Wicked Folk by Jamie McFarlane

Author:Jamie McFarlane [Jamie McFarlane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fickle Dragon Publishing
Published: 2016-09-02T07:00:00+00:00

A Light in the Dark

"Take mine," Judy said, handing me her phone. "I'll buy a temporary when I get to town."

I reached for my wallet, but she held up her hand to stop me.

"What will you do?" I asked.

"I need to tell Aaron what's going on," she said, meaning the sheriff. "He was willing to let us use his cabin, but he's going to want to know I'm okay."

"Will you tell him everything?" Gabriella asked.

"No, but I have experience modifying reality with a more palatable version of the truth."

"Does he know who you are? Who the girls are?" Gabriella asked.

Judy gave us a wan smile. "At some level he does. He doesn't push it too hard, though."

I hugged her. "Stay safe and call me if Lace or Petaluma show up."

She turned back as she walked toward her car. "I will."

As Judy put her hand on the car’s door, her phone rang. I recognized the number as belonging to Agent Anderson. "Any word on Petaluma?" I asked, picking up.

"We had a lead out at Eppy, but it turned out to be a dead-end," she said. "Were you involved in the collapse of their church?"

"They've a secret location where they're performing their rituals," I said, ignoring her question. "Can you track them electronically?"

"If there were tracks to find," she said. "This group is smart."

"We have a lead," I said. "We're going to check it out."

"Bring me along," she said.

"That’s not a good idea and besides, it's not like we know whether it'll pan out," I said.

"My partner is missing, Slade. Other than ransacking every house in Eppy Faire, I have nothing else," she said, pleading in her voice. "My office is about to pull me back."

"They can't do that," I said. "What about Mulper?"

"They still believe he’s on vacation."

"If you want a lead, check the security guards at Eppy. They kidnapped us last night and held us against our will," I said. "One of them was called Barnes."

"You need to fill out a complaint if we're going to hold him," she said. "But I could pick him up for questioning."

"He's dangerous. Take backup," I said.

"I will," she said and hung up.

"What about Maggie?" Gabriella asked as I put the Suburban in reverse and slowly backed onto the dirt track leading down the mountain.

"She'll find us," I said.

"She really did a number on the front of the truck," Gabriella observed. I'd been trying to ignore the bashed-in grill, dented hood, numerous scratches to the paint, and missing side mirror.

"She hasn’t done much driving and there was that chain-link fence she had to take down," I said.

The entrance to the part of the forest we'd be searching was well-marked and we stopped to look at a permanent map mounted between pine logs and covered with plexiglass. A steel map holder stood empty and its accompanying donation box had been jimmied open at least once.

I pointed to the map as Gabriella joined me. "Judy's cabin is about ten miles over that ridge, just off this map.

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