knew that written across the back were the words Department of Medieval Metaphysics.

“Just go through there and I’ll bring coffee,” she said, indicating a door on my left.

Unsure why she seemed to be expecting me and how she knew who I was, I stepped through the door and into a cozy living room.

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