Bite Risk by S.J. Wills

Author:S.J. Wills
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
Published: 2023-06-08T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINETEEN

I can barely keep up with Elena. When she sees I’m trying to stop her, she starts to run. People gawk as she speeds past – you’re not allowed to carry tranqs outside of Confinement. Why would you, when there are no Rippers about?

Unless you wanted to kill a human being.

As we reach the path that leads up to the mayor’s house, she swings round and points it at me.

‘Sel, you need to stay back.’

When Ingrid pointed her tranq at me, I was afraid she’d pull the trigger. But now that my best friend is doing it, it’s so much worse. I’ve seen that look on her face before. Nothing’s going to stop her – not even me.

A few people are on their phones, I guess calling the police station, but Elena’s already marched up to the front door and pressed the bell.

When Mayor Warren opens it, she sticks her foot in the gap.

His palms go up right away. ‘Woah, woah, what’s this! Elena!’

‘Why did you text Pedro just before he disappeared?’ she says, the tranq aimed right at his belly.

He hesitates. ‘Young lady, you need to put that down. I know you’re having a hard time right now—’

‘Why?’

He cracks, slightly, and a hiss of desperation leaks out. ‘I didn’t! I don’t know what you’re talking about! Please, Elena! Put that down.’

‘You’re working for Sequest, aren’t you? Why didn’t the alerts work that night? What’s going on?’

He’s sweating now, his forehead shimmering. ‘You’re grieving, Elena. You’re not thinking straight.’

She tilts her head to one side, considering. ‘Yeah, you could be right. If only there was something that could calm me down. Some kind of sedation, maybe…’ She holds out the tranq in front of her as though measuring its size. ‘Worth a go, huh?’

She reverses the tranq, pointing it at herself, her arm only just long enough to reach. As I cry out, and the mayor lunges forward to grab her, it’s too late.

There’s the mundane click of the trigger, and the thunk of a Ripper tranquillizer dart in her thigh.

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