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thing about.
Liz grinned. “You’re wearing the maternity dress I bought you.”
“Yep.”
“You look radiant,” she told me.
“Thank you.” I put my seat belt on around my bulging belly.
“So what’s up?” Liz asked.
“I’ve been researching the Immortals for you guys,” Beth said. “I’ve even done a stake out here and there.”
“Beth, they’re dangerous,” I said. “Just please leave them alone.”
She turned the corner and shot me a sideways glance. “On the night you went to the emergency room, you said we should investigate them.”
“Yeah, because I didn’t know that much about them. But now I do. And they’re dangerous.”
“I’ve been doing lots of digging, and they’ve been wreaking havoc on the city,” Beth said. “Dr. Meyers was all concerned about you staying hidden and not exposing your Immortal powers, while they prance around showing off their fancy tricks to unsuspecting victims. She should be more worried about them than you.”
“What are they doing?” Liz asked.
“I’ve been talking to witnesses who say they throw their authority around quite a bit. And if you report them or mess with them in any way, you’ll end up dead as a door nail.”
I let out a long sigh. “And that’s exactly why you shouldn’t be investigating this.” I couldn’t bear to see anything happen to her.
“And they’ve been here for quite a long time,” Beth said.
I cocked a brow. “How long?”
“Since ancient times. I found some books about a powerful race of beings who had strength and amazing powers. I think it’s our Immortals. Can you believe they’ve been blending in our world all this time?”
“In our line of research, is it really such a shock?” I retorted.
“My best friend and her sister are both Immortal so I guess it isn’t that much of a stretch.”
We all chuckled.
“I did some more digging and got a list of all the victims that were rescued from the mountain,” Beth said. “There were a few locals, but most of them are from across the globe.”
“So they snagged them from everywhere,” Liz said.
Beth placed a few strands of hair behind her ear. “If there running experiments on them, they couldn’t have all of those people disappearing from around here. It’d be too obvious.”
“They’re evil, sick people,” I said. “They could care less about killing my baby. The thought of them kidnapping more people to experiment on, well the thought torments me. If we’re messing with Immortals, we should go back and get Victor.”
“He won’t let you go,” Liz said. “He’s even more protective of you now more than ever, especially since the kidnapping.”
I nodded, then glanced at Beth. “And you’re putting this witness in danger by even talking to her, not to mention you and your son’s life.”
She gripped the steering wheel. “This woman is going public with her story. She’s being interviewed by a major television station next week about the murder of her brother. And yes, I want to hear what she has to say firsthand, but I also want to talk her out of doing the interview.”
I clutched my heart. “She’ll be dead so fast.”
Beth shook her head. “Exactly. So we need to convince her to shut up and cancel the interview.”
We drove for a while more and then pulled into the driveway with a tan house. The three of us walked to the front porch and I rang the doorbell. A thin woman with short, red hair in her thirties came to the door and invited us in. I took a seat on the couch and glanced around at her country theme home decor. It felt warm and inviting.
“I’m Erica,” she said, politely introducing herself.
After a few pleasantries, Erica cut to the chase. “They killed my brother and I’m going to make them pay.”
Dark circles hung under her eyes and I knew she hadn’t been sleeping well. She looked just as sad and tormented as Della and I had on that mountain top. A tear slipped down her cheek. We all
Liz grinned. “You’re wearing the maternity dress I bought you.”
“Yep.”
“You look radiant,” she told me.
“Thank you.” I put my seat belt on around my bulging belly.
“So what’s up?” Liz asked.
“I’ve been researching the Immortals for you guys,” Beth said. “I’ve even done a stake out here and there.”
“Beth, they’re dangerous,” I said. “Just please leave them alone.”
She turned the corner and shot me a sideways glance. “On the night you went to the emergency room, you said we should investigate them.”
“Yeah, because I didn’t know that much about them. But now I do. And they’re dangerous.”
“I’ve been doing lots of digging, and they’ve been wreaking havoc on the city,” Beth said. “Dr. Meyers was all concerned about you staying hidden and not exposing your Immortal powers, while they prance around showing off their fancy tricks to unsuspecting victims. She should be more worried about them than you.”
“What are they doing?” Liz asked.
“I’ve been talking to witnesses who say they throw their authority around quite a bit. And if you report them or mess with them in any way, you’ll end up dead as a door nail.”
I let out a long sigh. “And that’s exactly why you shouldn’t be investigating this.” I couldn’t bear to see anything happen to her.
“And they’ve been here for quite a long time,” Beth said.
I cocked a brow. “How long?”
“Since ancient times. I found some books about a powerful race of beings who had strength and amazing powers. I think it’s our Immortals. Can you believe they’ve been blending in our world all this time?”
“In our line of research, is it really such a shock?” I retorted.
“My best friend and her sister are both Immortal so I guess it isn’t that much of a stretch.”
We all chuckled.
“I did some more digging and got a list of all the victims that were rescued from the mountain,” Beth said. “There were a few locals, but most of them are from across the globe.”
“So they snagged them from everywhere,” Liz said.
Beth placed a few strands of hair behind her ear. “If there running experiments on them, they couldn’t have all of those people disappearing from around here. It’d be too obvious.”
“They’re evil, sick people,” I said. “They could care less about killing my baby. The thought of them kidnapping more people to experiment on, well the thought torments me. If we’re messing with Immortals, we should go back and get Victor.”
“He won’t let you go,” Liz said. “He’s even more protective of you now more than ever, especially since the kidnapping.”
I nodded, then glanced at Beth. “And you’re putting this witness in danger by even talking to her, not to mention you and your son’s life.”
She gripped the steering wheel. “This woman is going public with her story. She’s being interviewed by a major television station next week about the murder of her brother. And yes, I want to hear what she has to say firsthand, but I also want to talk her out of doing the interview.”
I clutched my heart. “She’ll be dead so fast.”
Beth shook her head. “Exactly. So we need to convince her to shut up and cancel the interview.”
We drove for a while more and then pulled into the driveway with a tan house. The three of us walked to the front porch and I rang the doorbell. A thin woman with short, red hair in her thirties came to the door and invited us in. I took a seat on the couch and glanced around at her country theme home decor. It felt warm and inviting.
“I’m Erica,” she said, politely introducing herself.
After a few pleasantries, Erica cut to the chase. “They killed my brother and I’m going to make them pay.”
Dark circles hung under her eyes and I knew she hadn’t been sleeping well. She looked just as sad and tormented as Della and I had on that mountain top. A tear slipped down her cheek. We all
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