Lycanthropos by Sackett Jeffrey

Author:Sackett, Jeffrey [Sackett, Jeffrey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Horror
Publisher: Crossroad Press
Published: 2013-04-11T16:00:00+00:00

As Gottfried and Louisa von Weyrauch sped through the dark streets of Budapest in the black Mercedes limousine, Louisa demanded, "Gottfried, will you please tell me what you’re doing and where we’re going?!"

"First, we are going to visit Professor Festhaller," he said gleefully, "and then we are going to visit Petra."

"It’s after dark!" she exclaimed. "We should be in our quarters, protected by that plant, not wandering around the city!"

"We aren’t wandering around, Louisa," he said, thrusting his hand into his pocket and pulling out some bent and shredded branches of wolfsbane. "And we are protected by the plant."

"But what are we...?"

"We’ve made a breakthrough," he said excitedly and then proceeded to explain to her what had happened in the hours since they parted company in Schlacht’s office. He concluded by saying. "So we’re on the right track. Oh, I know that we aren’t anywhere near the point of completion, but we’ve demonstrated that somehow, in some manner which we cannot explain as yet, the enzyme does indeed effect a fundamental alteration of the basic genetic structure of the cells. Hair and nails continue to grow after life functions have ceased, and it was in the hair and nails of the corpse that the changes were most dramatic." He paused. "Of course, the changes in the skull are a bit surprising, inasmuch as..."

"Will you listen to yourself?!" she cried. "Will you just stop for a minute and listen to what you’re saying?! Helmuth has been killing people, innocent people, and you and Petra and that idiot Professor have been helping him do it, and now you’re telling me that you’re happy about the progress of the research?! My God, Gottfried! My God!"

He became immediately defensive. "Of course I’m not happy with what’s been happening. You know that I didn’t want anything to do with this project. It’s just that...it’s just that…"

She waited for him to finish his statement, but he could not. "It’s just what. Gottfried? It’s just exciting that today’s experiment was a success? It’s just exciting that you seem to be able to do something horrible and unholy to the corpse of someone whom you murdered? Is that it?"

"Louisa, that isn’t fair," he said softly, turning his face away from hers and staring out at the passing buildings.

"Oh, no, how terribly unfair I’m being!" she spat. "Poor Gottfried! How cruelly you’re being treated."

"I’m doing what I have to do."

"Yes, and apparently you’re beginning to enjoy it," she said coldly. "God, how I hate you! I think I hate you more than I hate Helmuth. At least he thinks that what he’s doing is right. You don’t have that excuse." They rode in silence for a few minutes, ignoring each other, and then Louisa asked, "Why did you send the soldiers to get me? Why did you want me to come with you to see Festhaller?"

He shrugged, not looking at her. "I don’t know. I didn’t give it much thought, really. I just...I don’t know." He paused. "I suppose

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