Master of the City (A Kate Brokenshire Zombie Slayer Adventure Book 3) by Garth Ono

Author:Garth Ono [Ono, Garth]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2017-01-08T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

Kate rounded the corner, down-shifted, and hit the gas hard. The Defender lurched forward halfway through the turn, before leveling out and speeding up the residential street. She checked her rearview to ensure no one was chasing her, and then turned right at the next intersection. She continued mostly westward until she came upon I-170 and took it southbound.

It only took a moment before she turned onto I-64 East, and headed back toward the hotel. She continued to keep a watch for any of Simon's goons. Kate was halfway to the hotel before she felt safe.

"They probably know where I'm staying," she muttered. "Since all of the slayers are staying there on the city's nickel."

That was an uncomfortable thought. Yet, would they feel safe around a bunch of slayers? She felt much better after pulling into the gated parking lot and heading to the back to turn in her heads.

"Hi, guys," Kate called to the two cops approaching. "I have a lot of heads. You might want to call for backup."

Officers Harris and Thomas were usually on duty when she turned in her heads. She wondered how many hours they were working a day, but most of the time she turned in heads after dark. It was still early morning. They were friendly and kind of cute in that straight-laced cop way.

"There's not enough backup in the world to deal with you, Kate," Officer Harris said.

"Ah, you're sweet," she said. Kate opened the back of her vehicle, and watched their faces. Both jaws dropped. "Like I said, you need backup."

"How many?" Officer Thomas asked.

Kate grinned and gave them a single wag. "Twenty-two, and that's after some other, not to be named, slayers stole at least a dozen of my heads. I'll deal with them privately."

"You've had a busy morning," Officer Harris said. "Or were you out all night?"

"You don't know the half of it," she muttered, and started pulling out bags of heads. "This is one stop this morning. Axl and Rocco probably got more heads than me."

Each bag had to be opened so Officer Thomas could put a tag on the ear of each head, before Harris scanned the tag's barcode, and then scanned her card. Together, they went through the heads quickly and loaded them into the rolling bin.

"Why do you tag and scan the heads?" she asked before leaving. "We don't do that in Illinois."

"The medical examiner is now able to tell if a head was really a zombie or vampire prior to decapitation," Officer Thomas said. "In the past heads were heads, so slayers could kill living people for their heads. To fight that, we tag them so we can arrest anyone murdering innocent people just for their heads."

Kate was horrified. She knew it was possible to do that, and it certainly happened, but apparently the problem was so bad the government had to find a way to detect it. Sometimes the cruelty and darkness of the new world frightened and disgusted her.

"Tagging is coming to Illinois, and all of the states, soon," Officer Harris added.

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