Desired in Darkness by Heather Sunseri

Author:Heather Sunseri
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sun Publishing

Chapter 24

Brooke

Special Agent Marshall was waiting for me when I arrived at my office the next morning. And of course I was late. I had slept so poorly the night before that I’d decided to stop and get a large coffee to go from Julep Hill on my way in.

“Nice of you to show up for work, Director,” Erica said.

Marti, who was typing at her desk, looked up at me and rolled her eyes behind Erica’s back. She slid her chair over to a stack of papers and handed them to me. “From the governor’s office.”

“Thank you, Marti.” I gestured for Erica to enter my office, “Good morning, Special Agent Marshall. What can I do for you?”

We stepped into my office, and Erica closed the door behind us. “What do you know about the drug scopolamine?”

I set the papers on my desk, then took a long drink of my coffee, considering Erica’s question. “Why?” I knew plenty about scopolamine, and one of its derivatives. But I didn’t appreciate the special agent in charge of the Louisville FBI office coming into my office and giving me a hard time about running late.

She angled her head, opened her mouth to say something, closed it, and then sighed. “I’m sorry how I greeted you when you got here. I should have called and told you I was on my way.”

“That’s better.”

“Scopolamine came up in a case my office is investigating. I know you’ve had experience with illegal substances in the past. Quantico sent me a report that said a substance found in the blood system of one of our suspects was ‘structurally similar’ to scopolamine. Do you know anything about it?”

Why was she coming to me with this? She could research old files and find what I knew. Hell, she could get on the internet and find the information.

I gestured for her to have a seat. I sat behind my desk and took another sip of my coffee, trying like hell to wake up after a horrible night’s sleep, but also wracking my memory for details. I hadn’t encountered scopolamine since the case that led to Teddy’s death. “Scopolamine is derived from the borrachero tree, found in Colombia. They call it the Devil’s Breath because people have been known to breathe in the pollen from the tree just sitting near it. They feel the effects almost immediately.”

“And what are the effects?”

“It makes you extremely susceptible to suggestion and manipulation. Thieves have been known to crush it into a fine powder, then blow it into the faces of their victims, who quickly succumb to its effects and willingly hand over their possessions. I’ve heard of cases where victims under the influence of the drug would walk all over town with the person who drugged them, hitting ATM after ATM, withdrawing cash from their own account and handing it over without hesitation until they ran out of money. Rapists and kidnappers have kept victims drugged for weeks at a time. And the victims are unable

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