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guess was as good as mine. I shrugged. “Seems like they are coming back to remedy that.”
    “Levi told me the message said to let them complete their mission and they’d be gone. You could just let this pass you by, Abby.”
    No, I couldn’t, because there was a chance I could catch or at least identify who killed my parents. “This is personal and a state case now, there’s no way I can just let it pass.”
    “Abigail.” The tone in Simon’s voice made me turn around to face him. “This is your life we’re talking about. They already put you in a coma and stopped your heart.”
    I knew that, but I couldn’t let fear rule me. “I know, but now I have protection against their hex and I have a job to do.”
    “Let another investigator pick it up. Please.” His hazel eyes begged me, but I couldn’t do it. I couldn’t let the past lie. His desire for me to be safe couldn’t interfere with my job, no mater how much begging he did.
    I met his soft gaze and sighed. “I’ll consider it if there’s another attack.” It was the best I was going to be able to do. “Honestly, at this point it’s all research.” Except for tracking down the rest of the body that belonged to that arm. Yeah, that was going to be fun with this hex.
    “I know there’s field work, but don’t forget, you aren’t allowed to be alone. Per Levi’s orders, I get to go everywhere with you.”
    I curled my lip. “You or Clarissa.”
    “The witch is handy, but you said it yourself, she tends to overreact.”
    Yep, which is why Simon would be coming with me to check out that damned arm. “Well, I hope you’re up for a trip to the morgue tomorrow then, because we have a body part to get aquatinted with.”
    “Seriously, Abby? A body part?” His voice raised a pitch and I guess he wasn’t expecting an arm.
    “My job is just exciting and interesting, isn’t it?”
    He snorted. “Are we done here, then?”
    “No, I need to check my dad’s office. I just want to see if there is any research Levi might have missed when he brought the stuff to the library.” Like a magical notebook that told me what these runes were and who they belonged to.
    “Lead the way.” Simon motioned with his arm and it made me smile. I went back up the stairs and once we were both up there, I shut the door and took a picture of the wards. I would have to arrange for someone to come in to replace the door and do something about the walls downstairs, there was no way I wanted to leave the runes there. Even if I wasn’t living at the house, I didn’t want bad magic to be hanging about.
    My father’s office was on the top level and across from my room, the room where my mother concealed me within a circle. I had never been allowed in the office and Levi assured me after that he’d gotten everything out of it that he needed for the library. I took a deep breath before I turned the knob and opened the door.
    Simon stepped in first and looked around. “Everything is packed up and covered in sheets.”
    I followed him in and of course he was right, but I know that something had to give me clues. “Look for a journal or a notebook. Anything he might have kept notes in. Even if it looks like gibberish.”
    “Did your dad have a computer of any sort?” Simon started opening drawers and digging through anything that was left.
    I moved to the very back of the room and started pulling sheets off furniture and looking under chairs and cushions. Chances were that if it had been out in the open, Levi would have found it. “No, nothing was reliable then. From what I understand, Dad was a typewriter or quill kind of person.” Many of us were, sometimes magic had strange effects on technology. I was luck my phone was as reliable as it was.
    We dug through everything and found nothing. I growled. “Seriously, I cannot leave here empty handed.”
    “You aren’t empty handed, you found the runes.” Simon wrapped a friendly arm around me. “We need to be heading