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Where are you?”
“I’m right here.” Camil e’s voice cut through the darkness as she stepped away from a pile of broken wood. Her expression was bleak, too. “Morio?” Her voice hung in the air, and I stared at her. Her dress was ripped in several places and her face was covered with dirt.
“Morio’s alive, but seriously wounded. Sharah’s up there with him now. Chase and I had to protect him against a ghost or I would have . . . are you okay?” Something in her demeanor was guarded and I couldn’t read her, for once.
A dark cloud passed over her face, but she nodded. “Yeah. I’m al right. Just roughed up. We managed to hold that thing at bay. But I want to get the fuck out of here. I need to be with Morio.”
She headed for the ladder, passing by Vanzir without a word, her lips pressed together.
I watched as she began to reach for the rungs with bare fingers. “Stop! Use these.” Mutely, she al owed me to slide my gloves on her hands, then silently started up the ladder.
Turning back to Vanzir, I said, “What happened? Tel me what happened down here! We heard an explosion and Camil e’s shriek . . . and you . . . laughed.”
“Camil e set off one fucking hel of a spel . That I can tel you. And I fed.” He said nothing more, just stared at me. I found myself wanting to go to him, but shook myself out of it.
“Did anything else happen? Anything I should know about?” I watched his face, but he was careful not to reveal anything.
“We were fighting for our lives. Ask Camil e if you want to know more,” he said abruptly, then headed for the ladder.
I glanced back at the tunnels. We hadn’t found our kil er’s nest, but we’d discovered too much down here. Chase’s powers were emerging. The spirits of Seattle were growing strong and dangerous. And something else had happened . . . but just what, I wasn’t sure.
As I scrambled up the ladder, jumping out right behind Vanzir, it was just in time to see the ambulance go shrieking off, lights blazing. Camil e was racing toward her car, tears pouring down her face.
“Camil e—Morio, is he—?”
She stopped, fumbling to open the door. “He’s alive, but in critical condition. I’m headed to the hospital.” Pausing, she stared at Vanzir, who headed over to her car.
“I’m going with you,” he said.
She flashed him a dark look, then shrugged as he leaped in the front seat.
“I’l meet you there,” I said, heading toward my Jag. Yes, something had happened, and I wanted to know what. But nobody was talking. I threw the car into gear and screeched away from the street, Chase fol owing me.
I decided that I had to contact Ivana Krask as soon as I’d cleaned up and ask for her help. If she could take care of some of the spirits in the Greenbelt Park District, I’d buy her a whole fucking side of beef, if she wanted.
CHAPTER 14
The FH-CSI building was always lit up. As I pul ed in, I saw Camil e’s car, but neither Camil e nor Vanzir was in sight. She’d sped down the road like a bat from hel . Chase leaped out of his car, right next to me. He met up with me and we silently jogged to the building.
As we headed toward the medic unit, I glanced at him. He wasn’t panting as much; he was having an easier time. I had set my pace briskly but held back so that he’d be able to keep up.
Usual y Chase struggled, but he was breathing easily at this point. But right now, Chase’s changes weren’t my main focus.
As we burst through the ER doors, I could hear shouts from one of the emergency rooms and saw two of the nurses, both elves, preventing Camil e from bursting through the doors. Vanzir was sitting on one of the sofas, his head down, elbows propped on his knees.
I hurried over to my sister. “What? What have they said?”
“Only that he’s alive. He’s hurt so badly, Menol y. A splinter from the stake hit his liver or something bad like that. I know he can heal fast, but he has to stay out of danger long enough for the process to begin.” Her face was streaked with tears, the mascara leaving long trails along her cheeks. She looked stunned, like a deer caught in the headlights.
She’s in shock, I thought, and nobody has bothered to notice. With Morio’s life-threatening injuries, it was no wonder, but . . . I motioned to one of the nurses. “My sister’s in shock, I think.
Can you get her a blanket?”
She nodded. “Be right back. Meanwhile, some food would probably help her.”
“She’s insane. How can I eat right now?” Camil e shook her head, but Vanzir was on his feet, heading for the door. He was pul ing out some change for the vending machines.
Chase joined us after peeking into the ER. “He’s alive. They’ve taken the stake out of his side and are working on his injuries. Sharah and Mal en wil do everything possible to help him. Please, trust them.”
