The Omega Team: In the Eyes of the Dead (Kindle Worlds Novella) (Ryker Townsend Book 3) by Jordan Dane

Author:Jordan Dane [Dane, Jordan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2016-11-14T06:00:00+00:00

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Sunrise Mall

Brownsville, Texas

Late afternoon

Ryker Townsend

I knew a little something about playing chess. Most people I grew up with, who played the game well, developed an ego about their own abilities. To keep my ego in check, I would recall an old saying—once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box.

I hadn’t realized chess had become the thing to do in Brownsville until I researched it off my cell. The Brownsville Independent School District carved out money for their chess program, the only school district in the nation to significantly support chess. The leading club, the Dark Knights of Brownsville, had established a remarkable legacy and a national reputation. The award-winning chess club had an event at a local mall on North Expressway.

Crowley and I had little time to dawdle or we would miss him.

We parked near the movie theatre and hustled into the mall entrance, following signs for the chess event. The directions gave a distinctive feature in the mall to look for and made the chess club easy to find. Game tables were set up near the food court where a giant electric carousel dominated the spot with its brilliant lights and organ music.

According to notices posted in the mall, members of all ages were playing challengers. The event had come to an end. I recognized Justin Lutrell from his DMV photo that Sinead had sent me. He sat at a table on a stage and was the only player on the platform. No challengers. He looked bored.

As I came closer, Lutrell glanced up and fixed on me. I understood why girls his age might be attracted to the guy. He had dark hair and pale eyes worthy of any romance book cover, but something behind those eyes struck a discordant noise in me, like a voice out of harmony.

Before I came looking for Lutrell, I had wiped my mind clear of any bias Becca and Mia had stirred in me. After all, I had no firsthand knowledge of Justin striking Allison. For all I knew, her friends may have lied. Investigations were like that. People lie. They spread gossip as if rumors were truth.

But now as I gazed into Justin Lutrell’s eyes, the dark underpinnings of an all-too-familiar evil arose from my nightmare. My gift surfaced to warn me, like a shark rising from the cold depths of the ocean, restless and in search of something. I knew who and what the guy was—a predator.

“Justin Lutrell?” Crowley reached for her credentials.

“Yeah?” He looked up in annoyance and his eyes shifted from me to Lucinda. “You guys ever hear of casual Friday?” He smirked at his own joke.

Crowley made the introductions and we showed him our badges.

“We’d like to ask you some questions about Allison Barstow,” I said. “Were you aware of what happened to her?”

“Yeah. Word gets around, but why are you coming to me? I wasn’t at her stupid party.” Justin fiddled with a chess piece in his hands—a rook—and slouched deeper into his chair.

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