Mystery's Choice (Vengeance Of The Fallen Book 1) by Tanya Simon Read Free Book Online Page B

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    “Daniel, are we doing the right thing?”  Abigail asked her husband.
     
    “Yes. Abby, there are plenty of people who would voluntarily give their lives to the Master. We can’t let them keep killing children, who have to be brainwashed into dying for him, it will bring too much attention to the Roodmasi!”  He took Abigail in his arms. “These are girls who will be missed, who have parents waiting for them, when they disappear, there are press conferences. We are doing the only thing we can do. We are doing what the Shivana would do, if not for Cain.”
     
    Abigail sighed and stepped from her husband’s arms, she bent and fixed Kim’s limbs more comfortably in the trunk. She sighed as she closed and locked the lid.
     
    “We must be careful my love.”  She went and checked the hall. Finding it clear, she stepped back and pushed the door all the way open. When Daniel had carried the trunk out, she closed and locked the door.
     
    Abigail watched as Daniel carried the trunk out into the night and loaded it in the back of their mini-van. When he beckoned her forth, they both climbed into the van and drove to the gate, stopping when they saw the guard.
     
    “Manuel, you aren’t supposed to be here.”  Daniel said as he stopped beside the guard. “Now your part in this will be known.”
     
    “Cain’s madness must be stopped. I stand with you proudly.”  He grasped the pendant hanging around his neck, “And freely. I know the risks, my friend.”  He opened the gate. “Now get the child home before she is missed.”
     
    “Goodbye, old friend. May Satan guide your steps always,” Daniel said as he drove through the gate.
     
    “And yours, my friend.” The guard closed the gate.
     
    He did not notice the glowing blue eyes watching from the shadows.
     
     
     
     
     
    Raevanne paced furiously across her chamber floor. She could not believe the sheer audacity, which the men standing in front of her had shown. Imagine, thinking they could release a gift and live! Her temper bubbled over when she thought of Kim Owens with her knowledge of the Roodmasi, being free. She understood Cain had allowed the escape to happen because the rebels within their number must be outed and destroyed. However, the attitude of the two in front of her irritated her.
     
    “Daniel, you can spare yourself some pain if you tell me who else was in on this insane scheme,” she said through gritted teeth. “Give us the rebels and we will allow your Abigail to live. Either way your life is forfeit. All that remains is for you to decide how painful the death is and whether or not Abigail will follow you.”  She glared at him, her emerald eyes beginning to glow.
     
    Daniel looked at the man standing beside him and thought of the others who believed as he did. He wondered if he could give them to the Shivana to save his Abigail. Tears streamed down his face as he realized he already had. He looked up at Raevanne and knew from her smile she had plucked the information from his mind.
     
    “Manuel go with Malcolm.”  Raevanne said to the man standing beside Daniel. She walked over and stroked the glistening muscles of her bodyguard, “Your were not the leader of our little rebellion, and you and your training as a Roodmasi Red Guard are too valuable to lose, so Malcolm will mete out your punishment and begin your re-conditioning.”
     
    Manuel walked to the door and looked back at Daniel, “Goodbye, old friend.”  Manuel walked out the door before Daniel responded.
     
    Daniel hung his head, “Goodbye.”
     
    “How touching.”  Raevanne walked to the antique desk against the wall. “You have not only disobeyed your Shivana, you have defied the Master in defying Cain.”  She walked toward him, a dagger gleaming in her dainty hands. “And to make matters worse,” Raevanne took a deep breath and tried to control her rage, “You have known where my child is all this time and you did not tell me!   That