Death's Saviour: A Chilling Essex Murder Mystery Novel (DS Tomek Bowen Crime Thriller Book 7) by Jack Probyn

Author:Jack Probyn [Probyn, Jack]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cliff Edge Press
Published: 2024-10-30T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT

Thick wet strands of hair clung to her face. Rain continued to lash at her and the rest of the girls from all angles as waves of thunder rippled across the blanket of cloud overhead.

The body in her arms felt heavy, weighing her down. He was unconscious, his arms lolling by his sides. It was her job to support him and keep the knife pressed against his throat, but her biceps were screaming under the weight.

The rest of the Harpies surrounded her, their thin shirts and trousers clinging to their bodies. Some of them were so skinny and frail she could see the outlines of their rib cages and collar bones through the material. There was a demonic look in all of their eyes as they were trained on Yasmin and the man. Behind them all, sheltered beneath the castle, was Zeus. Screams and wails, combined with cackles of evil laughter, like the cries of a pack of hyenas, filled the air, though they were quickly drowned out by the rumbling of thunder above.

Zeus was furious. And as a result, so were they.

‘The race war begins tonight,’ he cried, his voice deep; the deepest she’d ever heard it. Almost otherworldly. ‘And now we must make our next sacrifice.’

He snapped his fingers, and one of the girls dashed towards him. He whispered something in her ear, and a moment later she was rushing towards Yasmin. Without saying anything, the girl, Peppy Piper, slapped the man across the face. The movement was so sudden and forceful that his head rolled from one side to the other. The blade in Yasmin’s hand was so close to puncturing his skin, and yet he didn’t move, he didn’t stir.

Another slap. Another roll to the side.

This time, the man blinked, slowly. As soon as he came to, Bright Muffin raised her Taser and trained it on him. Silent Horsechick and Auspicious Almond removed twelve-inch kitchen knives from their waistlines. In the darkness, there was no shimmering of the metal, no reflections of light caught in the blade, but each Harpy knew they were there.

The man in Yasmin’s arms mumbled and gurgled on the blood in his mouth. At first his words were unintelligible, nothing but garbage. But after he’d spluttered and splurged the blood onto his chest, he said, ‘What the fuck is going on? Where am I? What’s happening?’

‘Undress him,’ came the command from the back.

At once, the girls grabbed the man by the collar, tore through his T-shirt with the knives and ripped it to shreds. Next on the list were his trousers. The girls were so quick to throw him to the ground and undress him, that the man had little time to protest. That, and because the knife in Yasmin’s hand was still held firmly against his throat. She could feel his muscles tensing beneath her arms. His pulse beating through his neck. The rapid rise and fall of his chest as adrenaline coursed through his system. There was so much strength in him, so much power.

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