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physical world.
Victory
McClane is obsessed with finding Ohio’s serial killer, “The Wrapper”.
Derrick
Lynn, son of the Secretary of Defense, Victory finds Derrick has all
the right answers and is a little too helpful.
paranormal skills to eliminate targets. Determined to keep his own
secrets buried, he offers to help find The Wrapper.
world of government cover-ups, murder, and betrayal–a decision thatwill test her limits. And everything she believes in.
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Mouth’ Bullington. He didn’t want or need any specifics about the target, only who and when.
He’d learned a long time ago to keep that distance to make his job a lot easier to deal with.
Never women or children. Never a non-target—which at times took an incredible amount of
self-control. More than anyone could imagine.
Like his grandfather and father, he could move about in real-time, watching people and
events while his physical body remained asleep. The paranormal freaks called it Etheric travel.
But his real gift was psychokinesis, a gift very few in the world had. He used his mind to move
objects. It came in damn handy, turning anything and everything into a deadly weapon.
For over twenty years he’d evaded the authorities—in particular FBI Agent Victory
McClane. And he was hell-bent on keeping it that way, no matter the cost.
In the large soundproof bedroom, Derrick laid on his back in his king-size bed, looking up
at the ceiling with his hands clasped behind his head. Silk sheets covered his legs and, barely,
his groin. The only light in the room came from the eerie glow radiating from the cell phone
cradled in its charger on the nightstand next to his laptop. He glanced at the studio headshot
of Eddie Bullington filling the phone’s screen as the podcast of the man’s radio show played at
mid-volume.
“… and while it’s a bunch of bull that Republicans work to keep the Black man down…”
His eyes shifted to the bathroom doorway to his dinner companion, Alessandra, a thirty-
something runway model with long blonde hair and voguish features. She straightened her
white blouse over her black skirt then put her hoop earrings back on. Alessandra shot him a
soft smile and grabbed the silver faux-fur coat laying on the end of the bed. Before leaving she
bent and kissed him, her lips warm against his. Derrick closed his eyes as Bullington’s podcast
droned on.
“… if you think the Dems are squeaky clean then I’ve got some prime Louisiana property for you.
Those Limousine Liberals keep their boots pressed against the back of our necks, pretending to be onthe side of equality and justice…”
He inhaled and exhaled slowly a dozen times and visualized his target’s bedroom. His body
felt light, floating. Before losing consciousness, he jerked himself awake, then let himself go
under again. Deeper into a half-sleep state, he felt as if he were bobbing in a boat. As the
rocking intensified, high-pitched ringing sounded in his ears and his limbs vibrated and
buzzed like a bee’s nest. He left the physical plane, his astral body flying.
✽✽✽
Eddie Bullington stood in the shower. Steaming hot water pulsated hard against the back of
his shoulder blades. The “God Bless America” Muzak-like ringtone blasted from the phone
sitting on the counter next to the double sink. He shut the water off, stepped out of the shower
stall, and grabbed his regal-looking red and gold bathrobe from the back of the door. He
quickly slipped it on and answered the call.
“Let me guess, Sid. You want to talk about last week’s show.”
“Sure do. Ratings are down five-percent from last quarter. That’s a cause for concern.”
“Just relax, okay? Anything else or are you going to keep on complaining about the same
old thing?”
“Five percent is a big deal, Eddie.”
“Go to bed, Sid. I got this. I’ll be in a little earlier than usual for the show.” Eddie
disconnected and shook his head.
His producer, Sid Moller, was a pain on a good day. Eddie didn’t feel like dealing with the
man’s silliness. His ratings were fine. He was still the top radio host in the United States, his
shows syndicated on four continents.
With the phone clutched in his hand, he strolled barefoot into the spacious antechamber
located next to his bedroom and flopped down into the extra-wide recliner. After setting the
phone on the end table he picked up the TV remote, along with a half bag of Cheetos. He flicked
on the TV to watch the latest episode of “Tucker Carlson Tonight” and dug into the snack bag.
✽✽✽
Derrick’s eyelids fluttered. Blackness. Then a long, dark tunnel emerged and grew wider.
Sounds, natural and alien, came and went as a frantic rush of lights, faces, and places blazed
toward him. He bobbed and weaved. Images, some distinct, others not, warped and flew
toward him, through him, past him. The sounds and images intensified. Then they stopped. He
was in Bullington’s bedroom.
✽✽✽
Derrick stood behind Eddie, his naked body blurry and silhouetted in shadow. The room
was filled with over-stuffed antique furniture, gaudy gold and green patterned drapes, and a
Victorian rug in various hideous shades of red and pink. A mounted rhinoceros head glared
down at it all.
His eyes shifted to the end table, then to Eddie’s phone. He trembled. Sweat dripped from
his forehead and ran down the sides of his face. His gaze moved to the colorful ad for gold on
the TV screen while the male announcer excitedly implored viewers to act now because there
has never been a better time to buy. Derrick directed his energy at the end table drawer. It
quietly eased open. Inside was a Baby Glock. He concentrated harder, staring, focusing as much
energy as he could at the weapon.
The gun twitched. And turned. And rose from the drawer. The barrel moved within an inch
from Bullington’s right temple.
Eddie twisted his head as if sensing something was about to happen. “What the—”
An angry gunshot cracked.
Blood, bone, and brain matter splattered and sprayed across the room. Various colored
fluids and small lumps ran down the TV from a splotch at the top of the screen.
Derrick grunted. The gun traveled back to the end table and the drawer slammed shut.
✽✽✽
Derrick’s physical body and astral body snapped together like strong magnets, slamming
him back into the bed. His body jerked. Intermittent banging and dinging invaded his head.
Then the familiar headache kicked in. Like an elastic band tight around his forehead, traveling
down the base of his skull. His eyes jolted open. He stared for a long moment, disoriented,
before slowly sitting up in bed. Bullington’s podcast continued to play.
“… oh, yeah. Give them freedom then lock them up in prison cages for years. That’s all I’m saying.
Thanks for tuning in.”
Once he got his bearings, Derrick grabbed his laptop from the nightstand and opened the
lid. The brilliant screen illuminated his tense face as it booted up.
He opened a new email and typed “task completed”, encrypted the data, then tapped the
“send” button. It would only be a matter of seconds before he received confirmation that the
payment had been transferred to his account at the Panama National Bank under the name,
Miles McGrath. A million dollars. Not bad for less than two hours work including surveillance.
A soft beep. Then a message popped up on the screen.
((0400TCHCLVGHEPUOFJJHPLJO7IAJKHBG2NDLF))
With a couple of keystrokes, he ran the special decryption software he’d been given, and
within seconds the garbled message became readable.
Fee transferred. Face-to-face requested
He shut down the laptop and wondered why his contact had requested meeting in person.
His face reflected on the black screen, yet his blue eyes shone.
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