Feral: A Dystopian Urban Fantasy Short Read (First Bloods Book 0) by Tracy Korn

Author:Tracy Korn [Korn, Tracy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: urban fantasy, Dystopian, thriller, mystery, supernatural, folklore
Publisher: Animu Ferrum Publishing, LLC
Published: 2019-09-30T16:00:00+00:00

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We drove in silence the rest of the way to the interior gate of The Citadel. Donovan slowed down long enough for the scanner to read his eyes, and we waited for the red gridline gates to disappear in front of us.

The narrow streets were deserted like they always were at this time in the morning—too late to go to sleep, too early to wake up. We pulled into the administrative block, where Donovan stopped to let Pritchard out with the case.

“Take Ryder to Nyssa before he has another great idea,“ Pritchard said. “If Wu is still waiting, I’ll say we had some interference on the way back from the deal.“ He leaned down on a forearm to glare at me through Donovan’s window. “Tell her to check your head while you’re there. And I don’t just mean the part you whacked on the dash.“

I gave him a mock salute, and he pounded on the top of the car a few times.

Donovan stepped on the gas. “So… what the hell was all that about?“

“Zhang said their last case produced something called Ferals when he asked if the contents were fixed this time,“ I answered.

“Does he mean the attacks?“

“You tell me, Don! What did Kira say when she gave you the code?“

“Nothing about Ferals.“

“How are you not losing your mind right now?“ I asked. “Hell, I am and I just got a dud! Don’t you see that whatever Nyssa’s people put in those syringes must be what’s causing the attacks? What else could Ferals mean?“ I wanted to keep trying to pound this into Donovan’s head, but I felt fluid leaking down the back of the synthetic skin on the side of my calf. That’s probably not good, I thought.

“You worry too much, Ryder. We’re about to start earning social percentage. Wu even upgraded your legs. We get a whole day off every few weeks to deliver a briefcase…an hour’s worth of work, tops. Oh, and I’m probably immortal now.“

“You think this is some kind of joke? What if you turn into one of the Ferals—whatever they are?“ I almost shouted as the car slowed outside Nyssa’s unit.

Donovan sighed. “Look, I’m sorry you got the dud syringe, but I feel better than I ever have in my life! Who cares about what else they’re doing? It’s not affecting us. They won’t just send us back to The Grind if you blow this, Ryder—they’ll kill us…Nyssa too, and it will all be for nothing.“

“I’m not going to blow anything. I just need to know if Wu is behind the attacks. I need to know if we’re part of it.“

“There’s no relation! The attacks were happening before we ever took these jobs, remember?“

I didn't answer, and Donovan just shook his head as he parked the car in the alley next to the high-rise. It was dark and empty, but a careful glance at the blinking cameras embedded about twenty feet up the concrete walls reminded me that we were never really alone. Not in The Grind.

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