The Devil Inside by Heather Atkinson

Author:Heather Atkinson [Atkinson, Heather]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-26T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 19

Cass headed into the spare bedroom to find Brodie still asleep, Pete and Gardner maintaining a vigil by his side.

“How’s he been?” she whispered.

“Fine,” Gardner whispered back. “He’s probably best sleeping off the effects of the drug. As soon as he’s awake we can start the exit counselling.”

Cass indicated for the two men to follow her back into the office so they could talk without disturbing Brodie.

“Won’t he be back to normal once the drug’s worn off?” said Pete.

Cass shook her head. “Malachi’s messed with his head, implanted his fire and brimstone crap into him. He kept saying it even though he didn’t want to.”

“I’ve seen that before with the people I’ve counselled who escaped Malachi,” said Gardner. “Now I understand how he got into their heads so easily, thanks to your clever and very pretty friends.” He broke into a pleasant smile and lapsed into his own thoughts. When he realised they were frowning at him he wiped the smile off his face and cleared his throat. “As I was saying, he uses psychotropic drugs and weakens them physically. This lowers their guard and scepticism, allowing him to get inside their heads where he implants his teachings.”

“Brodie was with him for four days,” said Cass. “Is that long enough to get into his head that deeply?”

“A man like Malachi doesn’t need long, especially when implementing such powerful drugs. But the good news is Brodie seems exceptionally strong. He can do this.”

“Yeah he can,” she smiled.

Christian, Elliott and Ross arrived back amid the stench of lager.

“How’s the Bossman?” said Ross.

“Better. Zarqa injected him with something that should counteract the effects of the crap Malachi gave him and now he’s sleeping it off.”

“So what’s the next move?” said Elliott.

“Professor Gardner’s going to give Brodie some exit counselling.”

“And what can we do? We can’t let Malachi get away with this shit.”

“And we’re not going to,” said Cass. She wasn’t going to tell anyone about her plan to kill Malachi, no way was she going to put that on their shoulders. “But I’m not sure what we’re going to do yet, I’m still concentrating on Brodie.”

“Just take it easy son,” said Pete, patting Elliott’s shoulder. “We need to move really carefully. What happened today is all over the news.”

“Has Malachi made a complaint to your lot?” said Cass.

“According to my minions he said he was attacked by persons unknown and two of his cars were vandalised.”

“One of them by you,” commented Ross.

“Aye, I havenae forgotten,” retorted Pete. “Some of the shrewder officers have their suspicions about who was responsible, by which I mean you lot but for some reason Malachi’s keeping your identities a secret.”

“Because he wants to deal with us personally,” said Cass. “He told his men to kidnap me, he said I’d be an asset to his team but Brodie stopped them.”

“Why didn’t you mention this before?” exclaimed Pete. “You’re in danger.”

“Relax, he doesn’t even know we’re here.”

“How do you know?”

“Alright, I don’t. I don’t even know if he’ll try and get Brodie back.

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