Immortal Coil: A Novel (Immortal Trilogy Book 1) by James McNally Read Free Book Online

offender’s aura would be red. 
    How many times had these men used just this type of van to abduct their victims? She thought. Now they were going to get a taste of what it’s like to be thrown into the back of one.
    She drove to the alley where she knew the first of her three targets would be loitering. She parked the van midway between the alley entrances, and then waited until she spotted him coming from the south. His aura was the right amount of red to tell her she had the right guy. She always imagined that their auras were filling up with their victims’ blood.
    She slipped out of the driver’s seat and hid until her target walked by. He shuffled through the alley on the other side of the van. Her heart raced as she realized she would have to act, or lose the opportunity do what she planned. She took a deep breath and stepped away from the van. He didn’t notice her at first, so she scuffed her feet to attract his attention. When he turned, he locked eyes with her. She acted scared but, in truth, it wasn’t an act. She started to have second thoughts about her plan. But it was too late to turn back now. She could sense him approaching her from behind just as she reached the back door of the van. When he attempted to grab her, Maggie swiveled on her heel and hit him with the stun gun she had purchased off the internet, initially to use on Grover. As the 1200 volts hit this man, he toppled. She quickly tied his wrists together with a length of nylon rope using a square knot. First she wrapped the rope around, and then between the wrists. The more her victim would struggle the tighter the knot would bind. She used nylon because it was soft but strong. As long as he didn’t struggle too much he would be fine. She tied his legs the same way. She bound his mouth with duct tape to avoid anyone from hearing him scream. She lifted him into the van. In his stunned state he could do little to resist. She returned him to the house using the back door that opened directly into the cellar. She walked him to the panic room, and at the sight of the stun gun he gladly obeyed. She locked him in using the key pad on the wall.
    Her second target was taken down the same way. She returned him to the panic room as well, and saw she was still doing fine. David still had not returned.
    Her third target was not alone, which complicated things. She made sure he caught sight of her, and then smiled inwardly when he dismissed himself from his group to seek her out. She led him back to the van. She needed privacy, so she would have to lure him into the van before she made her move. She was nervous being so close to such a dangerous predator in the confines of the van’s interior but she had no choice.
    “Hey there, Doll,” he said as he climbed into the van.
    What a dumbass , she thought. She pulled the stun gun and hit him in the chest. The man instinctively protected himself, and knocked it out of her hand before it could incapacitate him. He recovered quickly and struggled to get out of the van. She scrambled for the stun gun and went at him again.
    “What the hell, stupid bitch.” Spittle flew from his mouth. He knocked the gun from her grasp again. He drooled because enough of the volts had hit him to make his mouth go numb, as well as his hands, which caused him to have trouble opening the sliding door. She didn’t have time to retrieve the stunner again so instead she picked up the tire iron that had been lying on a grease-stained blanket and hit him as hard as she could in the back of the head, low and near the neck. She didn’t want to kill him, merely prevent him from moving for a few seconds. Her plan was effective. He dropped to the floor of the van just as he had managed to get the door open. As he fell away from the door, she peered out to see if anyone had heard the struggle. No one was approaching so she closed the door and positioned him where she could tie him up comfortably. She allowed herself a moment to catch her