Shadow Found by D.K. Holmberg

Author:D.K. Holmberg [Holmberg, D.K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: BA
Publisher: ASH Publishing
Published: 2017-05-29T23:00:00+00:00

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Carth raced through the streets of Asador, still feeling some of the effects of the last poison she’d attempted to use. After meeting with Alex, it was clear that what she needed now was to find Hoga. The woman was going to be key to helping her understand the poison that had been used, and who might have been responsible. There was only one other person in the city that she thought might be able to help her, but Carth was uncertain whether Marna would be willing.

She didn’t intend to give her much of a choice.

The woman had been responsible for what had happened to Lindy, and Carth would see her avenged. That required that Marna would help her.

Only Carth somehow had to reach her.

The woman kept herself isolated. Carth had monitored the various entrances to the underground tunnel network and had so far never seen her make an appearance. Carth had tasked the women who worked with her with looking for Marna as well, and they hadn’t found anything. Given the nature of Marna’s business, the fact that she smuggled and needed to keep it away from the city council, she suspected that she would be difficult to reach. But Carth was determined to find her.

Even if it meant drawing her out.

And that was what she intended to do now.

Carth tracked a smuggler as he made his way towards the tunnel entrance. Using one of the sedatives that Alex had taught her, she crept up to him and dosed him with a syringe filled with it. It was just enough to sedate him, barely more than a few drops, the rest of it diluted with water. It was enough to be effective, though.

The man crumpled, and she motioned to two of her women waiting in the shadows. They raced out and grabbed him, and Carth took his cart, hurrying along the street with it. Whatever else happened, Carth was determined to find a way to pull Marna out of hiding.

Carth hurried through the street with the cart. The other women would carry the smuggler back to the hospital, where they had retrofitted it into a sort of cell. She hadn’t wanted to begin a battle for control of the city, but it seemed Marna was going to force her. And while Marna might know the underground connections better than Carth, Carth knew the streets, and she knew the rooftops.

Carth loaded the contents of the smuggler onto her ship. The Goth Spald was a trading ship and had plenty of room for in the hold for everything she might find. She didn’t expect to need to reach too much before Marna reacted. And she didn’t intend to kill anyone. This was all part of her plan to draw her out. That was all she wanted—all she needed. She could do that, she could coax Marna aboveground, and possibly to a meeting. Then she would find out the information she needed. Then she would use Marna to find Hoga.

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