Title：C. T. Adams & Cathy Clamp - Tales of the Sazi 04 - Howling Moon.epub
- Title：Howling Moon
- Author：C. T. Adams
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- Date：2009-04-23 19:08:34-04:00
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Chapter 1
Raphael’s hand slapped
against his clock radio several times before he realized it was the phone ringing and not the alarm.
“Hullo?” The word into the receiver was muffled by warm pillow. He turned his face a bit and cracked open his eyes.
“Raphael, it’s Charles.”
Throwing off the sheets, he sat bolt upright in bed, trying desperately to jump-start his sleep-fogged brain into coherence. “Mr. Chief Justice!” Morning was so not his time of day and it was only, he glanced at the red numbers of the digital clock, 5:00 a.m.
Shit. The sun’s not even up yet.
“I need a favor.”
The head of all shapeshifters was asking him for a favor? Granted, they were shirttail relatives of a sort, but it wasn’t a relationship either of them had ever presumed upon. Charles Wingate was not a casual man. If he said he needed a favor, he needed it.
Heart beating frantically, Raphael fought to keep his voice steady. “Of course, sir. What can I do for you?”
Running his left hand through his bed-mussed tangle of curls, Raphael swung his legs off of the bed and onto the carpeted floor so that he was at least technically up.
There was a long, awkward silence. “I’m not sure where to start.”
That did not sound like the Chief Justice. There were so many nuances to his voice – anger, sadness, and the one emotion Raphael would never have expected: fear.
“Sir?”
The old man sighed deeply. “Someone has been trying to block my gift.”
“Is that possible?” There was shock in his voice. Charles was the Sazi’s best foresight seer. Nobody should be able to block his ability to see the future.
“Oh, it’s possible. It isn’t easy, but it is definitely possible.” There was a heat to the words. Raphael almost felt sorry for whoever had done it, because sure as hell they were gonna pay, and pay dearly.
“Jack Simpson has done it again,” continued Charles. “He attacked a woman and killed her parents.” There was a pregnant pause. “The woman’s name is Catherine Turner. She’s my goddaughter.”
Oh, fuck!
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