The Night People (The Nocturnum Files Book 2) by Strauss Caitlin L
Author:Strauss, Caitlin L.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-04-29T00:00:00+00:00
Chapter 10
âHere, here, here, and here.â With each word, Sam circled another point on the map of the city heâd spread out across his coffee table.
Lucia looked down at it skeptically, one eyebrow raised. âYou think she caused all this? These domestics?â
Sam circled two more points, then stood back to regard his map. The map heâd grabbed first thing in the evening when heâd woken up and remembered.
âYes, I do. The same night. All of these incidents occurred within minutes of Essie bashing Charles Hebertâs head in. Itâs not a coincidence. It canât be.â
Lucia took a contemplative sip of her coffee. âSheâd have to be pretty fucking strong to do all this, right?â
âYes.â That worried him too. âThis kind of talent. The strength, the range.â He shook his head. âIf she really was responsible for all of these, she has the strongest ability Iâve ever seen.â He paused for a moment to think about that. He couldnât even remember hearing about someone stronger, someone capable of influencing so many people at onceânot since the war. âShe could even be a Great Talent,â he added quietly.
Luciaâs eyes widened. âShit. That might explainââ
âWhy National Defense is so interested in the case. Yes. Assuming Agent West already knows about her.â
âMotherfucker,â Lucia muttered, staring down at the map.
Sam couldnât help smiling. âWouldnât surprise me. Anyway, I think the pattern of disturbances might help us locate her. Or, at the very least, figure out where the original murder took place. If all of this is her work, then she must have been somewhere near the center.â
Lucia tilted her head at the map. âTheyâre kind ofâ¦all over the place, arenât they?â
âYes and no. Look. Theyâre all concentrated in the south and west parts of the NorthSide. See?â
Lucia frowned. âThese are just the calls that came into the North Precinct, right? What if we added some from the south? We know she had influence there, too. That might give us a better idea of where our mystery woman was when she hit everyone with the psychic whammy.â
Sam grinned at her. âExactly, Detective! If Iâm correct, she should be right at the epicenter of all this mayhem. Somewhereââhe swirled his hand over the mouth of the bayââright about here.â
Lucia nodded, still staring at the map. He offered the pen to her before she could demand that he hand it over. She took it without comment and leaned forward to circle 8th and Bayview, nodded to herself again. âYeah. I see it. Let me talk to Mac and weâll fill in the rest of the dots.â
***
Their map of crimes led them to the very edge of the coast along the NorthSide, driving down a winding, pitted road along the headlands and bluffs and down toward the mouth of the bay.
Lucia became increasingly skeptical the farther they got from the urban center of the city. âYou sure there are still people out here?â
âIâm positive.â
Sam couldnât really blame her. Most of the coast here had been abandoned since the end of the warâtoo rugged and steep to build on, so it had been left to become wild once again.
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