“This only works with Fae?” Jane asked.
“Yeah, these are Fae crystals because we’re trying to find out what’s going on in the Fae world. They keep it all pretty hush-hush, especially over here, even amongst themselves if they have different politics playing out.” Antonio explained.
Jane sat down on the red couch in front of the crystal formation, her hands placed delicately on her knees. She closed her eyes. Her black curly hair was slicked back and pulled up off her face. Her almond-shaped eyes were closed and her dark skin almost glowed as she centered her energy.
We all stayed quiet. I held my breath as she slowly inhaled and exhaled, going deeper and deeper. I could feel her sinking into some sort of foreign aura I didn’t quite understand.
She gave a nod and reached her hands out toward the crystals, muttering a spell under her breath to enhance the connection. Jane nodded and repeated the same spell. Mae said it also and slowly the two of them created an energy field, like a television screen floating above the crystals.
I looked at Antonio, my eyes wide. “What the hell is that?” I whispered under my breath.
A large room appeared on the screen. It was full of many beautiful people, some with pointed ears, some without. Some had long hair, some had short pixie hair, and blue skin, some green skin, some brown skinned
“These are scenes from the Fae world,” Antonio said.
“How do we know what we’re seeing? “I asked.
“We have to discern it,” Antonio said. “But you can direct it. Jane, think about the question you want the answer to.”
“Who’s responsible for the attacks on the cemetery?” Jane said without hesitation. We all stared expectantly at the screen, waiting to find out what would appear.
Chapter 34
I watched the screen, trying to discern what the people were doing and where they were going. There was a flow of people heading toward a single destination in the distance.
It was very, very dark.
Jane’s body spasmed breaking her out of her trance. The screen went blank and then fractured. Tiny energy crystals fell back down to the crystals that projected them.
I rushed to Jane‘s side. “Jane, are you OK?” Jane opened her eyes and looked at me, her eyes full of the darkness I had seen on the screen. “You don’t look so good.”
“I’m fine, there’s something out there,” she said, her voice trembling. “There’s something out there that’s powerful and malevolent. It’s coming for the cemetery. I don’t even know if it’s safe for me to tap into that energy and look at it, but we need to go in and find out.”
“Not if it’s a danger to your health,” Mae said. “I won’t risk any more of our people on the idea we need some more intel. You’ve come out of a demon induced coma. No way are we going to use this thing.” She nodded toward the crystals.
I bit my lower lip and agreed. I knew she was right. We had to protect the individuals who were working on keeping the cemetery safe. Everyone was needed.
I thought about Kartika. She could probably work the crystals. She said she was adopted, which meant whatever bloodline she was from, they had given her away. Probably meant she wasn’t a shifter. They seem to be pretty loyal and focused. Definitely wasn’t a vampire, so that left demigod, Fae, or witch.
Whichever one she was, I was sure it was going to be helpful to the coven.
The radio on my belt went off. “Deputy Chloe.” Sheriff Ted’s voice came out over the walkie-talkie.
“This is Deputy Chloe,” I said into the walkie-talkie.
“I need you down at the office right away,” he said.
“On my way.”
“What is it?” Mae asked.
“He didn’t tell me. He just said I needed to get down there,” I said.
“Well, we can’t come with you since it’s your job, but you’re going to be okay.”
I looked over at Mae. “Of everybody in this organization, I think I probably have the most likelihood of being fine,” I said, but as I got in the car and went down the hill to find out what Sheriff Ted wanted, I had a feeling of responsibility weighing on my shoulders. With two men down and Mae the leader of the Coven, I needed to support her as best I could. Hopefully what I needed to do for Sheriff Ted today, allied with what Mae wanted to do with the coven.
Sheriff Ted was in the car and ready to go when I got to the police station. I didn’t even bother going inside.
