by James Fahy
Gio may have been right. We may have destroyed the old world, but we’re building something new here. It’s a brave new world, and I intend to live long enough to be part of it.
Setting aside the gift I slid into my chair and fired up my workstation. There was an email from Cloves.
Harkness,
See attached. Am putting you on this, stat. Second in a row and I need to keep this out of the Datastream. My office asap. Everything else on hold.
Succinct and friendly as always, I thought with a frown. I clicked on the attachment. A classified Cabal file. ‘Second violent murder in Portmeadow – victim unknown/ corpse unidentifiable, cause of death, violent assault/animal mauling.’
My frown deepened. With a rising sense of foreboding I noticed there was a photo attachment. Hesitantly I clicked.
It was messy. This wasn’t a person; this was shredded pork. I swallowed hard. What the hell did this have to do with me?
Cloves handwritten notes scrawled under the crime scene photo explained everything in a single word.
‘Tribals.’
I scooted my chair backwards, closing the gruesome picture file down. It seems Cloves intended to keep my role as paranormal Cabal snoop active. I pictured the screaming headlines if this went public. ‘Maniac Werewolf killer on loose in New Oxford!’ No wonder Cabal was keeping this out of the DataStream. It was one thing people being killed in New Oxford, but people being killed in Portmeadow New Oxford? That was Rich folk territory. Cloves clearly needed a link to the GO world here, and I’m her only choice.
I grabbed my security pass and headed for the doors. If Cloves wants me to peek under every paranormal rock in the city that’s fine, I decided, but we’re going to discuss a pay rise.
Dr Harkness will return in: Crescent Moon: a Phoebe Harkness Novel
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