The Isis Collar (BS 4) by Adams Cat

Author:Adams, Cat [Adams, Cat]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Fiction > Urban Fantasy
ISBN: 9780765328731
Publisher: Tor Books
Published: 2012-03-12T23:00:00+00:00

15

Saturday was a strange day. I had nightmares all night, waking up screaming multiple times. I couldn’t remember the dreams, but I remembered the voice. The witch was there, taunting me, whispering to go out and hunt people. But I wouldn’t. I couldn’t.

Maybe after everything that happened yesterday, that was a good thing. Dawna had been in the waiting room, pacing. I changed into the new pants in the bathroom and not even her joking about my cut-up jeans being a hot new fashion statement could pull me out of dark and scary thoughts.

Worse still was the morning news programs, which stated M. necrose had broken out in Denver and Daytona Beach, two of the first cities where the bombs had gone off. They didn’t actually say the disease’s name but requested that children and school workers with “suspicious bruises” please check with their local doctors.

Crap. Children were falling victim now. There were special news bulletins on the radio and television, and the small units the CMDC had originally set up to deal with the few adults who’d been dying mysteriously were suddenly overwhelmed by the sheer number of victims. Parents of children from other schools were screaming for information. The press were having a field day. The authorities were managing to keep it contained enough that it wasn’t quite panic and pandemonium, but it was getting close.

Of course it was worse because it was kids.

Which was, no doubt, exactly why they’d been the target.

Rizzoli didn’t come by. He did call. He was madder than hell, too. His intuition told him to go back and talk to the security guard, but Jamisyn was missing. And since there was no hard evidence tying him to the bombs, or the outbreaks, it was only Rizzoli’s gut making him want to track Jamisyn down. Apparently, Rizzoli wasn’t able to convince the higher-ups to let him chase down that particular lead.

It was enough to make me sick. If the headache hadn’t already done it. I was incredibly grateful that the pain in my leg and arm was gone. But the headache stubbornly persisted. What I really wanted was a hot bath. Soak out the tension, wash the hair, and generally try to reverse my crappy mood. I took my phone with me so I could check e-mails and try to reach John. Although … calling John while I was naked and in bubbly water seemed to be inviting trouble. I might tell him and he might drive over and—

Oh, that could be fun. The kind of fun that made me shiver deliciously.

I gave myself a little mental slap. Okay, so I wouldn’t call John. But I did need to call Bruno. He definitely needed to be updated on last night. I’d left him a message after I been released from the hospital, but it just went to voice mail. No doubt the spell had taken longer than planned. I hoped nothing had gone wrong.

Of course, thinking about Bruno put my mind right back where it had been, because he and I had taken long, hot baths together.

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