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Annabelle nodded "Not just a spirit that needs to co This spirit was purposefully called and manifested into our world"

That ic "Is there evidence of alchemy?" I asked

Annabelle’s eyes went cold We weren’t the only ones who hadn’t liked Sorcha and her unusual brand of rave, not the spirit yet But I haven’t felt or seen anything that suggests this was her doing"

Ethan nodded, gestured to the opening into the graveyard "Let’s take a look"

• • •

We strode in silence down the gravel path that bisected the grounds Around us, crickets and katydids chirped with abandon, and the wind rustled leaves in the summer-full trees Gravestones were few and far between There were a handful of tall pedestals, a few granite slabs, and a lot of ser than plant raves," Annabelle quietly said "So is spotty"

I nodded "We did some research on the way Are the deceased differently active here? I mean, because of the way they died--or because they weren’t claimed?" It seemed that would lead to many more uneasy souls

"Some probably were at the time of their death," Annabelle said "But enerations of necromancers before me This place isn’t usually chatty Watch out," she added, pointing to dark tree roots that had pushed up through the path like arching snakes

The lane bowed around an enorrew stronger--and ible--as wethrough dangling spider webs

"Here," she said and ai hillock of dark earth lay beside a rectangular hole At the end of it was a s: 1-CCU49-871

"‘CCU’ stands for Cook County Unclaimed," Annabelle said "That means this individual was buried by the county This particular area was used in the twenties and thirties"

"There are burial records?" Ethan asked

She nodded "The county keeps theood their records are" She glanced at us "There are bones in the grave There’s no shame if you prefer not to look"

It wasn’t a possibility that excited me, but it didn’t disturb me as much as the fact that so place

"I’d like to look," I said, and took the flashlight she offered me