Bewitching Belle by Debra Kristi

Author:Debra Kristi [Kristi, Debra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781942191292
Publisher: Ghost Girl Publishing
Published: 2020-04-07T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

“I’m coming with you, and you can’t stop me,” she hollers.

“It isn’t safe,” I counter.

“Then you shouldn’t go alone.” She comes to a stop beside me, and I’m treated to a whiff of her lavender body spray.

“Where I am going may be emotionally upsetting to you.” I steel my gaze on her.

“I expected as much,” she responds. “I’m still going.”

“I don’t know what’s going to happen, if anything.” I sigh. “It may be boring, or it could be a whirlwind of emotions.”

“Doesn’t matter. Whatever it is, I’m in.” She frowns. “Now stop yammering and lead the way.”

I can’t help but laugh at her display of spunk. I had wanted to save her the emotions this night might stir, but truth be told, I’m glad to have a companion on this mission. I’m happy it’s her.

We crank the bikes into gear and pedal to the cemetery. Stop in front of the entrance used earlier in the day. It’s locked.

Luna leans against the gate and takes hold of the metal bars. “Do you hear that?” She presses her ear to the opening. “It sounds like people talking and… and some sort of banging.”

All I hear is the heavy hum of the freeway nearby. The vibration of all the moving cars is rattling through my head like a box of tacks.

I move closer and listen. Listen for whatever it is Luna hears. She’s right. I jerk back and stare through the bars. There are definitely people inside, and they are up to something. But the gate is locked, and, I don’t know about Luna but, I am no acrobat. The chances of me scaling the outer wall are little to none.

“Look there.” She tugs on my handlebars and points down the center aisle. Two men are pushing open the gate on the far side. I yank her to the side, out of view. Her bike drops and she fumbles over the frame, tumbles into my arms. “What’d you do that for?”

“We don’t want them to see us,” I whisper.

“Right,” she says and peeks around the corner. Spins back toward me with eyes wide. “They’re pulling a car in. Backwards.”

My muscles tighten. Flying ugly bats. I don’t want to be right about Luna’s father, but it’s looking like I am. This day is really going to suck.

We both peek around the stone entrance. A green car is parked several yards from us and the three men—the two that opened the gate and the driver—are walking into the sea of tombs.

“Come on.” I ride past the locked entrance and head for the corner. She jumps on her bike and follows. We ride around the exterior of the cemetery to the opposite gate. The men are gone, but they left the gate unlocked.

In case a speedy departure is required, I think to myself.

Within the cemetery walls, the earth—damp from yesterday’s storm—is exceptionally pungent. Mixed with the fumes of the parallel freeway, the air is pushing nausea into my gut. I wrinkle my nose and think of something else.

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