Magitek (The Rift Chronicles Book 1) by BR Kingsolver

Author:BR Kingsolver [Kingsolver, BR]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-08-30T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 30

I drove back to the station to meet with Whittaker and Novak. I explained the spells Kirsten had whipped up for me, and we sought to devise a plan. Getting in to see Ashvial was only a first step, and I wasn’t sure what to do past the initial contact.

“I mean, what do I do? Ask him if he’s trafficking humans? Demons lie as much as lawyers. If I ask him what color the sky is, he might lie just to keep in practice.”

“Try an indirect approach,” Novak suggested. “Tell him you’re investigating Johansson’s death, and that we found records of business transactions between Johansson and him. Then ask if he knows anyone who might have a beef with Johansson.”

“Or ask him about his business ties to Akiyama, and then scale back to his business with Johansson,” Whittaker said.

“Have either of you dealt extensively with demons?” I asked. “They are like lie detectors, especially one as strong as Ashvial. He’ll be able to hear my pulse, smell my sweat. And he doesn’t give a damn about our laws or societal norms. Killing me wouldn’t bother him at all. If you sent in a SWAT team to take over the place, he might just light it all on fire and stand there in the flames laughing at us.”

“Okay, what do you suggest?” Whittaker asked.

I slumped in my chair. “Hell, I don’t know. Ask him pretty-please to give Sarah Benning back and try to hold down the number of Family heads he kills?”

After another half an hour of fruitless discussion, Whittaker said, “Let’s try this. Go talk to him. Mychal, take some more men and wait outside for her. Cover all the exits. Danica, take the direct approach. Tell him that we’ve found connections between him and a ring trafficking humans. Don’t accuse him of being involved. Just tell him you’d appreciate any help he might provide in finding the Benning girl, and we would show that appreciation by turning our investigations in other directions. Got it?”

“Yeah.” It made sense. Although it irked me to give the demon a pass, we really couldn’t do much to him. We could imprison him if we managed to capture him, but it would only be an inconvenience to him. And God help us if he ever managed to break free. An execution would risk another war with his entire sept coming down on us. A demon lord wasn’t someone to trifle with.

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