The Illuminati Sanctum (The Relic Hunters 6) by David Leadbeater

Author:David Leadbeater [Leadbeater, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-03-14T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY TWO

Heidi stood at the massive open entrance to a vast hangar, staring inside. The floor was littered with wreckage: cars, a truck and helicopters. The mechanical debris left behind after some unknown entity abducted Guy Bodie and his team. Pang was still hoping they’d turn up dead, thus ending this mission and giving him something new to sink his teeth into. Heidi was struggling to hide her worry.

Several bodies had been taken to a nearby morgue, and were even now being forensically examined for information.

Heidi and Pang were at a loose end. The local police weren’t hindering their investigation, but neither were they helping it. If the CIA had a way of swinging some great bat that would kickstart some influential official to support them, then they were dragging their heels in stepping up to the plate.

“Thoughts?” Heidi said.

“We need to be on the inside,” Pang growled.

“Well, just take a step forward through the door.”

“Not even remotely funny. Being on the inside of the investigation is our only way forward.”

Unfortunately, Heidi agreed with him. She spent some time arguing with a sullen investigator, learning nothing of importance. The cops were still waiting for any dashcam footage, for identifications, for data on the vehicles and a paper trail.

Heidi returned to Pang in exasperation. “No good.”

“There are alternate methods.”

“I need to talk to my family.”

Pang made a face. “There are more important things here, right in front of you.”

Heidi considered ignoring him but then, as her anger rose, decided to offer up some hard-earned advice. “Family is all we’ve got, Pang. You’ll learn that as you get older. It doesn’t matter if you’re related, it’s the knowledge that you belong together and will care for each other. Age, Pang, that changes you. Do you want to grow old alone? To have nobody to talk to you, nobody that cares if you live or die? An empty funeral? A eulogy and obituary written by someone who never even knew you?”

“I have no issue with that. I’ll be dead.”

Heidi gritted her teeth. “You’re not listening, and your indifference to all life but the job is really starting to piss me off. Now, go take notes or something.”

Heidi walked away, standing under the intense glare of the midday sun, and pulled her phone from her pocket. Her finger hovered over her daughter’s number for more than a minute, desperate to call but afraid of rejection. Sweat formed across her brow. Was there any good time to call?

In the end, her worries were moot. Across the vast stretch of tarmac separating this hangar building from a private airport, a man approached, his long, determined gait catching her attention. He was tall, dressed in an ill-fitting suit, and was trying to hide some serious nerves.

Heidi nodded as he walked up to her and nodded. “Agent,” he said. “Good to meet you.”

Heidi raised an eyebrow. “Should I know who you are?”

The man produced an ID from his inside pocket. “Butcher,” he said. “Jim Butcher. Didn’t Agent Pang tell you I was coming?”

“Agent Pang is an asshole,” she said.

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