Blood Alliance by Connie Suttle

Author:Connie Suttle [Suttle, Connie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781634780254
Publisher: Connie Suttle
Published: 2018-10-22T16:00:00+00:00

"I had to ask the Larentii filling in for Zaria for help; she was sleeping when I contacted her," Denevik said. "But we got all the statuary evacuated and exact replicas set up without even the slightest hint of what was happening."

"How in the name of Jufaleh did they sneak in bodies infected with Prophet's disease?" I demanded. "Where is the night crew now? We have to question every one of them."

"Cudworth and Ocenosek are determined to round them up when they come on duty, and they'll investigate whether any are now missing."

"Did they even know what they were handling?" Tory asked. "Do they know they could be infected, too?"

"This is worse than I could ever imagine," I breathed a troubled sigh.

"It may be worse than that," Tory pulled me against him and whispered into my hair. "Prophet's disease can spread faster than wildfire and can be transmitted through sex. We don't think the Prophet knows that last part, yet, and we sure don't want him to find out. Don't worry, High Demons are immune, as are pod'l-morphs and a few others."

"Explain that to me—what, exactly, is Prophet's disease?"

"It's a way of spreading obsession through an infection," Tory pulled away to face Denevik. Frankly, I wasn't ready for him to stop hugging me. "Whenever one person gets infected, it can spread through sex, or through autopsy if the one infected dies and the medical examiner doesn't take every precaution. It can be carried from the deceased's organs into the air and breathed in. Or, if the body explodes, which is a favorite method for the Prophet to infect others, it'll infect anyone the infected bits get near."

"Why would he want so many infected?" Denevik asked.

"For control. Most people don't know they're infected, until the Prophet crooks his finger and they can't help but do his bidding."

"That's," Denevik searched for an appropriate term.

"It's fucking scary, that's what it is," Tory said. "Now you know what Randl and the rest of us who work with him are fighting against. If we fail, the entire universes will fall under the Prophet's rule."

"And you think D'slay is a minion in the Prophet's army, don't you?" Denevik asked.

"Yes. They're connected in some way. We're still trying to work that out."

"Where were the bodies and sculptures sent?" I thought to ask.

"To Tiralia. Right now, it's the dumping ground for this stuff."

"I want to be in on the questioning of the night crew," I stated flatly, expecting Tory and Denevik to argue with me.

"I was hoping you'd say that," Tory nodded. "We need another guli."

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