The Green Lama: Crimson Circle by Adam Lance Garcia

Author:Adam Lance Garcia [Garcia, Adam Lance]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Moonstone
Published: 2015-10-20T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10: Absence

JETHRO LEANED back from the microscope, massaging his eyes, less from exhaustion and more from disbelief. He had spent the better part of the day further examining the body before moving on to the black liquid, working straight through the morning and into the afternoon. It seemed to defy all scientific law, almost as if it existed outside the physical realm. Jethro was by no means a stranger to the fantastic—he skirted the line between reality and the impossible on a daily basis—but that still didn’t make his discoveries any more comforting. He got out of his chair and began pacing his study.

Despite having no molecular structure, the liquid seemed to move on its own accord, at times appearing to defy gravity. More troubling was its interaction with the radioactive salts. He had recreated Jean and Ken’s experiment under a much more controlled environment. Even a single grain of salt and a drop of liquid produced an explosion equivalent to a stick of dynamite, a reaction not unlike the exothermic interaction between sodium and water. Somehow, impossibly, the salts and the liquid were chemically linked.

Jethro looked at his hand—the veins distended and noticeably green—recalling the electric shock he had felt touching the liquid. But, he hadn’t taken a single grain of radioactive salts in months, not since R’lyeh.

He walked over to the large bank of windows overlooking the city and watched the sun set behind the mountains of brick and steel. Some time later, the penthouse elevator doors slid open and Jethro heard the familiar sound of soft footsteps walking down the hallway.

“Everything go well with the morgue, my friend?” Jethro asked as Tsarong entered the study.

Tsarong nodded. “As well as one could expect. Though they were quite taken aback by the stench. A young Mr. Rohn sends his regards; he seemed genuinely terrified when he did. Is Mrs. Stewart-Brown here?”

“She is out with Marie.”

“And Miss Farrell left for tonight’s show?” Tsarong asked, glancing over toward the master bedroom.

Jethro nodded. “She thought it best, though I felt she needed the rest. The shooting was weighing upon her, a feeling I know all too well.”

Tsarong crossed his arms, placing his hands into his sleeves. “The child?”

Jethro sighed and began pacing the study. “You were there with me in London as you were the day we arrived in New York. In nearly everyway, protecting children… They are why we do what we do and Jean understands that better than anyone.” Jethro closed his eyes and sighed. “Where is the line, Tsarong? Every single day I know I am skirting it, testing to see how far I can go without crossing it. But it isn’t enough to save those closest to me. Do I breach the border and betray everything I believe to protect them, to protect the innocent? I know the price I must pay, but what do I do when those I love are forced to cross that line?”

“We are, by our very nature, flawed creatures, Tulku. It is

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