Chapter 25: Talking in Your Sleep
Rodgers opened his eyes. He lay prone on the floor of a modest hotel room with a bronze arm piercing up through his chest from the floor. He looked up. He was lying between the bed and the wall. The room’s only chair faced him. On the chair sat a slumped form clad in a … Read more
Chapter 24: Slamming on the Breaks
It was dark outside the mansion. The police were finally leaving, after several hours of investigation, searching, and questioning. Reginald and his brother stood on the front steps, watching the police car pull away. “So why did think it was me, Reggie?” Jerome asked, glancing sideways at his younger brother. “You seemed very certain.” “Because … Read more
Chapter 23: Now You See Him, Now You Don’t.
Blaze wandered around under the trees looking for the sword he had dropped during the fight. He was trying to find it quickly, before the body speared on the statue attracted any more attention. The werewolf’s left arm was as useless as a marionette with cut strings. Rodger’s blade had pierced all the way through … Read more
Chapter 22: Scarlet in the Study
The great carved oak bookshelves lining the walls bore witness that the room was a study. The single desk, with its comfortable chair strategically positioned to catch the sunshine which streamed through the window, spoke of the man who owned it. The dead body on the floor, and the large man frantically rummaging through the … Read more
Chapter 21: Whack-A-Mole
“So Rodgers is a mole.” “The mole, as far as I can tell, sir,” Epsilon said into his headset. He was lying stiffly in a bed, strapped into an uncomfortable neck brace. The room was dark, except for a sliver of dim light that shone under the door. He liked the dark. A slight scent … Read more
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WordPress uses Akismet to police spam comments. If an account’s (or IP address’s) comments are marked as spam often enough, Akismet deletes comments from that user automatically (I can’t get those comments back). I’ve noticed people reading, sometimes several chapter, and then my spam count goes up shortly afterward. This leads me to believe that … Read more
Chapter 20: The Drive
The three young men sat in silence for many miles. Mark, fortified with another batch of Reginald’s painkillers, had lolled out of conciousness again. As he piloted his car around curve after curve, Reginald’s face remained set. He needed to get home and find out what had happened. And take care of those responsible. “Reginald,” … Read more
Chapter 19: Ironic Obfuscation
“This is our station, Horace,” Blaze said as the subway car slowed down. When the doors slid open, Horace, Blaze and Richard walked briskly out into the station. Rodgers followed at a distance, idly wondering why the werewolf wore a fully-buttoned greatcoat in this weather. The air wash from the passing trains caught the end … Read more
Chapter 18: King Of Serpents
Although Mark was still sleeping fitfully in the back seat after another round of Reginald’s painkillers, the slackening of the car’s speed had awoken Murgatroyd, who sat up and looked around. He saw ancient oaks overshadowing the road, and not much else. Glancing at the clock, he realized that he had been asleep for a … Read more
Chapter 17: An Underground Movement
Rodgers let his newspaper dip, and stared across the narrow platform at the vacant subway tracks. He liked the tube, with its white square tiles and colorful rectangular advertisements. Nonstandard terrain for a hunt, but it was his terrain. Even his eyes had adjusted to the cool fluorescent light which flooded the station. Rodgers was … Read more
