eldritch files 06 - elemental storm by phaedra weldon

Author:phaedra weldon [weldon, phaedra]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Caldwell Press
Published: 2015-10-20T22:00:00+00:00

SIXTEEN

It took most of the night, in the middle of a quiet stretch of swamp, before he could cloak his wings. The spell shouldn't take so much energy, but it did. Another sign he was getting close to Sleep. Once he had them tucked away, he collapsed on the soft, loamy ground and slept deeply. When he awoke he was cold, wet, and covered in bugs. A spider had used his arm as an anchor for her web. He stumbled back to the highway and stood alongside the road. The storm clouds were still there, darker than the day before and moving. They just weren't moving away from the city. When he left Bell, Book and Candle his only thoughts were to get away from the smell of that damn dog, to hide his wings, and to calm down. But now that he could no longer fly, unless he wanted to release them and have to expend the energy to hide them again, he wondered how he would get back home.

His pocket buzzed, and he retrieved his phone. He had forgotten he had it. A quick look at the face and he sighed. "Hey, Levi."

"Man, where the hell are you?"

"In the swamp. I ah…I had a little problem last night."

"Are you coming in today? Todd said we got some results back on some of the stuff from Nadeen's house," Levi paused. "Wait…you're in the swamp?"

"Yeah."

"Give me the road name and stay there."

It took Levi half an hour to find him. His best friend didn't ask any questions, and Crwys didn't feel like volunteering any information. They drove in silence back to Levi's place where Crwys showered, shaved, and dressed. He'd half moved in with Levi after Arden and her coven cleaned out his warehouse, so he still kept a lot of his stuff there.

After chugging down an entire jug of orange juice, Crwys joined Levi in his car, a huge black Lincoln Navigator, and checked his spare piece, the Glock he kept in the dash.

You're getting dangerously close, Azazel, Ashur's voice wasn't helping his mood. Have you made arrangements?

"I told you that already," he barked and Levi glanced at him but didn't add to the conversation. "And it's safe."

In case she survived, she can't find you again?

He knew exactly whom Ashur asked about. Another Dragon. A female. One of Crwys's biggest mistakes. "She doesn't know about this one. It's buried under layers of dummy corporations, none of which have names or numbers she'll recognize. Besides…there's no way she survived."

Ashur didn't answer, but Levi did. "And what about Sam? Have you told her?"

"Can we not talk about this right now?" Crwys shoved the gun in his holster and put his badge around his neck. "Let's just concentrate on who killed Nadeen, okay?"

The two didn't speak again until Levi pulled up to the coroner's office. The morning temperature didn't rise as it normally did, not with the heavy layer of clouds blocking out the sun. The air inside the coroner's office felt thick compared to the cool outside.

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