Succubus Lost (Files From the Otherworlder Enforcement Agency, #2)
“I made my way down the hall to the casting room and, feeling awkward, knocked.
The noise echoed in the hallway, but no sounds answered it. I knocked once more before tentatively opening the door. I stepped back, but no lightning or fire or ice flew from the room to strike me. The room was dark.
“Hello? Natalie? It’s Detective Whitman.” I felt along the inside of the wall, fumbling until my fingertips touched a light switch. I flipped it on, then took in the room before me.
Spell ingredients lit...tered the ground—herbs intermingled with pieces of glass and wire. Scorches touched the walls and bookcases. Her circle, which had been etched into the concrete floor as well as painted, didn’t look right. I stared at it for a moment before I realized that the paint had been smudged, nearly removed from a one-foot section. Deep scratches trailed across the etching.
What the hell had happened? Burn marks—maybe from the salamander? The scratches could have been from a dodged spell. A lethal one by the looks of the scraped floor.MoreLess
The noise echoed in the hallway, but no sounds answered it. I knocked once more before tentatively opening the door. I stepped back, but no lightning or fire or ice flew from the room to strike me. The room was dark.
“Hello? Natalie? It’s Detective Whitman.” I felt along the inside of the wall, fumbling until my fingertips touched a light switch. I flipped it on, then took in the room before me.
Spell ingredients lit...tered the ground—herbs intermingled with pieces of glass and wire. Scorches touched the walls and bookcases. Her circle, which had been etched into the concrete floor as well as painted, didn’t look right. I stared at it for a moment before I realized that the paint had been smudged, nearly removed from a one-foot section. Deep scratches trailed across the etching.
What the hell had happened? Burn marks—maybe from the salamander? The scratches could have been from a dodged spell. A lethal one by the looks of the scraped floor.MoreLess
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