Jack: Secret Circles by F. Paul Wilson

Author:F. Paul Wilson
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3
Tags: Pine Barrens, Missing children, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Detective, New Jersey, Fantasy fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Mysteries & Detective Stories, General, Fantasy, Repairman Jack (Fictitious character), Mystery fiction, Monsters - New Jersey - Pine Barrens, Fiction, Monsters, Folklore - New Jersey - Pine Barrens
ISBN: 9780765318558
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2010-02-02T05:00:00+00:00

4

“I know I heard something,” Weezy said as they walked across the lawn.

Jack told her about what he’d heard last night.

“A cat?” she said when he finished. “That didn’t sound like any cat to me.”

“I didn’t hear it, so I can’t say. And you didn’t hear it again.”

She sighed. “No. I guess it could have been something else.”

He waited until they’d reached the curb before saying, “Maybe it was the pyramid crying out to you—because they’ve got it.”

Her eyes widened. “You’re sure?”

“What do you think: The mantel is dusty but there’s a hexagon of clean wood right where I saw something black and pointy.”

She spun and started toward the Lodge. “I’m going back!”

He grabbed her arm. “And do what? He won’t let you in. Probably won’t even answer the door. Let’s not tip our hand.”

“We’ve got to find a way in there!”

“Easier said than done. He hardly ever goes out, and even if he does, the place is locked up like Fort Knox.”

“We’ll think of something. And we’ll do it together.” She put out her hand. “Deal?”

“Deal.”

They shook.

“And while we’re thinking,” she said, “maybe we should take another look at the big pyramid—for inspiration.”

“You think it’s the same one in the painting?”

“I’d bet my copy of the Secret History of the World.”

“But you don’t—”

“If I did, I would.”

“And what do we hope to find there? Another little pyramid?”

Her dark eyes sparkled. “That’d be nice. No, I’m thinking we might find evidence of what ever was kept in there—maybe remains of the thing itself. Another piece of the Secret History. Wouldn’t that be something?”

“It would,” Jack said, looking back at the Lodge, “but I’ve got to finish up the weeds and trim all the bushes by tomorrow afternoon.”

“Why then?”

“He won’t say so, but I think it has something to do with the equinox.”

Weezy glanced toward Mrs. Clevenger’s place up the street. “Did you get the warning?”

“About staying out of the Pines? Yeah, Walt told me all sorts of weird things can happen in there. What do you think?”

Weezy smiled. “I think we’re obligated to check it out.”

“I thought you’d say that.”

“We’re on?”

“Of course. I’m not letting you have all the fun.”

Jack felt a little uneasy about ignoring Mrs. C’s warning, but he couldn’t back out and leave Weezy to go on her own.

But really … they knew the woods. What could happen?

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