Witch Doctor

CHAPTER 19 | unlocking the journal

📎A/N. Hello my lovelies. This week the chapter is a little long... So grab some popcorn and a drink, sit back and enjoy.

Fun fact.. this chapter has a reference to the star of Bethlehem. It is thought that the phenomenon was a result of Jupiter and Venus in perfect alignment... something that only happens every 2000 years...

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The sound of a woman's shouts caught Keira's attention, and her head spun around in the direction of the shrill outburst.

One of Ryker's deputies, whose name escaped Keira, struggled with a woman whose blue eye-shadow overpowered everything else on her over made up face. She was dressed in jeans which were molded to her stick-thin body, and a low cut shirt three sizes too small. Keira marveled at how she didn't topple over with the amount of hair product caked to her frizzed hair.

"I ain't no thief," the woman said as she ripped her arm away from the deputy. "That husband stealing bitch 'ain't nothing but trailer trash. That bracelet was mine."

Not really interested in a marital dispute, Keira turned back to the laptop monitor and ignored the chaos in the station. From the little she had witnessed in the short time observing the 'freak show' as Deputy Mitos put it; it wasn't any wonder those that worked at the police and sheriff's office were jaded. After dealing with some of the less than stellar citizens she had seen traipse through the station, she too would find it hard to see the goodness in people.

In the three days since discovering the significance of the astrological alignment, neither Kiera nor Dayna had slept. It was clear The Order were taking advantage of the event. The question was, how? They were now on borrowed time but couldn't work out how Leviathan was planning on coming through. The door remained locked, and the cracks held.

Keira focused back on the copy of the medieval text on the monitor. Access to the universities rare archives came in handy.

"Mitos said you'd arrived," said Ryker as he walked through the door a short while later.

Keira nodded. "I finished early, and Eugene dropped me off to save you a trip."

Ryker handed her one of the coffee cups he was holding. "Thought you might need the caffeine."

"Thanks." Keira took a sip. She had drawn blanks from the archive and had refocused on the constant worry at the back of her mind. "I think we should go out and check again."

"There's no need. You were there this morning like you have been each day. I have Alan and his team checking on it throughout the day and night. Apart from a few additional scuff marks around the site from curious teenagers, there's nothing."

Frustration crinkled her eyes. "Something just doesn't feel right. There's only one day before the Summer Solstice."

"Are you sure you're not over-reacting? You can't find any indication of the gaps being big enough, and for the Legion to come through and reform those gaps need to be a lot bigger."

Keira shook her head. "I'm positive. Traditionally, our powers become stronger around the solstices. However, with it coinciding with a full moon as well as an almost perfect alignment with Jupiter and Venus it also means that Leviathan and any number of demi-gods will have unprecedented access to their source of power. They are up to something, but for the life of me, I have no idea what."