Soul Taker by William Massa

Author:William Massa [Massa, William]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Critical Mass Publishing
Published: 2019-11-29T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

I watched grimly as the cops escorted Mary Kinsey into a waiting cruiser, her shoulders bowed with grief and guilt. I knew she was innocent, but no court on Earth would see it that way. I had failed to save her from my father’s evil. She’d only gotten a fifteen-year stay of execution.

I urged Detective Sanchez to go easy on her. Told him Mary Kinsey hadn’t acted under her own cognizance while she committed those murders. Other forces, the spooky kind that I typically dealt with, had seized control of her. I could see him struggling with this information. If Sanchez didn’t believe me, then there was no chance a judge and jury would. Maybe she’d be able to get off on an insanity plea. Regardless, her life was over.

With a heavy heart, I said goodbye to the detective, refusing to watch as the forensics team carried out the bodies of the dead Ardvaks.

Back in my car, I rang Vesper and updated her on the latest twist to this case. I also told her about the Daughter of Darkness Mary Kinsey had promised I would meet.

“Any idea who she was referring to?” Vesper asked.

“Nope.”

“Didn’t the press refer to you as the Son of Darkness at the very beginning?”

This gave me pause. Vesper was right. Son of Darkness was used by one news channel in the first hours after the case broke, before it quickly became Son of the Devil in the public’s mind. I guess it’s nice to have a few nicknames.

I shook my head at my dark sense of humor.

Anxiety pulled at my intestines as the silence on the phone stretched. Vesper was a smart cookie, and I had a good idea where this conversation was headed.

I was the only heir to the Kane name. My father never had a daughter. At least, not as far as I knew.

But what if there had been other women besides my mother? What if one of the female cult members had lain down with Mason Kane and borne him another child? The mere idea sounded preposterous to my ears.

It was just one more mind game, another attempt at throwing me off balance… but I couldn’t dismiss the possibility entirely.

A heavy thump on the other end of the phone catapulted me out of these thoughts.

“What was that, Vesper?”

“I don’t know. It came from the rear entrance.”

I heard the banging sound again, this one louder. My heart grew taut with growing concern.

“What’s going on? Talk to me.”

A beat of silence greeted my question. When Vesper replied, her voice sounded hollow, drained of all emotion.

“I’m not alone in the house.”

Vesper’s words sent a chill down my spine. The best electronic security system money could buy protected the mansion. Only a magic attack could disable the alarm, and the wards safeguarded against that possibility. There was no way anyone could breach the perimeter.

Was there?

What about the incident in the swimming pool? a voice inside me whispered. How do you explain that?

There was another sharp noise that sounded like glass breaking, followed by a scream.

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