City of Darkness by City of Darkness (epub)

Author:City of Darkness (epub)
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: urn:ean:9781784628956
Publisher: Matador

JOURNEY TO THE FRINGE

The road was silent, the dim light from the Excalibur’s console and the flickering monitors in the rear lit up their small world which extended only a few yards around them before the darkness closed in. The low hum of the vehicle’s engine and its rec vent, which whined loudly as it battled to keep the stifling heat and the dead air outside the cabin, were their only company as they were left alone to contemplate their own thoughts and fears. A constant weight pressed down on them, as if the city itself was resting on their shoulders. The quiet brought each of them time to come to terms with the events that were unfolding around them.

Doc focused on the road ahead, every so often releasing a hand from the controls to wipe his sweating brow. His permanent frown and constant nervous mumbling betrayed his worried thoughts.

Kessler gritted his teeth and closed his eyes. He felt burnt out and in need of rest. These quiet times were always the worst, times when he was left to his own thoughts which always seemed to want to drag him down into the darkest recesses of his mind. With nothing to distract him, his body began to remind him of the past few days and the beating it had taken. His stomach wound smouldered beneath the numbing effects of the salve the old man had given him back in Eden Inc as images of Macy, Judecca, the burning church, the Le Morte twins, the Venter officer and his own worthless life tumbled around in his tortured mind. He hoped Macy was ok and cursed himself for leaving her all alone up in Midtown but then, he thought with some disgust towards himself, at least he was being consistent. He could barely remember a time when he had not been wasted, completely burned out on some type of chem or full of enough Piper’s to not give a damn. He shook his head and cursed himself. What was he thinking? Macy had been running things by herself for a long time now. Good, he thought, practice just in case he did not make it back from wherever on Dis this case was taking him. Anger clouded his mind. He was going against his gut feeling, a feeling that had served him well in the past, allowed him to survive the worst the city could throw at him. However, credits, he needed them fast and the payload from this case would turn things around for him, allow him to start again, allow him to make things better for Macy. She deserved it for putting up with him over the years. The sparkling diamonds and their possibilities began to appear in Kessler’s mind, “Yes,” he mumbled under his breath, “it’s worth the risk.”

Bethany moved in the back and let out a short sigh from her slumber and Kessler wondered what she was thinking. Surely her anger and want for revenge, or God’s justice as she called it, would come to nothing? Revenge was a dangerous business.

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