Page 314 of Oracle Returns: Time will Stop

Everything flashed around him.

He opened his eyes as he was scrying, and his third eye saw him in his mind’s eye, and he was plotting something.

Something horrible.

There was a burning in his arm, and where the rosary touched his skin, it began burning him.

The crucifix swung wildly.

At that same second, he felt the darkness rushing toward him, once it sensed he was there with Oracle.

“OUT! OUT! OUT!” he shouted, and the energy reversed, and it felt like a vacuum sucking him out.

When he opened his eyes, they were all watching him and Avalon. The whole time, she was still braced against his back, keeping him safe.

“Well?” Julian asked.

He grinned.

“He’s at the Vanderbilt house. He’s staying there. The second I popped in, he felt something there. He came at me, but I got out.”

Oh, thank God.

His wife knelt beside him.

“Did he know it was us?” she asked.

He shook his head.

“Nope. Avalon gave me some juice, and that shit was powerful! Thanks,” he said. “I think he just felt energy. I was in and out way too fast. The only reason I knew it’s that house is that cupola on the roof in gold.”

At her name, laughter filled the room, rolling over all of them in a warm wave of amusement.

“My pleasure,” she stated.

Tori wasn’t shocked he was there.

“Of course, he’s hiding there. He’s family. He has been moving around, REALLY wealthy, and had that luxury. He likely doesn’t have to work.”

Yeah, probably.

Booth warned them.

“He’s plotting. I saw one other thing.”

Julian was curious.

“What?”

He told him.

“Bodhi. I saw Bodhi.”

Oh, and there was no doubt why he’d seen him.

“He is likely planning on moving back here. We only have two MEs. One works closely with us. Of course, he’d try to take out Bodhi. He’s likely been watching him for a while, and knows that he and his father were going through some rough moments.”

That might register as depression for this demon, and they all knew it.