Rise of the Inciters: A Post Apocalyptic Techno-thriller (Athena's Law Book 1) by K. A. Riley

Author:K. A. Riley [Riley, K. A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Travel Duck Press
Published: 2018-05-20T16:00:00+00:00

12 MARION

I call up the visuals for Victor with today’s date. Almost immediately, the system locates him near the Brizo Tunnel that connects the 5th and 6th Parishes. I tap on the video and watch an interaction that occurred just a few minutes ago with three of the Temple’s employees. Stupid ones, at that, because it looks like they let him go.

I’m seeing him from the vantage point of the Tracer who’s asking him questions. As always, Vic looks calm and collected, though inside I’m willing to bet he’s losing his mind.

He knows what’ll happen if anyone finds out where he was today. He knows there won’t be another chance for him if he goes back into the Grind.

“I’m Puissant,” he tells the Tracer. He looks her right in the eye with the kind of confidence that can only come from a man who’s gone off his injections. But she’s not experienced enough to pick up on it. I haven’t yet built a sensor to read cockiness levels.

If I were any crazier, I’d say he’s looking right at me as he’s speaking. Well of course he is. He knows me; he knows how I work. He left that silver ring behind on purpose. He’s been watching me this whole time. He probably even knows that right now, I’m sitting here, staring at him.

What he doesn’t know is how I’ll react. What I’ll do. He doesn’t know how loyal I am to the Temple. He doesn’t know that I’m not likely to put my life on the line to protect him. If he’s counting on me to cross over to the Inciters’ side, he’s not as smart as I’ve always thought.

From the looks on the other two Tracers’ faces, they’re a little skeptical of his story, and I can’t say I blame them. Puissants are few and far between, especially nowadays. They may as well have stumbled upon a unicorn in the middle of that alley.

Vic tells them he’s on leave, and after they’ve checked out his code to make sure he’s not messing with them, they’re satisfied. Idiots didn’t even look to see if he had an updated file, or if there’s anything sketchy about the intel they do have. They just take the man’s word for it.

To be fair, they don’t know Vic like I do. They don’t know his tells. But I know them. Like the fact that he grinds his jaw when he lies. I’ve seen him do it more than a few times. It’s his survival mechanism kicking in. His walls going up. A self-defense tactic that usually means the other person is about to get hurt.

I still remember the last time I watched that jaw of his clench in a bold-faced lie. “I’ll be right back,” he told me. “Don’t worry. I’ve got this. I’m looking after it, and everything’s gonna be fine.”

I never saw him again. Not until the footage from Persephone’s. And even that was just me seeing him through the lens of a camera.

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