Page 4 of The Asylum
“Yes. My religion, while not orthodox, allows women to become priests, and I’m one of the few female priests who are also an exorcist. I’m a rarity!” Michelle replied with a warm smile.
“Damn. Are you single?” Magic muttered with a wink, and Michelle burst into laughter.
“Yup. Not looking for a husband at the moment, but if I were, you’d have to watch yourself,” Michelle teased.
Holy crap, I swear I just saw love hearts in Magic’s eyes.
“Shit,” Magic muttered as Callie and Bunny clambered into the tour bus.
“Hey gang,” Callie called. “You all remember Bunny.”
“Hey,” Harry replied as he came down the stairs from the upper level. Freddie was following him, tapping away on her tablet.
“Hi, Bunny, welcome to the team. Callie, where’s that booster for the Wi-Fi? I’m not getting a great signal,” she complained.
“I’ve got it and just set it up,” Phil announced, entering the tour bus. Jack was behind him. “None of us were experiencing a full connection, which would have played havoc with the cameras. Connor and Diaz are setting one up now on the farthest side to boost the signal.”
“Damn, I really don’t want to be running miles of wiring tomorrow,” I complained.
“What does that mean?” Bunny asked.
“Our cameras can be operated by being wired into a generator, they’re also Wi-Fi ready, which is what we prefer to use. But if the signal breaks down overnight, we lose potential evidence. We’ll see how the cameras act between now and tomorrow night. If it comes to it, it will only take a few hours to wire everything up once they’ve been placed,” Callie explained.
“Seems The Asylum is already proving problematic,” Jack grumbled.
“Yeah,” I said with a glare at the structure in the distance.
“That’s a spooky building,” Bunny murmured as she also stared out of the window.
“Yup, and famous for its hauntings,” Callie replied. “It would be nice to debunk a lot of the crap and get to the truth.”
Nods met Callie’s words. I gazed at The Asylum and wondered what it had planned for us.
Pyro
Sunny called me as I headed out to move our bags into the RV and caught up with me on a jog.
“You checked that fucker, right?” he asked.
I snorted. “Nope.”
Sunny grabbed my arm, hauling me to a stop. “You’re kidding me? You haven’t searched him?” He shook his head. “Never mind. You got on a plane, he can’t have smuggled weapons on that.”
I debated whether to tell Sunny that we took Phoe’s private aeroplane because Magic point-blank refused to fly without his sidearm. Nah, he’d find out soon enough. I didn’t doubt that Magic was armed; he always fuckin’ was!
“How’s Madi and Levi?” Sunny asked.
“You only saw them a week ago,” I replied, and Sunny shrugged.
“And?”
Good point. “They seem stronger, like they’re healing. The time with you helped,” I said.
Why did Sunny keep talking to me? I wasn’t fond of conversation. I frowned and hoped my lieutenant would get lost, but then Sunny kept walking.
“Callie’s pregnant. She’s keeping it on the down low for now,” Sunny admitted.
Puzzled, I stopped and stared. “Magic would never hurt a woman.”
