Page 42 of Reverence
“Forensics have already processed the scene. They’ll be removing the body shortly.”
Ares crouched beside the victim and carefully lowered the zipper of the body bag, exposing his face.
My breath caught and my eyes widened.
“Eric.”
Ares immediately looked at me.
“We interrogated him a few hours ago,” I whispered, unable to tear my eyes away from the body. “And now he’s dead?”
My blood ran cold. I straightened, instinctively scanning the surrounding streets. Left. Right. Across the road. The alleyway beside the store.
This wasn’t a coincidence. Someone killed him.
Cold-blooded murder.
A warning, or perhaps an attempt to erase a loose end.
Ares’s jaw clenched as he reached for his phone.
“Call Braun.” I looked at him as his expression hardened. “This is definitely connected to Dominion.”
ARES
Amala’s maroon and gold Van Cleef bracelet currently hid underneath my jacket sleeve, wrapped tightly around my forearm.
Should I have divulged that information to her?
Perhaps.
Before leaving the hotel room on our last day, I spotted it lying on the ground beside the bed but by then, Amala already left.
Initially I intended to return it to her but now for some reason I wanted to hold onto it a little longer.
Apparently the flimsy piece of jewellery cost quite a penny so I wanted to make her sweat.
Keep her blood pressure rising.
Though it seemed like my plan worked against me because the weight of the item dragged me down, burning my skin.
I entered the bullpen, nodding at the other agents and analysts as I passed by and came to a standstill next to Nicolas.
“You’re late.” He muttered, slowly turning to look at me. “You should tell your conquests that you’re only available some weekends.”
Nicolas wasn’t in the office yet when Amala and I were sent downtown but I didn’t feel the need to explain myself, so with a straight face I looked at him before answering.
“I haven’t gotten my dick wet in years if that’s what you’re insinuating.”
I deadpanned.
He laughed and shook his head. “I don’t believe that.”
The bullpen buzzed with chatter, phones ringing, endless typing, and of course Asher’s voice slicing through the air with Stephanie right behind him.
“Alright people listen up.” He clicked a button on the remote in his hand, an array of information popping up on the screens in front of us. “We’re all aware of the incident that happened two nights ago. This headquarter is currently being closely monitored to prevent any possible threats.”
Stephanie stepped forward, pushing her glasses back. “Our suspect, Eric, who mentioned Dominion, was found dead this morning which surely is no coincidence.”
