Superluminary (Powered Destinies Book 1) by Olivia Rising

Author:Olivia Rising [Rising, Olivia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-07-31T22:00:00+00:00

4.7 Investigation

Grand Marronnier, Canada

Sunday, the 10th of June, 2012

11:04 a.m.

He’s here.

Chris didn’t have time to think about how their target had reached them so fast. Her teammates stared at her, waiting for her to explain what was going on, but she wasn’t sure. The last victim had disappeared less than twenty-four hours ago in Venezuela, a few thousand miles away.

“What do you mean, he’s here?” Nora asked, anxious.

Chris stood by the couch, rubbing at her temples. The painful feedback from her danger sense had been unlike anything she ever experienced before, but it only lasted for a second. She could guess what that meant. The bogeyman had passed through, in and out of her range in an instant, on its way to the next victim.

“Well, he was here,” she clarified for the others. “I think he’s gone now.”

“He was here?” Peter squeaked.

Chris’s stomach was a bitter hard lump that still wanted to float up into her throat. She swallowed hard. “Yeah. I … I think he’s gone after the boss,” she managed, already on her way to the door.

“You can’t go out there alone!” Emily protested.

Chris stopped at the door to project force fields around all of the Wardens, herself included. “Yes, I can. He’s moving fast, and I’m the only one who can keep up with him.”

I’m the only one who stands a chance of surviving this, she added silently. The people who had disappeared didn’t have force fields, and she didn’t want to rely on Saint’s protection to keep her teammates alive.

Chris put her hand on the doorknob before anyone could argue. “You guys stay here and keep Emily safe, okay?” she ordered. “And stay inside. He doesn’t like houses, so you should be safe in here.”

She didn’t take the time to grab her helmet off the table. She pushed the door open, and activated her hyperspeed as she stepped outside, forcing the world to slow around her. The warble of birds became an eerie string of low popping sounds. Insects hung in the air, their tiny winged bodies brushing against her skin whenever she collided with them.

Her danger sense was deathly silent. Maybe the killer isn’t after any of us, Chris thought, failing to convince herself that their investigation target just so happened to be passing through the area. The Counselor was somewhere out there, and she knew she didn’t have the time to search the area for him.

Not sure if it would work or not, she took a chance and conjured up a mental image of her team leader in his stupid checkered suit and deerstalker hat, reaching out with her power, trying to create a force field wherever he might be. The energy didn’t take hold. She couldn’t tell whether she was out of range or if her power required a visible target.

Damn it, she thought, propelling herself ahead.

When she reached a familiar-looking thicket of spruce trees, Chris could tell she was nearing the bird nesting sanctuary. The sacred stone pillar Emily mentioned earlier had to be nearby.

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