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One plus one equaled two. Always. And it was a much saner explanation than an escaped sorcerer. However—
“The wolves don’t explain the whoosh, or the darkness, or the disappearing bodies surrounded by human tracks.”
Jase nodded, still staring at the horizon. “We need to get back to the ranch.”
* * *
Returning to Nahua Springs proved both easier and harder than Gina had anticipated.
Easier because while Melda and Amberleigh were not themselves, they weren’t lobotomized or deaf. The instant the two heard the party was headed home, they hopped on their horses and took off. The only hard part was keeping up with them.
On the other hand, Teo refused to leave.
“You can’t stay here,” Gina insisted.
“I can’t leave the cavern open and unguarded for just anyone to crawl around in.”
“We’ve had this talk. No one comes here.”
“Someone came here and took the damn mummy,” he muttered.
Gina bit her lip. She wasn’t so sure.
She glanced at the wolves, which continued to sit on the horizon and watch them, still as statues guarding an Egyptian tomb.
She and Teo needed to figure out what in hell was going on. How they’d do that she wasn’t sure. But it wasn’t going to be out here where God only knew what was hovering.
“I can start translating the glyphs,” Teo began. “If you’d just call my assistant and—”
“No.”
He blinked, the eyes behind the glasses he’d retrieved along with their tent, bedding, and horses confused. “No?”
“It’s the opposite of yes.” She threw the saddle on Lady Belle.
“But … why?”
“That’s more your department than mine.”
His confused expression intensified.
“I have no idea why yes is the opposite of no. Isn’t that the kind of crap you study in college?”
“Gina,” he said, exasperated. “Tempting me with linguistic puzzles will not make me stray from my goal.”
When he talked all stick-up-the-butt like that she wanted to—
Kiss him. Which was a big change from how she used to feel whenever she read one of his letters.
When had the change happened? She wasn’t quite sure.
What she was sure of was that she couldn’t leave him here. Who knew what would happen by the time she got back? What if he was gone like the others? The thought of losing Teo Mecate was not a thought Gina could live with.
“I need better lights,” he muttered. “Certain equipment, people trained in uncovering the truth.”
Oh yeah, more people wandering around out here would be a fantastic idea, Gina thought.
“I’m not gonna call anyone,” she said.
