Zombies Sold Separately by Cheyenne Mccray

Author:Cheyenne Mccray [Mccray, Cheyenne]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Mystery & Detective, Horror, Women Sleuths, Contemporary, Fiction, Romance, Fantasy, Adult, General, Paranormal
ISBN: 9780312946432
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2011-05-24T04:00:00+00:00

TWENTY-FOUR

Wednesday, December 29

“About time you got your ass in to work,” Olivia said as I dragged said ass in through the door of the PI office at ten the next morning.

“You decided to make it.” I smiled then winced. My head ached thanks to the four beers I’d ended up having last night. I was usually only good for two. “Stay an extra day with the family unit?”

Olivia rolled her eyes and stood from behind her desk so that I could see her shirt.

SILENCE IS GOLDEN

DUCT TAPE IS SILVER

“Took sixteen rolls to shut all of them up,” Olivia said and I laughed.

“Lots of interesting things to tell you.” I plopped my purse onto my desktop, then pulled my hair back from my face and knotted it.

“Get going then.” Olivia leaned back in her chair and put her orange Keds up on her desk and crossed her legs at her ankles. “I’m ready.”

For a moment I hesitated. How was I going to do this without telling her I had not only one, but two of the stones. But the memory of the Magi’s words was clear.

“I suggest you not even show it to your partner unless you have to.”

I paced back and forth in front of our desks as I started with the trip to visit my parents and the discussion about what had happened twenty-two years ago; my visit to Rodán and then to the Magi; my search for the Sorcerer Desmond; the Zombie and Sentient attack last night. I told her that we were supposed to watch out for stones and mentioned the Sentients had at least one, but I managed not to tell her that I had two of them with me.

“You were a little busy while I was gone.” Olivia looked thoughtful as she made the understatement. “Tell me more about the Sorcerer.”

I went around my desk and drew my cell phone out of my purse before setting it on the desktop. “I don’t know anything about the Sorcerer except that he’s an artist who shows his work in a gallery.”

“Desmond, right?” Olivia scooted her feet off her desk. “Does he have a last name?”

“Yes on Desmond, and for all I know that is his last name.” I pulled out my chair and sank into it. “That’s how he signs his work.”

She straightened in her seat and turned to her computer monitor. “Gallery name?”

“Sun Lee,” I said.

The click-clack of Olivia’s keys on her computer keyboard was loud as she typed. “In SoHo,” she said, apparently finding the gallery.

“You’ve got it.” I rubbed my forehead as I wished shifting from Drow to human could get rid of mild hangovers. “Hopefully Ms. Sun Lee will call soon with some good news.”

“If she doesn’t call you soon, maybe you should give her a little reminder,” Olivia said. “But for now, tell me more about the stones.”

I stared at my purse and thought about the Magi’s instructions again.

Why couldn’t I show the stones to Olivia?

The phone rang and I looked away from Olivia to glance at the identification screen.

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