Had he ever seen it? No. Of course not. Just a trick of the light. Somehow he’d subconsciously crossed the spooky disappearing janitor with Lauren’s story of the old house and started seeing ghosts. He grinned at himself.
“Drake?” Alicia saw his concern.
“Weird,” he said. “I just want to check upstairs.” The hairs on the back of his neck still stood on end. At least, those that remained.
“Why?”
“Nah, don’t worry—”
The house rumbled. The street shook. The team stared at each other in surprise as a small earthquake shook the city. After a moment the reverberations stopped but it was long enough for Drake to change his mind.
No need to check upstairs. Stupid, frazzled brain playing tricks. He was now certain all he’d seen was a patch of light, a play of color.
“Hayden,” he said. “Let’s get the hell out of Louisiana.”
“There is one last item to discuss,” she said.
“Oh aye? Spit it out then, love.”
“Webb ranted a lot. He was clearly a special case headed for the nuthouse. But he was also a stalker, a watcher, and a gatherer of information. He said things about us that may or may not be true. But guys, whatever it is, and true or not, a nasty little stockpile exists somewhere and really needs to be found.”
Drake understood her fears. Webb had taped and recorded everyone except Mai and Dahl, he thought. In compromising ways or not, it all had to be unearthed and destroyed.
“We’ll get it done, Hayden.”
“And the things he said about us . . .”
“Sound like our own crosses to bear,” Drake said. “But if anyone wants to share I for one will not back away.”
“And me,” Dahl said. “Anything.”
The team voiced their support, their agreement and their warmth. Drake wished it could always be like this as, he imagined, so did every mother, father, brother and sister at the perfect, content family moment.
But life changed everything.
“So,” he said. “Shall we see what tomorrow brings?”
THE END
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Other Books by David Leadbeater:
The Matt Drake Series
The Bones of Odin (Matt Drake #1)
The Blood King Conspiracy (Matt Drake #2)
The Gates of hell (Matt Drake 3)
The Tomb of the Gods (Matt Drake #4)
Brothers in Arms (Matt Drake #5)
The Swords of Babylon (Matt Drake #6)
Blood Vengeance (Matt Drake #7)
Last Man Standing (Matt Drake #8)
The Plagues of Pandora (Matt Drake #9)
The Lost Kingdom (Matt Drake #10)
The Ghost Ships of Arizona (Matt Drake #11)
The Last Bazaar (Matt Drake #12)
The Alicia Myles Series
Aztec Gold (Alicia Myles #1)
Crusader’s Gold (Alicia Myles #2)
The Torsten Dahl Thriller Series
Stand Your Ground (Dahl Thriller #1)
The Disavowed Series:
The Razor’s Edge (Disavowed #1)
In Harm’s Way (Disavowed #2)
Threat Level: Red (Disavowed #3)
The Chosen Few Series
Chosen (The Chosen Trilogy #1)
Guardians (The Chosen Tribology #2)
Short Stories
Walking with Ghosts (A short story)
A Whispering of Ghosts (A short story)
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