The Nexis Secret by Barbara Hartzler

Author:Barbara Hartzler [Hartzler, Barbara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Spiritual Warfare Fiction, action and adventure, Angel Seer Series, Coming of Age Clean, YA Love Triangle, Prep School Romance, YA Paranormal, YA Christian Fantasy, YA Angel Paranormal Romance, Supernatural, clean paranormal romance
ISBN: 9781927154427
Publisher: Splashdown Books
Published: 2015-07-19T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

“What about the Seer?” Like a knock on the door of my sanity, a gruff voice pulled me out of the fire, back into the real world. This time it was Tony’s pale face and dark brown eyes I stared into. He shook my shoulders, but his words barely registered. “Talk to me, Lucy.”

“I thought I saw ...” My finger traced the outline of the symbol on the painting, then swiveled to the stairs, his escape. “With Felicia.”

He examined the painting. “Felicia? Of course she’s not the Seer.”

I honked out an ungraceful snort. “No, not her. Tthe guy with her. He had on a necklace, with a strange symbol.”

“You mean this one?” When I nodded, his forehead scrunched up like he didn’t believe me. Then his eyes widened, and he scratched his chin. “You know, now that you mention it, he did seem kind of familiar. Show me.”

“What, are you from Missouri or something?” For the first time he looked at me like I was crazy. “It’s the Show Me state. Nevermind. C’mon.”

Without a glance back at Bryan, or anyone else, I clutched Tony’s arm and dragged him down the stairs to the front door. We raced down the sidewalk, mauling through the crowd, until we hit the subway station.

“There.” I spotted a flash of green dress, aiming his head in their direction.

She brushed back her auburn hair, and he pecked her cheek. A streetlight caught the silver, reflecting it back to us. It was only a profile shot, the necklace barely visible. Then they disappeared into the shadows.

Tony stopped two feet from the entrance, mouth dangling. “Okay, that was a weird symbol, but I think I’ve seen it before. What was he doing with Felicia? He’s old enough to be her father.”

I thumped his shoulder. “Brilliant, Watson. My thoughts exactly.”

He shook his head back and forth, like a sad bobble-head staring down the gaping hole of the subway steps. “What’s so important about it? Why can’t I remember where I’ve seen it before?”

His questions huffed white clouds into the air. They thinned out, dissipating into the inky black sky. My insides squeezed into tiny knots, as the street noise filtered in and out, blurring into a dull roar. I didn’t have any answers. I just threw up my hands.

“I don’t know.”

Footsteps pounded the pavement behind us, high pitches and low tones flitting above the din.

Brooke reached us first, gasping for breath. “What was that? You guys just took off.”

“Like the place was on fire or something,” Lenny chimed in, the only half-smiling face in the bunch.

Bryan reached for my hand, but it felt limp in his grip. “Are you okay, what happened?”

“I, uh ...” I whipped my head toward Tony. His pale face stared back at me, contorted in an odd expression. “We had to see something for ourselves.”

He zipped up his leather jacket, his tough guy persona roaring back in a flash. He inched his way in front of me, protective, almost like James. “Lucy saw something strange, said it had something to do with the Seer, so I had to see it for myself.

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