CHAPTER 54A loud bang and metallic rattle rang out from the garage door in the back wall, and someone wiggled the doorknob next to it. Mara, Ping and Suter stood still for several minutes, waiting for whatever lurked outside to move along. Their silence allowed the sounds of the night to seep in. The crash of glass followed by a woman’s piercing scream and the repetitious bleating of a car alarm sounded a couple blocks away. A loud ripping sound, metallic screeches and a sudden thunderous crash sounded much closer. They felt rumbles through the floorboards.
Glaring at Suter, Mara pointed to the door and whispered, “You need to do something about this. Can you do the ceremony here? Will that work?”
He held up the leather-bound book and said, “I need to investigate the significance of this
