(eng) Niall Teasdale - Thaumatology 05 by Disturbia

Author:Disturbia [Disturbia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Part Four: The Wages of Sin

Cardiff, Wales, August 26th, 2011

The headquarters building of the South Wales Police was located in the Cardiff Bay district, a modern building which Ceri thought looked a little like a castle, two wings extending from a tower section. Finding it was easy enough, getting in to see the detective Kate had said they should contact was harder. Ceri was not best pleased when she had to deal with red tape at the best of times, but now she was having to deal with it after cremating her mate’s father. Detective Inspector Dilan Hughes was lucky he did not get his head bitten off by the time they were finally showed through to his office.

He was a small, slightly plump man in his thirties and already going bald. The slight reddening of his bulbous nose suggested he drank more than he should. His eyes were a watery grey, and he had the irritated attitude and nicotine-stained fingers of a heavy smoker cooped up in a no-smoking office. On top of that, he did not seem pleased to meet them.

‘Look,’ he said, ‘I’ve been handed this case that looks like something anyone could deal with. I’ve got a ring selling illegal potions to locate and deal with. I’m the only detective dealing with supernatural crimes in the force. On top of that, I heard that the local werewolf Alpha died last night when some arsehole dragged him out of hospital, so they’ll be up in arms and there’s the succession to deal with. That’ll be rough. I don’t expect you to know much about werewolf pack behaviour, but it can take months and there’ll be violence. And now I have two “Special Advisors” down from London sticking their noses…’

He had not offered them a seat, but Ceri sat down anyway, the action bringing him up short, his eyes angry. ‘It’s your lucky day, Detective,’ Ceri said. ‘I’m the arsehole that dragged Bevan out of his hospital bed, at the request of him and his sons. We took him up to the Beacons and I gave him enough power to shift one last time, and then the whole pack ran with him, up into the hills until he dropped. And then we put him on a pyre and I lit it because Rhys asked me to. The succession will go through smoothly. No one’s going to contend it. Rhys is the new Alpha.’ She leaned forward in her seat and locked eyes with him across his desk. ‘I see you know nothing about your local werewolf pack, but I assure you they’re not the uncivilised dogs you seem to think they are.’

A noise a bit like a sneeze came from a corner of the room where a young man sat. Hughes glared at him. Ceri looked across to see a slim man with a narrow, reasonably attractive face. He looked no older than she was, probably a year or so younger. He had the grooming of someone who

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