The DarkWorld SoulTracker Series Box Set Vol I by T G Ayer

Author:T G Ayer [Ayer, T G]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Infinite Ink Books
Published: 2017-06-28T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 24

Exhaustion pulled at me as I entered the kitchen, relieved only at the sight of Steph placing bags of takeout on the table.

“I heard you beating up that poor bag and thought you might need to refuel.”

I grinned and helped her open the cardboard boxes filled with aromatic Indian food. I grabbed the lamb biryani and received glares from both of them.

“Geez, relax guys. I’ll keep some for you.”

As we swapped and dished up chicken tikka and beef vindaloo, I caught them up on Santiani’s condition.

“Woah, Mad Cow,” muttered Steph as she stared at the slice of beef on her fork.

Drake snorted. “Pretty sure the disease no longer exists, what with the way you humans farm cattle and livestock.”

“What?” I said, after swallowing. “Something wrong with Highrise Livestock Farming?”

Drake snorted. “Of course there is. Back in my world, livestock ate grass and breathed fresh air.”

Steph coughed. “You had cows in your world?”

Drake gave her a cold glare. “We have ladri. Not cows, but close enough.”

“Horns, tails, udders and hooves?”

Drake nodded then shook his head, turning to me. “When does she move out?”

“The tenth of never.” I smiled sweetly.

“Figures.”

I looked up at Steph. “So, what can you tell me about Prions disease other than Mad Cow.”

Steph chewed, held up a finger, flicked her laptop open and began tapping with her left hand. She didn’t even pause to stop eating. Multitasking at its finest.

“So it can be passed on through contaminated meat, like livestock. But there were some studies done on Prions disease in a tribe of cannibals.”

“Cannibals?” I asked softly. It was beginning to fall into place.

“Yeah. Your perfect billionaire is a cannibal.”

“You don’t know that for sure.”

“Then how else did he contract the disease?”

I shrugged. “I’ll have to ask him.”

“Sure, he’ll just confide his weird gastronomic tastes to you. You sure he’s not a Dr Lecter?”

“Who’s Dr Lecter?”

Steph rolled her eyes. “Only the most famous serial killer of all time.”

“The most famous fictitious serial killer of all time.”

Steph waved her fingers at me. Details. “Anyway, he’s been chewing on human bones and he’s been doing it for a while.”

“Maybe not for a while.”

“What do you mean?”

“We all know with magical intervention anything can be sped up on the timeline of events.”

“That’s just freaking great.” Steph stabbed a piece of spicy chicken.

I sighed. “We have to check out the staff, the chefs and the butler, even the company supplying their meat products.”

“I’m on it.”

While Steph tapped away at her keyboard, I shifted to the other side of the table as Drake went to the narrow space between the refrigerator and the cupboard. Pulling out a large whiteboard, he settled it on the counter using the overhanging cupboards to rest it at a comfortable angle.

I grabbed markers from a nearby drawer. “Let’s put the timeline in perspective.”

Drake marked ‘Mrs S’ as dead, Gia’s disappearance, the cops’ involvement, then contact with me.

“Anything else significant?” I asked.

Drake added the birth of the twins. The manipulation of the cop. Gina’s contact with me. Soon a pattern emerged.

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