The Vanishing by Krentz Jayne Ann

Author:Krentz, Jayne Ann [Krentz, Jayne Ann]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Mystery, Paranormal, Fantasy, Suspense, thriller, Contemporary
ISBN: 9780349424392
Amazon: B07VNQGMJ7
Goodreads: 52547241
Publisher: Piatkus
Published: 2020-01-07T08:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 19

Blinded.

Panic splashed through her, acid-hot. All her senses roared into the red zone, mental sirens screaming. Gray fog formed in the gallery. The hallucinations rapidly worsened. Paranormal flames leaped. Visions of the dead and dying that she had conjured at old crime scenes descended upon her in a storm of nightmares.

“Just hallucinations,” she whispered.

“Yes.” Slater tightened his grip on her hand. “We’ve got this.”

“Good to know,” she gasped. “For a minute there I was a little worried.”

The hallucinations got more intense. Now she could have sworn she felt the heat of the flames that surrounded them.

“I think this fog is acting like a stimulant to our senses,” Slater said. “It’s throwing us into overdrive. Go dark. Now.”

Shutting down her other vision while she was under assault went against all her survival instincts. It was like closing her eyes when confronted by a snake or a tiger. Her mind and body were both screaming at her to call on all available weapons, telling her she needed everything she had to do battle with her attacker.

But the harder she fought the hallucinations, the worse they got. She sensed that Slater was shutting down. It was worth a try. She pulled on all her control and managed to lower her sparking, snapping, flaring senses a couple degrees. The hallucinations did not vanish, but they faded. She thought the fog had thinned a little, too. She was able to make out Slater standing beside her.

Encouraged, she dampened her senses a little more. Some of the hallucinations retreated. The fog continued to thin. She could see a nearby row of shelves now.

“You’re right,” she said. “But we can’t just walk out of here. They’ll be waiting for us.”

“We’re not leaving the way we came in. We’re going into the vault.” “Okay, I understand it can function as a safe room, but we’ll still be trapped. For all we know, those two will wait us out.”

“Collectors are well aware that their safe rooms can become traps, so they make sure they’ve got an exit.”

“Huh. You do know a lot about collectors.”

“I am one, remember?”

“Oh, yeah. Right.”

They made their way back through the fog and moved into the vault. Slater released her hand at last to pull the thick steel door shut. He slid the massive bolt into place.

Next he began a careful scrutiny of the glass walls. It did not take him long to find what he was looking for.

“Here we go,” he said.

She watched a panel slide open, revealing a narrow, unlit tunnel. When Slater aimed the flashlight into the darkness, she saw the gleam of tiles. The passage was just barely large enough to accommodate one person.

“I’ll go first,” Slater said. “Here, take the phone. I’ll need one hand for the flashlight and the other for my weapon.”

She realized she was still clutching the card file. She gripped the phone in her free hand. “You’re expecting trouble at the other end?”

“I no longer know what to expect in this screwy case.”

“I doubt if

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