Descent 03 - Dark Union by SM Reine

Author:SM Reine
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2012-12-20T13:00:00+00:00

IX

Riding out to the Union compound was a different experience without a black bag over Elise’s head, but they were still escorted by men with guns. Zettel took them directly to the trailer they had been confined in before, giving them no opportunity to explore their surroundings. “Five minutes,” he said. “Boyd, stay at the door.”

The Union locked them inside.

McIntyre was in his underwear—which were boxers covered in the Bat Signal—with his wrists zip-tied and a black bag over his head. Sweat covered his chest. “Let me go,” he said when they came in.

“I’m working on it,” Elise said.

Surprise registered in his muffled voice. “Kavanagh?” She cut him free and removed the hood. McIntyre had a hell of a shiner and a fat lip, but he looked otherwise unharmed. He must not have fought as hard as Elise had. “What the hell is going on?”

“The Union followed me to the hospital and found you.”

“You let them follow you? They arrested me outside the maternity ward!”

“I didn’t let—”

Anthony coughed. “Elise…” He nodded toward the camera in the corner. “They said five minutes. We should make this fast.”

“Make what fast?” McIntyre asked.

“I get to interview you before the Union does,” she said. “If you want to try being honest, this would be a great time for it.”

“I already told you everything I know!”

“Then everything you know isn’t good enough. You’re about to get dragged across the country and prosecuted for the murder of a recruiter by a Union court. So if you have information that will prove you’re innocent before that happens, I would love to hear it.”

McIntyre rubbed his wrists. “How am I supposed to prove I didn’t do something?”

“Do you have an alibi?”

“Not exactly. I was alone at home. Tish and Dana spent the week with her parents.”

Elise and Anthony exchanged glances. She raised a questioning eyebrow, and her boyfriend mouthed: He’s hiding something.

“You met with Michele, didn’t you?” Elise asked.

McIntyre’s jaw clenched. He lowered his voice and angled himself so that the camera would see nothing but his back. “Okay. I did meet Michele Newcomb. She claimed she wanted to talk about the summit, but when she showed up, all she wanted to talk about was recruitment.”

“So you thought you would kill her?”

“She left my place alive. But she was pushy. Michele said the Union would train me, like being in charge of my city since I was sixteen fucking years old wasn’t good enough training.” He dropped his tone even lower. Elise had to lean in to hear him. “And she said they would give me an aspis.”

“You have an aspis,” Elise said.

He shook his head. “Look… Tish isn’t a witch. Not like James is. She knows what to do with her herbs, but when we tried to do that ritual…” He ran a finger along his underarm. “She’s as good as mundane.”

She took a closer look at his skin. There was no hint of the telltale scar that resulted from the ritual binding a witch to a kopis.

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