intheflesh.PDF by Linda

Author:Linda [Linda]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Itana looked out the window, watching the dilapidated town unfold before her.

Conrad had the perfect place picked out or so he’d told Gershon. When they pulled in front of the three-story brick building, she knew they had found the right place to call out the monster.

There was nothing near what must’ve been an old factory. A parking lot stretched around the structure, which had been covered in graffiti and racist symbols. Most of the building was intact but the westside was missing part of the roof. All the doors were chained and the windows had been boarded up with no trespassing signs.

Conrad parked close to the doors. They followed as he got out and ripped off the chain like it had been made of paper instead of rusted steel. A door came loose from the hinges, tilting toward Conrad. He jerked it free and set it to the side of the entrance.

Filth greeted them, swirling in the air from what light the dirty windows would let in.

Unlike her old apartment building, the floors were made of wood over metal beams. She guessed the dark brown beam running under the smashed wood was metal. There wasn’t much else holding up the building. Stepping inside seemed foolish, but that’s what Conrad did so she followed.

“Everything’s ready, ” called Alard from the stairs across from them. He’d beat them there. She wasn’t sure how he traveled, but he did it quickly and never had traffic problems.

“Ready for what?” Itana didn’t like being kept in the dark and Conrad was avoiding her questions. She grabbed his arm, staring him in the eyes. At first she couldn’t speak.

His was an old soul and she sensed danger. “Please, tell me what your plan is.”

“Let’s go upstairs.”

The stairs were concrete and fairly well intact. Conrad went up first with her following and Gershon behind. On the second floor, Conrad left the stairs through a jagged doorway with most of the frame missing. There hovered Alard. She’d never been so happy to see her brother, although he looked a little afraid.

To the side was an old office, nothing much but a door with a large window. A few sewing machines were left still attached to their tables, as if they were waiting for someone to use them again. This must’ve been the sewing floor. A pile of cloth remained in the corner near a sewing machine that had been tossed into the floor. The wooden floor wasn’t as beaten here. There were ruts where something on wheels had made too many passes.

“You see that office right there?” Conrad pointed; she and Gershon nodded.

“Gershon, take Itana in there and make her come four or five times. Whatever it takes to call this Veris. As soon as you’re finished, she goes downstairs with Alard. We wait for Veris here. If he tries to take her from the first floor, Alard will let us know. You and I will take on Veris and kill him. He might be too much for us, but I doubt it.

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