Son of Cerberus (The Unusual Operations Division Book 2) Read Online Free PDF Page B

long and you haven’t copied one thing down thus far. I’d love it if you could get your head in the game this morning and stop worrying about what your girlfriend is doing.”
    The lights were dim and the overhead concave monitors stretching between the ceiling and the walls were lit. He hadn’t even noticed the change in the room, daydreaming like he had been.
    “I’m sorry,” Marcus said, rubbing his eyes with the backs of his hands. “I just have a lot going on right now.”
    “Don’t we all,” chided Gregory. “I think you’ll want to hear what our next case is about. It’s right up our alley.”
    “Julie proposed to me last night,” Marcus blurted out. He didn’t mind that everyone knew his business, and he knew that this would garner some sympathy from the others. Maybe it would get him some forgiveness for spacing out, too.
    The universal reaction was shock and a collective grunt of sympathy. Gregory went so far as to giggle audibly. Everyone that knew Marcus knew the story of his dead wife. They also knew of his deep apprehension when it came to new commitments. He had dedicated so much of his life to the job. He had been questioned numerous times as to how he had any time for her as it was.
    “Eww,” Phillip said as he scooted the glasses down his nose a little bit and regarded Marcus with bloodshot eyes. “Sorry, brother. Sounds like a painful ending to a great relationship.”
    “Shut up, Phillip,” Brenda said. She had optimism in her voice and Marcus could hear it. “That’s great news. I think you two are awesome together. You’re always smiling when you come in after a night with her. Why wouldn’t you want to marry the perfect woman? I think it’s great news.”
    “It’s definitely news,” Marcus stated. “I don’t know whether it’s good or bad.”
    “I say go for it,” Gregory said, astounding everyone in the room by jumping into the conversation. “She holds you up when you’re down, she understands when you leave, and she leaves cute little marks all over your neck and face for which we are all grateful.”
    “Unfortunately this is neither the place nor the time to be talking about this.”
    The air in the room changed palpably.
    “Police responded to a report that an unidentified yacht came crashing into a port in New Jersey last night around two or three in the morning. Generally this wouldn’t be the type of news that would interest us, I know, but it gets better and better. The first man reporting to the scene was a security guard. He boarded the pleasure yacht to figure out why it decided to power up a shipping lane and into a port.
    “The surveillance manager reports seeing his security guard jump on board before losing communications altogether. Unfortunately, other than the fact that the security guard boarded the boat, all we know is that he also left. The surveillance manager said he saw his security guard do a swan dive into the icy waters of a New Jersey inlet. The Coast Guard found his body this morning in some weeds on the opposite side.
    “The time stamp is on one of the videos we’re going to watch. It just so happens there was some disturbances to communication networks up the coast near where this incident occurred.”
    “Strange,” Marcus said quietly. “What else?”
    “Aboard, police found a woman,” Gregory continued. “Along with the one survivor, there were six dead bodies. No one has been able to retrieve the bodies because everyone who gets too close experience some pretty horrifying side effects. We do, however, have some photographs of what we can expect to see.”
    No one had anything to say as a picture of the crime scene flashed across the wireless network and simultaneously appeared on all the screens. The scene was one that would turn a normal man’s stomach, but the UOD operatives studied it like something from a textbook. Were there any clues present they would surely not escape the gaze of the team, Brenda most of