Black Rain (aka The Mayan Conspiracy) by Graham Brown

Author:Graham Brown
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Amazon River, Fiction, Literary, Suspense Fiction, Mayas, Thrillers, Suspense
ISBN: 9780553906691
Publisher: Dell
Published: 2010-01-26T05:00:00+00:00

Kaufman led Susan to a makeshift table in the form of an overturned crate. He offered her some food, which she refused, and then some water. She hesitated.

“It’s okay,” he insisted, taking a sip of the water himself. “It’s not Pellegrino, but it’s drinkable.”

Susan pulled back at first but then accepted. Her throat was very dry.

“I’m not here to hurt you,” he said, his tone calm and soothing. “The events of this morning were an aberration, a mistake.” He pointed to the soldiers. “These men reacted somewhat overzealously and I wasn’t here to stop it. But now that I am, I can promise you it won’t happen again.”

She wasn’t sure what to make of this. “They killed people.”

“I know,” Kaufman acknowledged. “That’s what they do. But with the situation secure, they won’t have to make that choice again.”

“Why are you doing this?” she asked.

“I wish I could tell you,” he said. “But that would make things worse for you.”

She spoke honestly. “I don’t want to help you.”

“I can understand that,” he replied. “But I need your help. If you cooperate with me, I’ll give your friends food and water and a chance to live out the remainder of their lives. If you don’t, then I have no choice but to force you. They’ll go thirsty and hungry until you change your mind.”

She looked down at the table, reeling and dizzy from everything that she’d witnessed and strangely finding comfort in Kaufman’s reassuring voice. She was smart enough to realize that he wanted just that, but she couldn’t stop the feeling. She didn’t want to make him angry, didn’t want to hear any more gunfire or see any more blood.

“Ready to listen?” he asked.

She looked up at him and nodded reluctantly.

“Good,” he said. “There are some very important items on the grounds here somewhere, probably inside the temple. I want you to help us locate them.”

She nodded.

“You’ve been in the temple?”

“No.”

“Your friends, then, they’ve been in there?”

“Professor McCarter and Danielle.”

He nodded. “Did they remove any items from inside? Anything metallic?”

“Metallic?” she said. “No, nothing metallic.”

He paused for a moment, as if he wanted her to be sure of her answer. “I want you to go in there with us, show us around.”

Now she had a reason to protest. “I can’t go in there. I can’t breathe in there because of the fumes.”

“Yes, I know,” he said. “I’ve heard all about the fumes. A terrible smell, but I think we can remedy that for you.” He reached into a box beside them and produced a military-style gas mask. “Will this help?”

Susan stared blankly at the mask. What else could she say—of course it would help.

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