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grandma’s friend but hadn’t seemed so civil towards Oren in his vision, wanted me dead by Halloween. With Oren, Lavie and Sally being insiders, I had to believe we’d work out a way to fix this.
“How does the order work?”
She bit her lip. “The Alliance Elders write the orders down on scrolls, which magically appear to the person who has to execute the order.”
“Who’s got mine and Willow’s order?”
“I don’t know. No one knows until you receive it.”
I had to hope it was one of the people I trusted. “Okay.” Out of childish habit, I looked up into the sky, wishing on the stars I could barely see.
“Hey Sierra, we’re going in.” Ebony stood in front of the biggest warehouse on the street, her three shadows behind her.
“Are you sure you can handle it?”
“This shouldn’t take long,” Juliet said, her ponytail bouncing against her narrow shoulders.
“Make sure you don’t get cocky and rush things. Go in expecting the worst. The owner of this warehouse claims there’s more than one spook inside. We need to clear all of them before he gets to work tomorrow or we’ll lose the bonus he promised us.” The extra money always came in handy, but I worried about the girls. “I don’t want any of you showing off and getting killed in the process.”
“Got it,” Ebony said. She turned to the girls and called, “Let’s get inside and capture some spooks.”
Juliet high-fived Claire, but Jana pulled out a canister and held it steady at her side.
“Will they be okay?” Lavie whispered.
“Yeah,” I said. Yet I couldn’t tear my gaze away from the structure until they’d all been cleared by the night watchman and disappeared inside.
“Is this location common for you?” Lavie asked, looking around at the industrial area one suburb away from Serene Hills.
“We don’t get called into warehouses much.” Usually, spooks gravitated to more populated areas. Sure, the abandoned part of town was frequented by many a lost spirit, but they didn’t spend all of their time there. The fact this warehouse was haunted sounded a little odd to me. I couldn’t feel any cold spots and although it was isolated now, during the day this area would be filled with activity.
The manager had explained the haunting as “chaotic, violent and downright scary” . There were two people currently in the hospital, several injured, and a bunch of others who were too afraid to turn up to work. It was costing the company, and we were here to help them.
These spooks were breaking the law. Ghosts had rights and could remain on this patch for as long as they wanted to, but they couldn’t hurt humans or stay in a place they weren’t wanted. That was where I came in.
I would stop this tonight, with my fellow catchers beside me.
Lavie and I continued to make our way across the street, and paused a few feet away from the warehouse. Before we went inside, there was one other thing I needed to ask. “Lavie, you know about Oren, don’t you?”
“That he’s your grandfather? Yeah, I’ve known for a while. My aunty knows him from way back.”
I nodded, because there was nothing more to say.
“Can you hear that?” Lavie asked.
“Hear what?” I stepped onto the sidewalk and past the streetlight. I scanned the area behind the big rectangular, peaked warehouse and focused on the overhead train lines. The train tracks were dark, but I could definitely hear something. It sounded like…sparks.
“I can hear a sizzling sound,” Lavie whispered, standing under the streetlight.
My skin prickled at the same time as white, blue and green sparks appeared along the overhead train wires. They moved quickly, getting closer.
“Lavie, get away from the streetlight,” I said, never taking my eyes off the wires.
“What?”
“Just move away, into the dark!”
The electric arcs had already jumped the train lines. Some were slipping in through the warehouse’s wiring, others were racing towards
“How does the order work?”
She bit her lip. “The Alliance Elders write the orders down on scrolls, which magically appear to the person who has to execute the order.”
“Who’s got mine and Willow’s order?”
“I don’t know. No one knows until you receive it.”
I had to hope it was one of the people I trusted. “Okay.” Out of childish habit, I looked up into the sky, wishing on the stars I could barely see.
“Hey Sierra, we’re going in.” Ebony stood in front of the biggest warehouse on the street, her three shadows behind her.
“Are you sure you can handle it?”
“This shouldn’t take long,” Juliet said, her ponytail bouncing against her narrow shoulders.
“Make sure you don’t get cocky and rush things. Go in expecting the worst. The owner of this warehouse claims there’s more than one spook inside. We need to clear all of them before he gets to work tomorrow or we’ll lose the bonus he promised us.” The extra money always came in handy, but I worried about the girls. “I don’t want any of you showing off and getting killed in the process.”
“Got it,” Ebony said. She turned to the girls and called, “Let’s get inside and capture some spooks.”
Juliet high-fived Claire, but Jana pulled out a canister and held it steady at her side.
“Will they be okay?” Lavie whispered.
“Yeah,” I said. Yet I couldn’t tear my gaze away from the structure until they’d all been cleared by the night watchman and disappeared inside.
“Is this location common for you?” Lavie asked, looking around at the industrial area one suburb away from Serene Hills.
“We don’t get called into warehouses much.” Usually, spooks gravitated to more populated areas. Sure, the abandoned part of town was frequented by many a lost spirit, but they didn’t spend all of their time there. The fact this warehouse was haunted sounded a little odd to me. I couldn’t feel any cold spots and although it was isolated now, during the day this area would be filled with activity.
The manager had explained the haunting as “chaotic, violent and downright scary” . There were two people currently in the hospital, several injured, and a bunch of others who were too afraid to turn up to work. It was costing the company, and we were here to help them.
These spooks were breaking the law. Ghosts had rights and could remain on this patch for as long as they wanted to, but they couldn’t hurt humans or stay in a place they weren’t wanted. That was where I came in.
I would stop this tonight, with my fellow catchers beside me.
Lavie and I continued to make our way across the street, and paused a few feet away from the warehouse. Before we went inside, there was one other thing I needed to ask. “Lavie, you know about Oren, don’t you?”
“That he’s your grandfather? Yeah, I’ve known for a while. My aunty knows him from way back.”
I nodded, because there was nothing more to say.
“Can you hear that?” Lavie asked.
“Hear what?” I stepped onto the sidewalk and past the streetlight. I scanned the area behind the big rectangular, peaked warehouse and focused on the overhead train lines. The train tracks were dark, but I could definitely hear something. It sounded like…sparks.
“I can hear a sizzling sound,” Lavie whispered, standing under the streetlight.
My skin prickled at the same time as white, blue and green sparks appeared along the overhead train wires. They moved quickly, getting closer.
“Lavie, get away from the streetlight,” I said, never taking my eyes off the wires.
“What?”
“Just move away, into the dark!”
The electric arcs had already jumped the train lines. Some were slipping in through the warehouse’s wiring, others were racing towards
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