Nightstorm by Gaja J. Kos

Author:Gaja J. Kos [Kos, Gaja J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Boris Kos

Chapter 12

I texted one of my mother’s demons to pass on the message that I was working on Tevan’s case, then lingered in the background while Caz and a group of men in uniform crawled like ants all over the scene—quick but precise.

Naturally, he’d benched me the instant he got here. Although he did bark a command that he would question me personally once a policeman sauntered too close to where I was standing, our interaction was painfully brief. He gave me only the smallest of grunts once I told him what happened and pointed him in the direction of the amulet, then strode off as if he couldn’t stand to be in my presence a single second longer.

Frankly, I was glad I took a photo of the pendant before the police arrived. I had a suspicion I wasn’t going to get another look at it anytime soon.

My fingers itched for the feel of a cigarette between them. It was one of the vices I had to give up since stubs were such an exceptional breeding place for DNA, and trying not to smoke on a job was infinitely harder if you did so regularly otherwise. But as I was forced to wait on the sidelines with nothing but my thoughts keeping me company, I would have given my eyeteeth for one.

It was ridiculous how badly I wanted Caz to at least look at me. Shit, I understood the utter dedication to the job. He was busy coordinating the search and really didn’t have time to squeeze in personal matters. But the treacherous longing was still there. It clawed at me with an unyielding desire to shred apart that last bit of composure I still held on to. And, right now, I felt like I was losing the fight.

Needing to keep myself busy, I scanned the crowd that had started to gather beyond the tape—probably where I would have been, too, if Caz sending me away wouldn’t attract too much attention from his work buddies. Quite a few gawkers had trickled in over the past fifteen minutes or so, but the number was small enough that I could scan each of them individually. There was always a chance a creep would return to feed on the rush of seeing their own crime—even if it was a kidnapping. But from what I was sensing, the people were all human and none of them had that air of vileness lurking about that I’d come to associate with the less than savory representatives of the world’s population.

I sighed. This was certainly turning out to be one spectacular shit of a night.

“Lena,” Caz called out from behind.

My heart did a little stutter when I noticed the anger in his voice was gone, but I didn’t allow myself to get my hopes up just yet. “Yeah?”

“The techs need to do another sweep of the scene, but we’re headed back to the station.” He strode over, car keys jingling in his hand. “You haven’t figured out why the amulet seemed familiar yet, right?”

I shook my head.

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