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“How come we didn’t smell anything on the other chandelier?”
“It was cleaned before the performance.”
“Well, fuck. Then why didn’t anyone notice it was cut? Surely, it wasn’t just one person working on it. Unless it was and then we can just say ah-ha, we got you.”
“It wasn’t just one…but the part of Scarlett’s chandelier that was sabotaged is normally hidden under a base. The workers wouldn’t have seen it. I’m guessing the mechanism the cord went through as the chandelier lowered finished the job of severing the line.”
Turney frowned, trying to picture someone cleaning such a thing. “Did they clean it in the air?”
“They did.”
“Why?!”
“Efficiency!” he cried, waving his arms grandly. Glass shards fell to the floor as he did. “Oh, good. They came out.”
* * *
Octavius smirkedat the baffled look on Turney’s face. The drop of blood on Turney’s arm caught his eyes, and without hesitation, he lifted the male’s arm up and licked at the blood. “Mmm, my nummy zombie bun’s blood.”
Turney snorted. “More like body paint and sweat.”
Octavius blew a raspberry at him.
The zombie rolled his eyes. Pulling his arm free, Turney wiped his spit away. “Anyway, you should probably text the rest about this new information.”
“Right, work calls again. How stupid.” Octavius sighed. “This was supposed to be my party. A night of only fun! Not work.”
“You find work fun.”
“Yes, but Halloween fun is different from work fun. And work fun is not as fun as Halloween fun.”
“This ‘fun’ you are talking about wouldn’t have anything to do with scaring me, would it?” Turney asked, voice flat.
Octavius’ eyes widened at being caught. He quickly tried to appear unassuming. “No, of course not.”
“You are such a bad liar. Go, text.” The zombie waved him on with his hands on a sigh. “The faster we solve this, the faster you can get back to your party.”
“Right!” Octavius hummed, brow pinching in thought as he reached into the flap pocket his phone was in and pulled it out. Flipping it open, he created a group chat, adding Cormac, Henry, Scarlett, Min-ji, and Alexander, before sending the text.
OCTAVIUS
Figure out which on your list are human, and look for someone with a strong citrusy scent mixed with ozone. But, ask questions as normal. Don’t give away anything.
CORMAC
Roger!
SCARLETT
Understood.
ALEXANDER
Is there a reason for this?
Octavius glared at the reaper’s message. Why was the male always such a busy body? Was it so hard to justnot?
OCTAVIUS
