Chasing Payne by Seabrook Chantel

Author:Seabrook, Chantel [Seabrook, Chantel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Creativia
Published: 2015-10-19T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Chase stared at the newspaper laid out on Jacob's desk, and cursed as he read the headline.

RARE SUNDA CLOUDED LEOPARD FOUND IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN

“Where is it now?” Chase took a seat across from Jacob.

Jacob leaned back in his chair and let out a heavy sigh. “Our agents were able to convince the local authorities to hand the animal over. It's being placed with the others.”

“You're sure it's another spontaneous morph?”

Jacob lifted a brow. “The last time I checked, leopards weren't indigenous to Northern Michigan.”

Sarcastic asshole. Chase frowned and shook his head. “So what are we doing about it? We've got our top geneticists working day and night, and are still no closer to figuring out what the hell is causing it, or how to turn the poor bloody bastards human again.”

“We've got bigger problems than just a few spontaneous morphings.” Jacob brushed his fingers through his dark hair, making it stand on end. He kept his voice calm, but there was a clear edge of anxiety that filtered through. “In the past few days, Cyber division has shut down multiple blogs and websites, each one claiming that the random shifts are nature's retribution to mankind. They can barely shut one down before another pops up.”

“Those sites pop up all the time.” Chase shrugged. “People pass them off as nothing more than conspiracy theories.”

“Usually. But whoever's behind the most recent blogs have solid evidence that can expose us to the general public.”

Chase narrowed his eyes, his chest tightening. “What kind of evidence?”

“Pictures. DNA samples. And—” Jacob twisted his computer so that Chase could see the screen. “Every secure file the Therian Agency has produced in the last thirty years.”

Chase jumped from his chair and paced. “Bloody fucking hell.”

Jacob steepled his fingers and frowned. “We've been able to contain the leaked material, but so far we've been unable to locate the original source.”

Chase swallowed tightly. If news of their kind leaked out to the general population, things would go to hell faster than shit in a handbasket. He tried to replicate Jacob's exterior calm. “Do we have any leads?”

“Nothing concrete.” He stood and made his way across the room to a metal filing cabinet. “What we do know is that those three kids you found in that warehouse were doing more than just studying the coyote. They were creating a detailed genetic analysis of its DNA from before he morphed.”

“Before? If they knew the man would shift, then it was possible they knew how.”

Jacob shook his head. Finding what he was looking for, he closed the cabinet, then handed him the case report. “They were working blind. All data came from a concealed source.”

“Did they administer something to cause the morph? If they did, then it's possible our scientists could use it to create an antidote.”

Jacob shook his head. “There's no evidence of anything being administered to the victim.”

Chase opened his mouth, then closed it. It didn't make any fucking sense. “Then how did they know he would morph?”

“The man had been caged nearly four months.

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