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"Oliver, you would never throw a dog," Madison said
"No, but you getneedle and thread Madison leaned back, looking at Oliver, inked and said, "I think he likes rew even quieter "Hey, he sucks up to the new Mrs Eddie Archer whenever she’s here I say watch out for your own assistant"
Kat stopped in the middle of the tunnel and sneezed "Sean, we shouldn’t have to break through anything If any of the walls were broken through, we’d have seen it The killer couldn’t possibly have had time to cover his tracks"
"Kat, I didn’t say try to break through, I said look through," Sean said "To the best of your ability The costume the killer wore is most likely stashed down here soloves, so I sincerely doubt forensics will get anything off the dagger"
Kelsey, as behind Kat, groaned "If I end up wearing any more mold, spiderwebs and bone dust, I won’t be able to leave the studio until it clears out for the day I’ll be a walking advertise at the moment"
They’d only covered the first tunnel so far; they hadn’t even taken the turn that would lead theht it somewhat odd that they hadn’t encountered anyone’s lost spirit, but then, he knew Jane would have all kinds of interesting infor of the filyptian Museum, and that she’d come back with research on the cemetery, as well They just needed all the pieces of the puzzle; if they could find the pieces, they could solve the puzzle It was atheir training when they’d met the rest of Jackson Crow’s team at Quantico
"It’s here," he insisted "That costuht, we’ll find it," Kelsey said, setting her hand on his arm He smiled She did look like hell, and his cousin was a beautiful wo their first case, the one that had brought theether, but even then, she’d understood the risks She’d been a United States ned on the dotted line
"No one’s talking down here, right?" he asked He was referring to any ghosts who ht have remained, but he didn’t have to explain They knehat he meant
Both wouess it’s a good thing they’ve all gone on Okay, stick to this path I’ to follow the other one for a while, see where it takes ht the way toward the turnoff that led to the tunnel and h It seemed unlikely that someone would have retraced his or her steps to hide the robe However, nothing was impossible Improbable, but not i farther beneath the ce to cave in; the tunnels were old, and no one had come down in decades to shore theotten Or perhaps there were round, andno idea of the labyrinth of dead below Casting the light around him, he saw decay, broken vaults, fabric and bone in various stages of deterioration
The crypts were distracting He tried to look at the floor, seeking any drops of blood There were none at first, but then on a broken slab of marble that covered half a crypt, he saw a tiny spatter
He paused, studied it and risly task, but he dug behind the broken slab His finger curled around fabric that didn’t disintegrate at his touch He tugged on it
And a robe fell out before hiure of Amun Mopat in the tableau
It had to be the mock-up that had been on the mannequin in the studio
He exaht The robe wasn’t finished--it was basted together rather than sewn He felt the material, which was sleek, with the characteristics of a knit, probably synthetic The robe was a golden brown color, triold braid
And it was dotted with blood
The killer had come in this direction
Why?
"It’s noon Are you allowed to take a break?" Oliver asked Madison "Want to go out for lunch?"
"I don’t really want to leave the studio today Thank you, though," Madison told him She smiled "You know, there are a million women out there who’d pass out cold at an invitation froood-old-boy knock on the shoulder "You’re the woman of my dreams, Madison But you’ve never flirted with eous It’s not that"
He grinned, leaning across her worktable "But, hmm, let me see I’hter type No, no…the artist A nerd? No, I’ a nerd Ah, maybe one of the cool, calh "Madison, I was teasing, but…ooh, you’re going to have to tell h about your life in all the azines out there!" she chastised hi ordered in for us We can have a cozy costume chat in one of the conference rooms Come on, what do you say?"
"Okay But what about Alfie?"
"He can get his own lunch…and his own date"
"I can’t be rude to ood kid"
"I’ll see that he’s kept busy," Oliver said, wiggling his eyebrows
The young star did have power; in a matter ofback to her with a grin on his face "Let’s go We’re having lunch in the slanced around She saw that Logan Raintree was keeping watch He ed to be in a different place every tioing on or engaging a worker in conversation--even pitching in when an extra hand was needed She was certain that he’d kept an eye on her alllunch with Oliver?