Witches of The Demon Isle Box Set, Volumes 1, 2 & 3 by Rachel Humphrey - D'aigle

Author:Rachel Humphrey - D'aigle [Humphrey - D'aigle, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2013-12-08T23:00:00+00:00

FOUR

Charlie sat behind the wheel of the jeep, driving, while Michael chatted on the phone with Mack, filling her in on their shapeshifter theory. William sat like a stone in the back seat, focused on the task ahead. He was also using his enhanced hearing and sight to track any movement, as they wound their way through narrow roads of the National Park.

“Hey, ask Mack if she happened to see Melinda while she was out and about today?” Charlie told Michael. He nodded and relayed the question.

“No. Okay. We haven’t seen her since this morning and she left her phone at home. Emily went looking for her, but she just called and said she didn’t find her. We’re getting a bit worried. K, thanks, Mack. See you in a few,” Michael said, hanging up.

“She seen her?” asked Charlie.

“Nope.”

“So help me God if something’s happened to her…”

William inched forward and touched his shoulder. “Focus on the task at hand, Charlie. Control your emotions.”

Charlie nodded. William was right. He could not afford to lose control. But of all the days for Melinda to run off...

“Here’s the turn,” Michael pointed out.

Charlie pulled the jeep off the road and parked.

“Mack said she’d meet us just over the hill.”

“How is she planning to explain our arrival at a crime scene?” asked William.

“It’s Mack, she’ll think up something,” said Michael.

Just then, an exhaust backfired as a hefty cargo van pulled up alongside them. The man behind the wheel waved, smiled and kept driving up the road.

“Police vehicle?” asked Michael.

“I smell human food,” William noted.

“Mack,” the brothers said simultaneously.

Sure enough, as they approached the hill, they saw the driver get out and prop open a door, proceeding to set up a few tables. They heard Mack shout “Lunch” and watched as everyone at the crime scene eagerly made their way to the truck. As they gathered, Mack gave a short speech.

“I just want to thank all of you for your hard work today. I know this hasn’t been an easy one. So let’s all take a much needed break, have some food, some coffee, and then we’ll get back at it, okay?”

Mack walked to the other side of the van where Charlie, Michael and William waited just in the woods, out of sight.

“Keep hidden as much as possible,” she advised. “You’ve safely got twenty, maybe thirty minutes. My guys get antsy to get back to work pretty quickly,” she added proudly.

Charlie tossed her a half-hearted salute and they headed toward the crime scene. They kept to the edges of the wood line until out of sight of Mack’s team.

They saw the body, a bloody sheet wrapped over it.

William suddenly gagged, a low hiss echoing in his throat, his fangs dropping.

Horrified by his reaction he spun around, trying to hide it. But the brothers had already seen. “Too much blood,” he admitted, forcing his fangs to retract.

“Maybe there’s more than one monster in the house that cannot handle his poison, after all,” Charlie mumbled sardonically.

“I’ll go do a perimeter sweep and check the out-skirting areas,” William retorted flatly.

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