The Circus of Machinations by Chris Ward

Author:Chris Ward
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: AMMFA Publishing

Kurou was still sleeping, curled tightly in a ball like a giant, hairless mouse when Victor returned. Patricia, however was awake, her eyes wide open, her body shaking with cold. Victor pulled off his coat and laid it over her, then got to work restarting the stove heater. Within a couple of minutes, a slow heat was spreading outwards, and Patricia’s teeth had stopped chattering.

Victor knelt down beside her and pulled off her gag. He took one of her hands in his and rubbed her cold fingers against his warm palms.

‘I’m sorry,’ he said, quietly, fearful that Kurou might wake and overhear. ‘I was as quick as I could. You know I would let you go if I could, don’t you?’

‘I don’t know what my sister ever saw in you,’ she said. ‘You’re nothing, a worthless nothing.’

Victor shrugged. ‘Like I said, I’m sorry.’

It was quite obvious that Patricia wasn’t about to forgive him, so he went over to check on Kurou, but the professor appeared to be soundly asleep.

How long did they have before they were found? Victor had always been secretive about his workshop, with no written record that he was renting it, paying in cash every month to a man so shady that Victor didn’t even know his first name. There was nothing in his house to lead anyone here, and nothing here to link it to him. From time to time though, people had seen him come and go, and sooner or later the police would interview one of those people. Victor’s skills with computers and electronics had made him well known in Brevik.

He felt like a noose had looped itself around his neck and was slowly closing. There was no way to know what would happen next, but Victor felt sure it was something bad.

Almost as a reflex action, he turned and looked back towards Kurou.

The strange professor had his one good eye open and was watching him. As Victor met his gaze, Kurou widened his mouth into a sinister little smile.

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