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Part 4
Lady Rebecca Carmine watched the report unfold. Steelhaven had been rocked in the early hours of the morning by a violent attack upon an unassuming abbey, in the sleepy suburbs on the outskirts of the city. Swift and deadly, the attack had apparently left no survivors among the devoted who had called the abbey home.
She tightened her grip as she observed, ignoring the flinch that accompanied her actions.
"Quiet, I'm watching."
Body after body was being carried from within the hallowed tomb that the building had become, ambulances and police vehicles dotting the street and the lawn outside. Serious looking men dressed in dark suits stood in small huddles and talking urgently amongst themselves as they pointed at the shattered gate and the criss-crossed patterns of scorched earth that littered the ground, trying their best to understand what had happened.
It was the Greys of course.
She knew that and some of the serious men in suits might even know that. But they wouldn't say a word. Not in this city. It belonged to the Greys and no one else was going to cross them openly.
Rebecca continued watching as she was treated to views of the abbey interior. Blood spattered stone walls being photographed by Tyvek clothed professionals, technicians canvassing for shell casing and even more shroud covered bodies were all bypassed without a second glance.
She was eventually shown what could only be a library. Compact and packed with all sorts of books, scrolls and other assorted paraphernalia, it was obviously a carefully crafted collection, but what caught her eye though, was the body. Far away from the others and the massacre below, it stood out in its solitude, a lost, lonely soul.
The report progressed despite her curiosity about the corpse, a spell book held up and inspected; 'Conjuration, Illusion and Destruction: The 3 Pillars of Sorcery'. Not the usual reading you would expect from nuns but in her experience, it was far more common than appearances would have you think.
"That's everything of importance that I saw Ma'am."
Rebecca took one last look at the library presented before her, then released her grip on the man who was kneeling before her and as her hands left his head, the image faded from her own mind's eye. The report she had been watching, lifted from the man's own memories.
"You may rise Inspector," Rebecca gestured gracefully.
"Thank you, ma'am," the inspector groaned as he made his way to his feet with some effort, he wasn't a young man anymore.
Rebecca sat and waited for the man to gain his footing before continuing, she had no need to be impatient or press him further. The Inspector -- Inspector Jacob Young, Steelhaven Police Department -- and herself had been doing this long enough now that petty power games were beneath her. Jacob was loyal, and loyal to her alone, just like all her other moles and agents.
It was impossible to hide things from her, anyone that even considered betrayal very quickly regretted it. Only death awaited traitors amongst the Carmines.
"That was everything I managed to see of the abbey ma'am," Jacob resumed as soon as he was back on his feet.
"There was definitely a fight of some kind on the front lawn outside, several vans were also seen leaving. No plates, tinted windows, traffic cameras 'mysteriously' malfunctioned and lost them in the city," he continued easily.
"No significant magic was used inside the abbey that I was able to detect and at least one body was removed by the attackers.
"All of that adds up to one thing to me ma'am."
"The Greys,' she finished for him.
"Yes ma'am, the Greys," he agreed.
"Bold for them, brazen even. They usually don't flaunt their strength or influence upon the city so openly. Something must have forced their hand," Rebecca mused.
"I agree ma'am, and I believe I know what it is," Jacob said before starting to kneel once more so his revelation could be revealed.
"Oh, just tell me inspector. I know you don't intend to lie to me," Rebecca ordered.
"The Greys have had agents out hunting for a girl for the last few days. A girl with the surname McCallister."
"That's impossible!" Rebecca cried, realising what the inspector was implying, she knew that name, knew its history and what it entailed.
"The McCallisters are dead and gone, that damned curse wiped them all out and Steelhaven is better off for it," she spat.
"Not according to the Greys," Jacob replied.
"Now I don't know as much about the McCallister name as others, don't really care. But having a surviving member of one of the five families appear out of nowhere seems to me to be the kind of thing that would have Lord Grey acting so openly.
"He wouldn't take kindly to another challenger," Jacob ventured carefully, keeping his eyes on his employer, he knew he was skirting a dangerously sensitive topic.
Rebecca's eyes flashed, zeroing in on his own and for a second, he feared he hadn't kept far enough away. Lady Carmine did not enjoy being reminded that she was second to Lord Grey. Jacob relaxed when those same eyes drew together in thought. Lady Carmine considering what he had said, he had survived this time.
"Yes, it makes sense, it would have to be something exciting or dangerous to get that bastard moving like this and a McCallister is both of those things. He hasn't been so bold since the last house war. The Griffin-Wells still aren't the same after what he did to them, and no one has been able to go against him since.
"A McCallister though, that's a new variable, a new face. A new power.
"If that bastard gets his hands on her then I can kiss ever owning this city goodbye."
Jacob stayed silent as his boss left her chair and began to pace, musing out loud as she did. His eyes followed her as she moved, and he schooled himself so that he didn't appear to enjoy it so obviously. Rebecca knew he liked looking at her, she'd been inside his mind after all, she knew him better than his wife did, and she'd told him that it was ok to look so long as he wasn't overly obvious about it.
Lady Rebecca Carmine. Widow, socialite, businesswoman and mind reader. If not for Lord Grey she would rule Steelhaven and he liked to remind her of that fact every time they met. Jacob knew of at least four times they had tried to have the other murdered.
In her early forties, though she looked at least a decade younger; magic and money could do wonders for your looks. Hair the colour of fire, she wore it in a sleek bob with a part to the side. Smoky sapphire eyes that drew you into their endless depths, lips painted the colour of her name, they teased you as easily as they condemned you.
A tightly fitted bright red sleeveless silk top, with a V-neck plunge, a diamond pendant nestled comfily across her cleavage, a black pencil skirt that ended at her knees, a slit down one side offering a peek at her smooth creamy thighs and four-inch black pumps with thin metal heels, she effortlessly straddled the line between business and pleasure. She had won many a business deal with her assets as much as her brilliance. The mind reading didn't hurt either.
"I need to find out if he actually got her from that abbey," Rebecca said, breaking him from his discreet appreciation.
"I don't think he did ma'am," he interjected.
"Some of the other agents were talking about another set of tire tracks leaving from behind the abbey, that sounds like an escape to me, but I can't prove anything," Jacob explained.
"Well, if he didn't get her there, then he is still hunting her through the city and soon will have her or he's already found her again. There are very few places in this city that are out of his reach."
Rebecca stopped her pacing and looked at Jacob as she came to a decision.
"We will act as if he doesn't have her for now. Get me a description or a photo and then send it out to our people. Watch the other families as well, she could go to them. She won't if she's smart, but she might.
"Watch the churches as well. I doubt she will go to one of them again either, but it can't hurt," Rebecca instructed.
"Yes ma'am," Jacob said.
"See if you can get anything from the Grey camp as well. I'll pay well if they can show proof he has her, and someone check in on the undertown folk as well. The McCallister girl might know they exist, might not, but it's better to make sure."
"Yes ma'am," Jacob said again, nodding his assent.
Rebecca met his eyes again, the sapphire orbs deadly serious.
"Get this done Jacob, and quickly. We are too far behind already for my liking. The Greys cannot have this girl am I clear?"