A Dungeon, a Vampire, and an Infatuation by CC Dragon

Author:CC Dragon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: paranormal mystery, cozy mystery series, cozy paranormal mystery series, ghost, demon
Publisher: Cheryl Dragon
Published: 2018-01-25T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

As I came down for some morning coffee, I heard a thud on the front door. Some of my neighbors still had newspapers delivered but I didn’t. It could be the wind blowing something around, but I had a funny feeling.

When I unlocked the door, I heard tires peeling out.

Jerking the door open, my paranoia mounted as I searched the empty street until something told me to look down.

A realistic doll rested on the welcome mat. She wasn’t staring up at me as you would expect. The eyes had been gouged out.

“Close the door, it’s chilly,” Ivy called out.

“Get Matt,” I gritted out through clenched teeth. This was getting personal.

“What? Why?” She walked up behind me. “What the hell?”

“Looks like there is a note under it,” I said.

“Crap. At least it’s not a voodoo doll. Don’t touch it.” Ivy headed back upstairs, her usually swaying gait moving a little quicker.

Matt was down fast and used plastic gloves to put the doll and note into bags.

“It’s for you.” Matt handed me the plastic bag containing the note and I read it through the clear material.

Deanna Oscar,

You’re not welcome at our church. Leave our young women alone. You have no right to frighten them or try to lure them away from God with your paranormal nonsense. Don’t you dare try to take these women away from their families.

I read it twice. “They’ve done their research.”

“They have. And they avoided threatening you so there isn’t too much I can do.” Matt sighed.

“The weird doll?” Ivy asked.

Matt shrugged. “They can say it wasn’t them, that they only left the note. We need to put in some security cameras.”

I nodded. “Gunner, do the camera thing.”

“Odds are the big guys didn’t do this. They probably sent a kid to deliver the message.” Matt sipped his coffee.

I shook my head. “I heard a car speed away.”

“Someone else drove and stayed in the car. Hell, Uber even. You don’t know. Criminals are smart. The cameras won’t hurt but you need to be more concerned with your actual safety,” Matt said.

I nodded. “Fine. But Candace is over eighteen. It’s not like I was trying to lure their kids away with candy into a panel van.”

“Some of those tiny churches are weird. Women are subject to their father until they’re married and then their husband. Seriously old school crap. It’s not right but you’ll never convince them of that,” Ivy advised.

“But legally that can’t get me in trouble,” I explained.

“You’re looking to be a target of these jerks. Unmarried woman with a lot of money and a house full of misfits. They’re judging you,” Matt said.

I wondered if Matt was judging himself.

“Well, if God judges us on how we treat others—I’m way ahead of them in that race. I’m not backing off. If those girls need help, we’re getting them out. They’re adults so if they want to stay, I’m not kidnapping anyone. But if they are using and abusing underage girls, the cops should be aware.”

Matt nodded. “Agreed. I can wire you.

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