The Beast Inside by Monique Singleton

Author:Monique Singleton
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: urban fantasy, thriller, suspense, mystery, fantasy, dark, dystopian, fantasy adult, primal series, shapeshiifter
Publisher: Monique Singleton

CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN

A few minutes later Sarah returned with Joseph. He was a very large man. Tall and broad shouldered. A lot bigger in person than he had seemed in the hologram. He walked to us as we struggled out of the sofa, a slight limp was visible in his step. He shook our hands.

‘Thank you for coming’ he said. ‘How was your trip?’

‘Uneventful’ we both said almost in unison. That brought a chuckle from Sarah.

Panat continued. ‘It all went reasonably well. It was smooth sailing all the way here once we were out of Bharat. The passport worked wonders.’ Joseph nodded.

‘Please follow me’ the tall man continued as he turned to the doorway. We followed him back into the long hallway. At the end of the hallway he opened a door that led into the kitchen. Another door there led to the cellar. We descended the stairs down into the bowels of the structure, into a very large room. It seemed to stretch the length of the building. Most of the floor was cluttered with different kinds of furniture, bags of clothes, and even some farm utensils, most of which had a thick layer of dust on them. This was the storage, and had been for ages by the looks of it.

We came up to a massive oak cupboard. Joseph did something and the enormous piece of furniture swivelled smoothly to the side and revealed yet another door. This one was modern. An iris scanner was set to the right side of the door and Joseph placed his right eye in front of it. There was a soft swishing sound and the door opened.

We stepped through into a stark white corridor. From there we went further underground into a suite of rooms that strongly resembled those of the council in Tibet.

There could not have been a stronger contrast with the house above. This was once again, all state-of-the-art technology. I estimated that we were more than fifty meters from the house. The extent of this subterranean complex was unclear, but judging by the large number of people we had seen in the first chamber, and taking into account that they and any others had to be housed underground because the buildings above were not sufficient—it had to be immense.

Joseph led us to an office off the main chamber, There, we were introduced to the three people who were there waiting for us. Jan was middle aged, small of stature but with a very big smile. Hetty, I estimated was in her late seventies, and Hans was the exact opposite, maybe early twenties. He was the resident geek, complete with thick glasses and a reluctance to make eye contact.

We shook hands all around and took our seats. Someone brought coffee and Dutch biscuits. Funny waffle-like things with syrup in between. They were good though. The inflight meals hadn’t been fantastic, and besides, that was a long time ago. I was hungry.

‘Please bring us something more substantial.’ Joseph asked the man who brought the coffee.

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