Chapter 4
She was so dead.
No, that wasn't true. Detective Martinez was going to make her wish she was dead. Then Convoyer Lu was going to kill her.
And then Nancy and Maria were going to find some demigod that could bring her back to life and kill her for getting killed.
She was so dead.
"Where are we going?" Detective Martinez asked as they got into her car. Ria shook herself out of her thoughts and quickly gave directions.
Detective Martinez somehow found a place to park and Ria led her though the doors of the Amazon office building with trepidation. Nancy was covering the front desk. She looked at Ria with one eyebrow raised.
"This is Detective Martinez. We're here to see Rowena and Tabatha." Nancy's other eyebrow jumped up towards her hairline.
"Both of you?" she squeaked. Ria nodded. "I'll…I'll…go get them."
"That's alright," Detective Martinez smiled. "Just tell us where to find them."
Nancy looked at Ria, and then looked back at the detective. She picked up her phone. "I'll call Conv- Daianna and tell her you're here. They're in their office. Ria knows the way."
"Thank you." Jo tilted her head and looked at Ria. "Lead the way."
Ria rolled her lips together nervously and started walking. She headed straight to the elevator. They took it up two floors, and then headed down the hallway.
On the way, Jo asked, "Is there anything else I should know about Rowena and Tabatha? You said they hate men."
"I said they don't like men, detective. Never that they hated men."
Jo gave a lopsided smile. "Just checking, Ria. But is there anything?"
"Uh…" What could she say, that Rowena and Tabatha were daughters of Hecate? Oh, and Amazons, couldn't forget that part. And while she was at it, why didn't she tell Detective Martinez that she was an Amazon initiate? She was sure that that would go over just perfectly.
"They're sisters," she settled for. "And they'll appreciate it if you're direct with them."
Rowena was the one to answer the door when Ria knocked. She looked at Jo quickly and then asked Ria, "Can I help you?"
"We need to talk to you about Emily."
Rowena paled. "What happened?"
"She's been murdered."
The older Amazon turned from pale as a ghost to the colour of a tomato. "WHAT?"
Ria tried not to shrink into her uniform.
"What's wrong, Ro?" Tabatha leaned around her sister to see who was standing at the door. Jo stiffened slightly when she saw the mass of scar tissue where Tabatha's left eye used to be.
"Emily has been murdered," Rowena said through her teeth. She clenched her fist, obviously aching to grab her bow and shoot whoever had done it full of arrows.
Tabatha's fingers sparked and Ria stepped back to avoid being turned into a pig. Of course, Jo noticed.
"What are all of you not telling me?" she asked.
Ria looked at the two half-sisters. "It would help if we could tell her."
Tabatha and Rowena looked at each other. Tabatha shrugged. Rowena rolled her eyes and shook her head helplessly.
"This is on your head, initiate," Rowena told Ria. Ria gulped and nodded. Then Rowena opened the door wider and said, "Come in. Detective Martinez, correct?"
"Yes," Jo said with surprise. "Did the receptionist tell you?"
"No. It's a long story. How much do you know about myths?"