Page 85 of The Cruelest Undead
There was going to be no coincidence that Clariel was having this happen inNew Orleans,Jolie’s sacred city.
It appeared that Jacques was on the right path because he was pretty sure this was going to be connected.
Damn it.
Hell.
Are you safe?he asked, praying for a miracle on this one.
Clariel reassured him.
We handled them, but Seth’s partner is injured. I think it might be important to know, but one of those graves was a Voodoo priestess. Father, her remains were gone, and Percy doesn’t think we’re going to be able to handle it. We need help! The cleanup alone is a nightmare. We had to compulse a whole police department and some tourists.
Well, this wasn’t a shock.
Fate was taking the game to the home court, and there wouldn’t be an advantage.
If anything, it would be more difficult.
Jolie’s vamps were there, and she was particularly attached to them. Thus, the Vampyre’s cross in the mix.
This was intentional.
No doubt.
Hang in there. We’ll be there soon.
Flynn could feel the relief in her voice.
Oh, thank you, Father. We’ll be ready for you. See you soon.
When he was done, Flynn closed that connection. The whole time, he’d been standing there with his hand up, keeping them from continuing the conversation.
Jacques and Jolie were staring at him.
“What?” she asked when he finally looked at them. For a brief second, she believed he was having a stroke. His eyes had been closed, and he was still.
“Well, Clariel just reached out to me.”
Jolie’s eyes went huge.
“Uh-oh.”
“Yeah, apparently, they have zombies rising from graves in the cemeteries there, and her mate was doing battle against them. Worse, one of the sets of remains was a Voodoo priestess.”
“And there is the second shoe,” Jolie said. “It just dropped.”
Jacques wasn’t shocked.
Why?
Because he’d been planning on telling them they were there. That’s where the dead had been rising and being erased from his book.
Including Marie Laveau.
“I’m aware. That’s where the two antiquities are, Flynn. It’s going to be because we have family there. She’s trying to make us go there. This is going to be a trap and with Marie Laveau…”
“Her bones?” Jolie asked.
