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attack you.” Her words were strong, but there was an edge of uncertainty behind them. “If there is real pushback from this, I may be forced to open an investigation, but I will do everything I can to take care of you.”
    I wasn’t comforted, but I nodded.
    “We need proof to stop Jacob,” Micah said. “If we can do that, then this goes away.”
    “Something tells me it won’t go away so easily,” I said. I thought about Carlos again and knew that I had to go see him sooner rather than later. He was my only hope of getting proof, but I couldn’t let Tielle know that, since he conducted highly illegal business. I took a deep breath to try and calm myself but ended up inhaling more of Tielle’s perfume and coughed instead. Micah went over to a small table where Tielle had a few bottles of water and brought one over for me. I took a drink and allowed myself to relax. Knowing I could get the proof I needed to stop Jacob’s attacks helped make me feel better. I stood up.
    “Jacob the troll is not going to ruin my day,” I said. “He will be dealt with. In the meantime we have other things on our plate. What’s the latest on Leena?”
    “Sedated,” Tielle said dismissively. “She won’t be able to be questioned for a while.”
    My eyebrows rose slightly. Last night Tielle was all over this investigation of Leena. It was the entire reason I was even here, to talk it over. Now she was just brushing it aside. It probably meant there was something even heavier going on. That didn’t leave me with a good feeling, not that I’d been having any good feelings today.
    “What else going on?” I asked. Because obviously that damn e-mail wasn’t enough. Micah was frowning as he exchanged a glance with Tielle.
    “There was an incident at the area where the open necromancer circle is,” Tielle said. “The PTF officers who were standing guard were found unconscious, and the ground beneath them and the circle was scorched black.”
    “Wh-what?” My eyes widened.
    “Dead animals were also found in the area,” Micah added. “Pigeons, squirrels and rats…”
    “Shit. It happened there too?”
    “What?” Tielle and Micah said in unison.
    I told them what I had found in my yard.
    “This is not good,” Tielle said.
    “To say the least,” I said. “Do you know what the hell this could mean?” I had been about to tell them what little I knew, but that information had come from Kyo and I had to keep his presence a secret. I gave Micah a quick glance, feeling a pang of guilt go through me. I really needed to tell him about Kyo.
    “History speaks of occurrences such as these as being harbingers of great death and chaos.” Tielle had walked away to stare out the window, her hands clasped behind her back. I wasn’t surprised that she knew what Kyo knew. It was her job to be educated about all things paranormal far beyond the rest of us. “Deep knowledge about these happenings is obscure, and I can’t recall any record of it happening in the last century or so, but this is the start of something bad. I don’t know why, but it doesn’t matter…”
    “The darkness has risen,” I said softly.
    Tielle turned to look at me for a heartbeat, then turned back to the window. “Yes.”
    “The fact that it happened not only at Selene’s house but the necromancer circle is troubling,” Micah said. “For one, it’s worrisome that Selene seems to be a target. Two, could the fact that it happened at the open circle mean that something got out? Some kind of really strong ghost that’s juiced up on other ghosts?”
    “This is way beyond ghosts,” Tielle said. “Something did come through, but it’s not as simple as saying it’s another ghost. No matter how strong, ghosts don’t have the kind of dark power it takes to scorch the ground and kill animals.”
    “It’s interesting to note that the PTF officers were only rendered unconscious, not dead,” I said. “It’s good of course. But why weren’t they