Saving Mercy by Ciara Graves

Author:Ciara Graves [Graves, Ciara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: CiaGra

Chapter 10

Rafael

Mercy hadn’t said anything since we arrived at Rufus’s place in the Underground.

It hadn’t taken her long to fall back asleep after the nightmare. I’d slipped from the room as quietly as I could and called Gigi. She’d been pissed and swore up and down those charms should’ve worked. After she calmed down, she promised she’d have something for us as soon as she could.

Once I hung up with her, I’d called Damian and told him about the nightmare. He had asked if I thought she could handle going after Monroe. I wasn’t crazy enough to try and leave her behind.

Yesterday, I’d been worried about how I’d be going on this mission myself.

Now, as I watched Mercy’s expressionless face while she picked at her nails with her knife, I wondered if finding a way to make her stay behind was such a bad idea.

“Sector 2 is supposed to have been shut down.” Bowen stared at the only map we could find of the place on short notice. It was from ten years ago, but it’d have to do. “As far as anyone’s concerned, once the governor cleared it out, it was cut off from the transports and deemed a no trespassing zone.”

“And yet, that’s where Monroe was spotted.” I slid my fingers over the map, trying to keep ancient memories at bay. “As far as the Feds are concerned, this place has been vacated.”

“Yes, but we don’t have eyes on it,” Nor chimed in. “At least, not consistently.”

“Then there could be something going on in there that we don’t know about.” Damian rubbed his forehead, glanced worriedly at Mercy, then turned back to me.

I shrugged.

He went back to glaring at the map. “We can get there using the transport.”

“But they were cut off,” I said slowly.

Damian scowled. “And? I’ve been around a long time, Rafael, I know how to get around a blocked transport. Trust me. We’ll get in. Once we’re there, we’ll have to figure out a way to track down Monroe. It’s not a huge sector, but if all the buildings are still standing, it’s like a damned maze.”

That I could agree with. The slum had been a bunch of buildings haphazardly thrown together on streets that didn’t make any sense. They wound around in a circle with the main hub at the center. That was where Lucas and the other mages had holed up.

I gripped the table hard enough to make it creak. Several sets of eyes landed on me. I mumbled an apology and let go.

“Would a tracking spell work?” I asked.

“If we had something of his beside just a name,” Damian said. “But we don’t.”

“Do we know what Franklin Monroe is?”

Damian exchanged a glance with Nor. “Horace is the one who gave me the name. He thought he might simply be a mage, but he never got a good look at the guy.”

“Why are we after him then?”

“He’s the guy in charge of finding sacrifices,” Damian replied, and Mercy stiffened. “He tracks them down and brings them to Shuval.

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