THIRTY-SEVEN
Rona enjoyed the stressed expression on the former Brimfield Ward captain’s face as the freaks barrelled down the street toward them. She fingered the gas canister attached to her belt and stepped in front of Jackson Kyle. She still wasn’t sure she believed his story that Karline had taken her own life. While she didn’t doubt Marcus Callaghan was capable of committing black deeds, the idea he had abused Karline so much that death was preferable didn’t seem real.
Still, what to do with Jackson and the half-breed was a matter to be decided at another time. For now, she would show them she was the one with all the power here.
‘I’ll take care of them,’ she said as she unclipped the canister and held it up.
Understanding dawned in Jackson’s expression as the first freak launche
