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Chase pressed his lips together and let out a slow sigh "Breathe, Sean Take a slow, deep breath"

Sean sniffled and caught his breath I wished Nerissa was around This boy was going to need so for sure But she was out at the scene of the apartht of a box of tissues and silently carried it over to Sean, stopping to gently pat him on the shoulder

After a moment, Sean cleared his throat and wiped his eyes "I…I saw souys, actually"

"Who? Can you describe the attacked, too?"

With a shake of his head, Sean turned a haunted look at his mother and Lindsey "We know one of them, and the other…I thinkhim at that psychic fair ere at before the weird stuff started happening to the coven I couldn’t believe they both just stood there watching They didn’t do anything to try to help the officer" Then, pausing, he hung his head "But I didn’t try to help, either I guess I’ you could have done Please, know that These creatures are terribly powerful and they would have killed you, too Now, tell us who you saw and what they were doing" I caught his gaze, univeand iain, then blew his nose, all the while staring at uess you’re right The guy we know--his name is Jake Jake Evans He’s a member of our Temple"

"Jake?" Lindsey sounded shocked "Jake Evans was there?" She turned to us "Jake is--was--a roup, off which our coven and the training coven hived Teic, but want to get together to study our beliefs in a less hands-on way, or for those who just don’t have the discipline or calling to attend Circle They also celebrate the Sabbats--the high holidays--with us But Jake left Te a bell Where had I heard that recently? And then I snapped ers "Does he frequent Mystic Charms?"

Lindsey nodded "He makes a nuisance of himself there Drives Beth nuts"

"I thinkhiuythisat the shop? The one who seemed pissed he couldn’t find what he wanted?" Confused, I turned back to Lindsey "I didn’t sense a lot of power co from him"

"He has very little of his own But he’s easily ood conduit" Lindsey frowned "Re drained of energy near the equinox? Jake…that’s right about when he started to change And right after that, he left Teet kicked out or leave on his own?"

"A little of both" Lindsey glanced over at us "As Iin questionable areas, ic that we don’t allow from the Templeelse about hined over his house to theave them all the money he had and moved into their coain The Aleksais Psychic Network More than ever, et in there and see what the hell they were doing Re what else Sean had said, I turned back to the boy "You said you saw someone else there?"

He nodded "I don’t know his na in his hand It looked like a scroll, and he was reading from it He was a little on the short side, and had short hair…he wore glasses He was at the fair, Mo to you a lot"

Lindsey rubbed the bridge of her nose "How can I forget? Halcon Davis He ht back to the Aleksais Psychic Network

"Lindsey, you said Jake wasn’t very powerful on his own, but that heto dabble in questionable areas Do you h I’m not sure which I wouldn’t let him into the coven because when soerous even if they don’t have the innate abilities And he wasn’t willing to abide by our rules Several times, I almost kicked hiht…"

Ipossessed Could Halcon have been controlling him? And we know the Aleksais Psychic Network is tied into…a lot of nasty things" I’d alht myself before I slipped

Lindsey closed her eyes "Crap You think so hiled cry "Zombies?"

"Silence, Sean" Lindsey aze "Quite possibly The scrolls for that usually take more than one person unless the spellcaster is advanced," I finally said "I think Jake is being used in this…situation"

"You think Halcon is advanced enough to do it?" Delilah asked, cocking her head

Pushing my chair back, I stood and crossed to the counter, where I poured rimaced as I sipped it, but I needed the jolt "I don’t know Quite possibly" All I really kneas that he was connected with Gulakah

Of course, webefore--Harold Young had been an FBH out for power, and Dante’s Hellions had possessed one of the spirit seals but weren’t exactly hooked up with Shadow Wing, even though they thought they were

But this ti connection between the APN and Gulakah--and, therefore, Shadow Wing We needed to be sure, though, and we needed to find out soon And the ad in the Supe-R-Natural Weekly was our ticket to find out

"Okay, here’s the deal Sean, you stay out of the ceht you Nobody say anything about this to anybody" I looked directly at Sean "Listen, I know you’ll be tempted to tell your friends, because hey--who sees zoet hurt if this gets out Pro, he gave et it I proh This was going to be a bu forward to it

Chapter 5

After Lindsey, Tracy, and Sean left, ent back to Chase’s office Delilah and I settled onto the sofa that was in the corner of the roo in his chair, because he eased onto his desk and sat there facing us, his legs spread apart like his balls were too big for him to close theood for your foot to hang like that And secondly…" Delilah’s expression darkened "Dude, do you knohat that re in the air