Somewhere Over the Freaking Rainbow (A Young Adult Paranormal Romance) (The Secrets of Somerled) by L.L. Muir Read Free Book Online Page A

day some little kid—”
    “—little kids can't even reach the second rung. Sir.”
    The sheriff huffed and stepped over to the window. He'd called for a deputy to pick up Mom. She was going to freak out when the guy got to her, thinking instantly that her son was either not safe, not warm, not fed, or not happy. When they told her he was fine, she wasn't going to be too happy herself, but he'd deal with it when she got there. Right then, he had some confessing to do.
    “Okay, let's hear it.” The sheriff moved to the picture window.
    Lucas and Jonathan stood back. They looked only mildly curious.
    “Well, Ray heard Skye talking to another Somerled about how she wasn't looking forward to the three a.m. gathering.” Jamison looked at Lucas. “It wasn't Skye's fault. Ray likes to pretend he's listening to his music, with his earphones on, so he can eavesdrop.”
    No one interrupted, so he turned back to the window and went on.
    “So we came up here to see what might happen. It was cold.” He shivered with the memory of the temperature alone. “At three we heard their screen door open, so we knew something was up. But then Ray and Burke had to pee and climbed down. That's when I saw them.”
    “Who?”
    “Somerleds, I guess. Lots of people dressed in white robes. Moving through the field, to the circle...over...”
    Damn.
    It was gone! The crop circle was gone. Holy crap, how did they do it?
    Lucas cleared his throat, probably to cover his laughter. He knew what Jamison was going to say, knew he’d look like an idiot if he said it.
    Crop circles and conspiracy? He'd be headed for his first drug test if he opened his mouth.
    Not this time. He wasn't going to cave now.
    “They all had little flashlights or something, because I could see what was going on. They...made a big circle in the field, and I know this is going to sound stupid, but someone walked into the center of the circle and then...there was an explosion. The guy in the center just exploded. There weren't even any chunks left of him I don't think.”
    “Woah. Hold it.” The sheriff looked not out the window, but at the two men behind him. “I don't suppose you want to confirm anything he's said so far.”
    “No. No. Let him keep talking.”
    Jamison could feel himself blushing hot in the cool air. Dusk was coming fast. If they were going to find traces of anything in the field, they had to move quickly.
    “The field. We should look before it gets any later.” Jamison waited for the Somerleds to move away from the hole before he started climbing down. He chose his grip carefully, in case he got shoved from behind. His hands were shaking, and that pissed him off.
    It didn't matter. The sheriff would be able to tell where the stalks had been bent over. There had to be char marks from the explosion. There had to be something. What he really needed was a couple of friends to back him up, but they'd already been eliminated. So if he was going to be vindicated, they had to get to the field. Who knew how well the Somerleds could clean a field in the middle of the night, if given the chance? They'd already managed to un-circle a freaking crop!
    Just as he touched ground and backed away from the mighty tree's roots, however, a sheriff's truck pulled up and his mother jumped out. She hurried toward the tree and frowned as she watched the three men carefully make their way down the widespread rungs.
    “What's going on?” She turned to Jamison and raised the famous eyebrow.
    ***
    Skye didn’t know what she’d expected, but when she’d told Lucas of the connection between herself and their mortal neighbor, he’d said, “Interesting,” and walked away. As he’d passed Jonathan, however, the two had exchanged a look that led Skye to believe the pair weren’t telling her something.
    It wouldn’t be appropriate to demand to know their secrets—but she was determined to work it out of Jonathan later.
    Skye stood at her bedroom window looking out on the