Will Power: A Djinn Short by Laura Catherine

Author:Laura Catherine
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2015-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

We found the old house where Malcolm and Kyra were living, a block away from the school. It was easy to spot—the only house with a green roof.

It was late and everyone was safe in his and her own home. Street-lamps spotlighted the road, and a cool chill carried on the breeze.

Mia and Pyke stood beside me in the house’s backyard, hidden in the shadow of a leafless tree.

“Remind me why we’re doing this again?” Pyke asked, shoving his hands deep into the pockets of his leather jacket.

“We have to make sure there are no clues here,” I said. “The rest of our lead isn’t much to go on. We can’t just keep heading south and hope we come across them.”

Pyke grumbled, pulling his chin closer to his chest. Mia was wearing a jumper under her jacket. It must have been pretty cold. My breath puffed out in little clouds.

Mia had made me wear a jacket despite my objections. Whatever anger she’d had earlier had simmered. I was glad to have her focused again.

We moved up close to the house and I elbowed one of the small square windows in the back door.

A clatter of glass hit the inside floor and we paused to make sure no one had heard. Pyke reached in and unlocked the snip on the door.

We stepped inside, closing the door behind us. The kitchen was classic—black and white tiles with stainless steel counters.

“Mia, check the basement,” I said. “Pyke, you have this floor and I’ll go upstairs. We search for fifteen minutes, then we are out of here.”

They nodded and we split up. I made my way through the kitchen to the lounge. A small wooden staircase twisted up to the second level. I stepped lightly, but this house was new and nothing creaked yet.

The second floor spilled out into a lookout over the lounge area. I could hear Pyke slamming cupboards in the kitchen.

Only two doors to choose from … I opened the closest. It was the master bedroom with adjoining bathroom. The room was bare, like everything else in the house. I sniffed the air for any kind of scent that might still be lingering, but was only hit with an overpowering smell of cleaning products.

I covered my nose and sneezed as chemicals burned my nostrils. I went over the bathroom, but it was even cleaner as if someone had dumped an entire bottle of cleaning agent on the floor and left it to soak.

The other bedroom was smaller with no bathroom, just a built-in cupboard. The room was a simple square shape with a single window overlooking the street. This would have been her room.

I glanced out the window and spotted a light shining from across the road in the neighbouring house. The purple curtains were drawn back, the walls covered with posters of topless boys with styled hair and cheesy poses. Sitting on the double bed was Tam.

She wore purple pyjama pants and a singlet top. Her laptop was perched on her knee as she typed and giggled.

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