The Book of Death: Leviathan by Nicholas Gagnier

Author:Nicholas Gagnier [Gagnier, Nicholas]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: DeltaBet Press
Published: 2019-06-24T22:00:00+00:00

I needed to ask if all the other kids had passed through the house. Little as I wanted to learn about their sick, pathetic operation, a young girl’s life depended on that information.

Yes, Barker said, held in the basement, behind a steel door with an industrial padlock on it.

I’m coming for you, kiddo.

The house is exactly as Patrick Barker described it to me, following Royce and Hardwick’s departure from the fourth floor.

Joining them at the staging area a block over, every agency related to this case and child welfare in general is present. Paramedics wait on the sidelines for any gruesome discoveries we might come across. Several branches with different degrees of authority over this situation are present, huddled around a small blockade of SUVs and DCPD cruisers. A plainclothes agent stops where we have gathered, whispering something in Hardwick’s ear. The rest of us pour over a map pinned to one of the car hoods, examining all escape routes away from the house.

I don’t try to eavesdrop, because the sight in front of me has all my attention.

“Doesn’t look like much, does it?” Royce asks..

“No, it doesn’t,” Hardwick remarks, focusing on me. “Want to address the troops, Knox?”

I shake my head.

“Honour’s all yours, boss.”

“Okay, then,” Hardwick says, walking out into the center of the gathered forces. He claps his hands together, and all eyes fall on him. “Listen up, everybody! Intel says the suspects use this site as a relay before transferring their victim to a final point, where they are either sold or disposed of! Now, I don’t know about you, but I’m tired of playing with these sick fucks.

“Knox, Detective Royce and myself will form the initial strike team, and radio when the coast is clear to move on the target. Dufresne, Holt- you cover off the backdoor. Selek, Quincy, you take these men here and make sure nobody leaves the perimeter, got it? If we have a runner, they’ll plow right into us.

“We have snipers on surrounding rooftops, so the chances of fucking this raid up should be slim to none, understand? If Jordan West gets away, we lose our only chance at saving Emily Rickard!

“Alright, people! Let’s go take this asshole down, and bring a little girl home!”

To a chorus of composed agreement, Hardwick rejoins us, and asks what Royce is smirking at.

“Oh Captain, my Captain,” the detective quips, to which he is told to can it.

“Bunch of fucking children these days,” my partner remarks, moving toward the location Barker said our man would be. Located in a low-income neighbourhood, the decrepit property makes Royce’s shoddy apartment look like uptown living. Its paint is peeling, windows sprayed over by time and aerosol paint. There’s no sign of working electricity anywhere in the block of homes.

Why Jordan West would operate out here is beyond me. Seems a bit low for a former MBA.

“Sure he’s in there?” the detective asks.

“That’s what Barker said,” I reply, “Unless I heard the address wrong.”

Hardwick scowls, drawing his weapon. Holding it at eye level, he takes the first steps forward.

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