THE MAHABHARATA QUEST:THE ALEXANDER SECRET by CHRISTOPHER C. DOYLE

Author:CHRISTOPHER C. DOYLE [DOYLE, CHRISTOPHER C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Westland
Published: 2014-10-10T04:30:00+00:00

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The link discovered

Vijay, Colin, Alice and Shukla sat in the study at the fort. The IB men had dropped them back some time ago and then left. If they had been followed or if there were any more people stalking them, they had been careful not to make themselves obvious.

Back in the fort, Vijay felt a palpable sense of relief and security. They would be safe here. But through the journey to Jaungarh and since their return, they had all been disturbed by the lack of any news about Radha. It was like she had disappeared off the face of the planet.

Shukla sat, despondent, his face reflecting his anxiety for his daughter. ‘Why isn’t Vaid investigating Titan?’ he asked for the umpteenth time, of no one in particular. Vijay had assured him earlier that Vaid had personally spoken to Swaroop Varma, the CEO of Titan Pharmaceuticals. The man had been shocked to receive a personal visit from the Director of the IB and seemed to have been genuinely concerned about what had happened to both Imran and Radha. He had assured full cooperation both in the investigation and the hunt for Radha, even going to the extent of offering to allow IB agents to inspect every office and outsourced facility associated with Titan in India.

‘The IB is checking all leads,’ Vijay said patiently. He tried to mask his anxiety for Shukla’s sake. ‘We just have to have faith in them. And hope that something turns up soon.’

Alice spoke up. ‘I’ve been thinking about something the blonde guy at the museum said.’ She looked at Vijay. ‘Do you remember when he was counting us off? He said something about Imran and Radha.’

‘He said they were “covered”,’ Vijay replied morosely. He should have figured at that time itself that Radha and Imran were both targets. But he knew he couldn’t blame himself or anyone else for not considering this at that time. They could think of nothing else but their own fates which had hung by a very slender thread. They had been really lucky to have gotten away. Those men had been professional killers.

‘Yes, that, too, but he also mentioned that they had been nosing around.’ Alice looked at him warily. She knew it was a tricky time to be bringing this up. But she also had a feeling this may just be the break they were looking for.

‘Yeah, I remember that,’ Colin frowned, and Vijay and Shukla also nodded morosely. Colin slapped his thigh as he realised what Alice was saying. ‘Good heavens! The two are connected!’

Vijay and Shukla still looked confused. Alice realised that their emotions were probably clouding their thinking so she explained. ‘All this time we’ve been thinking that the involvement of Peter with my excavation and what happened to me in Greece had nothing to do with Imran’s discovery of the bioterrorism lead here in India. But could it be possible that the two are actually connected?’

Shukla looked at Vijay, unsure if this was good news or bad news.

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