“What days does he work?”
“He’ll be in later tonight.He tends to come and go.Make an appointment if you’re interested.”
If Dr.Herald specialized in shifters, Alex definitely would have sought him out.Silas inspected the room for any clues that the bastard might have been there.The walls of the examination room were lined with skins, skulls, teeth, and clay bowls of assorted magical items.There was a hook laden with amulets on one wall.He scanned the papers on the desk.Nothing stood out.There was only one other door in the place, and it was behind the desk.
“Can I help you find something?”Dr.Copper said.“Or is there an alternative reason for your fidgeting?”
Silas cleared his throat.“Bathroom?”
“Out the door and to the left.”
He wasted no time.He strode to the door behind the desk and threw it open, only to have a small body rush in front of him and catch the knob.
Dr.Copper sneered at him from below.“Not that door, you fool!The one you came in.”
The doctor pulled the door closed again, but not before Silas saw a small bedroom with a pair of mud-caked boots beside a twin-sized bed.He remembered Alex wearing a similar pair, and the dirt could have come from the crime scene.Otherwise, the room was empty.He took a deep breath through his nose but couldn’t detect even a hint of Alex.Maybe it was a coincidence, but he intended to find out for sure.
“You know, I think I’ll just wait for you in the car,” Silas said to Meredith.
Her eyes darted between him and the door, her red brow arching in question.
Silas winked at her and gestured toward the door with his head.Hopefully she’d get the hint and excuse herself after he was gone.
“Sounds good,” she said.“This won’t take long, will it, Dr.Copper?”
“Hold still,” he said gruffly, positioning the next stone.
Silas exited and descended the stairs two at a time, drawing his phone to his ear.Laina’s number went to voicemail.As he spilled onto the bustling sidewalk, he left her a quick message.His gut told him this was the lead he’d been waiting for.He’d case the place tonight and find out if it was Alex staying in that room.
He was about to return the phone to his pocket when it rang.Unknown number.He answered.
“Is this Silas Flynn?”
“Yes.”
“This is Saint John’s Hospital calling.Your sister Laina is here.”
“Laina?What happened?”
“I’m sorry.We can’t give out that information over the phone.But we need you to come to the hospital right away.”
ChapterFour
“I’m looking for my sister, Laina Flynn,” Silas told the woman behind the desk.He’d texted Meredith that he had an emergency and that she should take a cab back to the station, then raced for the hospital as fast as he could.He had a bad feeling about this.
“You must be Silas.I’ve been expecting you.I have a note here that one of our nurses wants to meet with you directly about Laina’s condition.I’ll page her for you.”
A nurse needed to talk to him directly.He bet his life he knew who it was.
“Silas, thank the goddess!”Grateful Knight grabbed him by the elbow and ushered him away from the desk, her massive belly leading the way.
“Whoa,” he mumbled.“You are exceptionally pregnant.”He couldn’t help but stare.Her stomach seemed to have popped out overnight.
“I won’t take that personally.”She lowered her voice.“Between you and me, I’ve been using a spell to help conceal it, but I’m so far along now the magic won’t work anymore.”Grateful paused, looked both ways, and pulled him into a consultation room.
“So what’s going on with my sister?”Silas asked.It always fascinated him that Grateful, one of the most powerful witches of her time, chose to keep her job as a nurse.Then again, working in the intensive care unit gave her access to insider information on human injuries caused by supernatural beings.As a Hecate, judge and jury of all things not human, that was useful information.
“She’s in surgery.”
