I glance around the place.It’s filled with crates of beer.Sevrin mentioned how the club founded a brewery here due to another chapter they recently visited.We walk to the back and go through three doors before we come to a stop in front of a large, tinted window.
It seems to give them options to hide things for the club as well.There’s a young woman tied to a chair, and she’s blindfolded.The power of a genie is in her eyes, it’s something my neighbor shared with me.
“Have you questioned her already?”I wonder out loud.
“Prez wanted us to wait,” Karev grunts.“Not an unusual request, ’cause it mostly works to our advantage when you lock someone up and let them stew in their own shit.Staying in a dark, silent room for hours on end...not knowing what’s going to happen next?Yeah, it fucks with the mind and makes people chatter as if they got a serious case of mouth diarrhea.”
“Thanks for the visual,” I mumble.
Levan snorts.“You’re a medical examiner, shouldn’t you have a strong stomach for bodily fluids.”
I shoot the shark shifter a glare.“Want me to give you a personal experience what bodily fluids I can stomach when I make diarrhea come out of your mouth?”
Levan jerks his chin in the direction of the window.“Save it for the genie minus the bottle.”
CHAPTER NINETEEN
–SEVRIN –
The genie in the bottle in this case isn’t exactly accurate.Asra’s daughter, who we found out is also named Asra, has the ability to grant humans one wish.When the human’s wish is granted, they get five years to live their life before they die.The genie gains the rest of the human’s would-be life years added.It’s the way they maintain their mortality and youth.
Well, they have a maximum of a century or two.Then they pick a human to get pregnant.When their child is an adult, their powers are transferred to them and the mother will become human and will die a normal death.
Since Asra’s mother was killed, her powers were instantly transferred to her daughter, probably jumpstarting her growth into an adult.With the guidance of Cassius she could have developed and learned to use her powers, gaining strength with each wish.
“Do you want to go in?”I ask Fosca, giving her the choice of watching through the window or being a part of putting pressure on the genie to get some answers.
Fosca waves her hand.“You guys do what you do.I’ll stay here and watch.”
“Shock,” I rumble our enforcer’s name and he steps forward.
Levan is still eying my old lady.“Why only watch?I’m sure as a medical examiner you know exactly how to inflict pain.”
“True.I’m sure I’d make it last longer instead of you chomping on limbs.Are you able to restrain yourself once you scent blood?”Fosca sends him a sugary sweet smile.
“Levan, inside.Now,” I snap, not liking the tension between those two.
