The Candle (Haunted Series Book 23) by Alexie Aaron

Author:Alexie Aaron [Alexie Aaron]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-05-09T14:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

Mia and Cid ran behind Murphy as they headed towards the area where the plastic-covered window had been spotted. Murphy didn’t know which floor, so he stopped at the stairs and suggested, “You go upstairs. That’s where the offices are. If you’re stopped, tell them you’re looking for the doctor. We’ll continue on down here. I think, four rooms beyond the stairs, but I can’t be certain.”

Mia nodded and charged up the stairs. She poked her head in the offices as she passed them. They were pretty much destroyed. Books were torn from the shelves and various medical implements were scattered around. She moved deeper into the next wing. She saw a dark shadow that ducked into an office. Mia strode over and pushed in the door.

“MIA, STOP!” Mike shouted.

Mia backed up and stared into the room. The room had no floor in the middle. Mike was strapped to a gurney directly opposite the open maw. One of the casters was dangling over the empty space.

Mia inched around the edges of the room and pulled the gurney backwards away from danger. She unstrapped Mike. “Where’s your mother?”

“She’s in the next office. I hear her cussing through the wall. They took Cid.”

“Cid’s with Murphy. We found him first.”

“Where’s Ted?”

“Dead,” Mia said and raised her hand before Mike could say more. Mia’s hold on sanity was hanging by a thread.

There was a crash below them.

“Oh my god,” Cid said.

Mia dropped to her stomach and tried to look over the edge. “Cid, what’s wrong?”

Cid forced himself to look up at her. “We found Burt.”

Mia didn’t wait until another word was said. She inched her way back around the room and ran down the hall and down the stairs. She arrived at the cell. Murphy tried to stop her from entering but stepped aside when she growled at him.

Burt lay on his back. His sightless eyes stared upward. His lower torso was open, and someone had filled it with dirt. In the bloody dirt was planted deadly webcap mushrooms. Mia rushed over to Burt and knelt beside him. She was not willing to believe this was the outcome of her quest.

Cid had found the tape recorder and rewound the tape. He pressed play.

Burt’s voice filled the room.

“I hear explosions. My door has opened. Maybe the vibrations jiggled something loose. I’m going to make a run for it…”

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