Zombies Sold Separately by Cheyenne McCray

Author:Cheyenne McCray [McCray, Cheyenne]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780312946432
Amazon: 0312946430
Publisher: Bill
Published: 0101-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

SILENCE IS GOLDEN

DUCT TAPE IS SILVER

“Took sixteen rolls to shut all of them up,” Olivia said and I laughed.

“Lots of interesting things to tell you.” I plopped my purse onto my desktop, then pulled my hair back from my face and knotted it.

“Get going then.” Olivia leaned back in her chair and put her orange Keds up on her desk and crossed her legs at her ankles. “I’m ready.”

For a moment I hesitated. How was I going to do this without telling her I had not only one, but two of the stones. But the memory of the Magi’s words was clear.

“I suggest you not even show it to your partner unless you have to.” I paced back and forth in front of our desks as I started with the trip to visit my parents and the discussion about what had happened twenty-two years ago; my visit to Rodán and then to the Magi; my search for the Sorcerer Desmond; the Zombie and Sentient attack last night. I told her that we were supposed to watch out for stones and mentioned the Sentients had at least one, but I managed not to tell her that I had two of them with me.

“You were a little busy while I was gone.” Olivia looked thoughtful as she made the understatement. “Tell me more about the Sorcerer.”

I went around my desk and drew my cell phone out of my purse before setting it on the desktop.

“I don’t know anything about the Sorcerer except that he’s an artist who shows his work in a gallery.”

“Desmond, right?” Olivia scooted her feet off her desk. “Does he have a last name?”

“Yes on Desmond, and for all I know that is his last name.” I pulled out my chair and sank into it.

“That’s how he signs his work.”

She straightened in her seat and turned to her computer monitor. “Gallery name?”

“Sun Lee,” I said.

The click-clack of Olivia’s keys on her computer keyboard was loud as she typed. “In SoHo,” she said, apparently finding the gallery.

“You’ve got it.” I rubbed my forehead as I wished shifting from Drow to human could get rid of mild hangovers. “Hopefully Ms. Sun Lee will call soon with some good news.”

“If she doesn’t call you soon, maybe you should give her a little reminder,” Olivia said. “But for now, tell me more about the stones.”

I stared at my purse and thought about the Magi’s instructions again.

Why couldn’t I show the stones to Olivia?

The phone rang and I looked away from Olivia to glance at the identification screen. I didn’t recognize the number.

“This is Sun Lee.” The woman’s voice was quick and efficient when I answered. “Desmond will meet you at his studio at two-thirty this afternoon.”

“Can he meet earlier?” I asked. That wouldn’t give me much time to talk with him and then get back home to shift before sunset, which was close to four-thirty this time of year.

“It is the only time he has available, Ms. Carter,” Sun Lee said. “Desmond is a difficult individual to pin down for any kind of meeting.

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