The Praying Mantis Bride by Dean Koontz

Author:Dean Koontz
Language: eng
Format: azw3, mobi, epub
Tags: Mystery, Short Stories (Single Author), Thriller, Fiction
ISBN: 9781542016230
Publisher: Amazon Original Stories
Published: 2019-11-12T00:00:00+00:00

13

During this pause in the spook show, the lights come on.

Having shot her from a distance of just six feet, Devlin stands over Lucia’s crumpled form. He is dressed all in black, including a hoodie and a black ski mask. If she had turned and seen him before he dropped her with the tranquilizer-dart pistol, he might have seemed to be not just an intruder but almost supernatural.

“Give Mikey a kiss where it counts,” the recording repeats, issuing from the in-ceiling speakers of the through-house music network that, along with the lighting and other systems, Nameless controls from his computer in the attic.

Because Michael Rickenbah spoke at many charity and corporate events, there is ample film and audio of him. Ace and team have played with the video—shading it, adding static, using distorting techniques—to distract Lucia from the realization that Michael’s lip movements do not perfectly match his words. A voice simulation program, Paramimic, allows their ghost to say anything they want.

“Give Mikey a kiss where it counts.”

“She’s down,” Devlin reports, although Nameless can see this through one of the tiny, hidden wireless video cameras they have installed. The woman will be unconscious for about twenty minutes.

Two minutes later, Nameless arrives from the attic.

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