Summoning the Night by Bennett Jenn

Author:Bennett, Jenn [Bennett, Jenn]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Published: 2012-04-24T07:00:00+00:00

Mismatched eyes. One blue, one brown. Very unusual, indeed.

I was fired up when we left Starry Market. Lon was, too. His energy level zoomed from slow and steady to bright and bushy-tailed. But when Jupe wanted to play detective along with us, Lon flashed me one of his famous “not in front of the kid” looks. So I steered the conversation in a different direction and proposed a pit stop in Morella before we drove back to the coast—something to distract Jupe and give me time to speak privately with Lon.

The Black Cherry is an all-night diner that sits on a busy corner down the block from Starry Market. With its neon sign of blinking fruit outside and Miami art deco interior, the diner drew an eclectic crowd of hipsters, freaks, and geeks of all ages. But the real reason I suggested we stop there was because of their retro arcade room.

Our late-night dinner was mostly spent ensuring that Jupe wasn’t too freaked out about what we’d all just heard. I was kinda proud of him, to be honest. Lon too. Cindy seemed to be okay when we left her, but I was concerned that Jupe’s persuasion could wear off eventually, and she might regret everything that she told us. I left her my cell number, just in case she wanted to talk later.

After several minutes of chatting, Lon told him he’d done a good job and Jupe bounced away to the adjoining room, drawn to the bleeps and bloops of classic video games. The second his low-top sneakers squeaked around the corner of our booth, I turned to Lon to discuss Cindy Brolin’s memories and found him grinning a smug, cat-ate-the-canary grin. His arm flew out and hooked me around the waist. With one quick tug, he slid me across the seat and planted a firm kiss on my lips. I nearly gasped for breath when he released me.

“What was that for?” I asked with a laugh.

“Because my son got us some damn good information.”

“Oh, now you’re loving his knack, huh?” I teased.

He snorted. “Still hating it. Still a little worried that it might not have been the best decision to bring him into this. But if what he did tonight helps to save some kids, then maybe I’m not the worst father in the world.”

“You’re far from that.”

He smiled at me. I smiled back.

“So, the Snatcher was a biter,” I said, clicking my teeth together.

Lon leaned backed in the booth. “She said he bit her arm to see if she was—”

“Viable,” I finished. “Yeah, how weird was that?”

“Maybe he was using blood for some sort of spell with the kids, and was looking for something specific. The amount of Heka inside someone, possibly.”

“I’ve never heard of anyone who could judge that by taste.”

He absently traced his pirate mustache down around his mouth with his thumb and index finger. “Me either.”

“Okay, apart from that, he identified her as number seven. And I’m still convinced the mandalas we found at the cannery had to be traps.

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