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is still searching for all the parts. The bomb is not finished as yet, so we have time yet. I’m also tracking the people he talked to. Maybe we could find a new lead there.”
    So much for good news. “Right.” She sighed.” She had hoped for better, but Bryce had given her more than all her assistants put together so that was something to be grateful for. It wasn’t his fault that Ra’ad was extremely elusive and clever. He didn’t leave any gaps which they could take advantage of. “You’ve done a good job. Let’s hope he calls again. I don’t think we can go blindly into the forest and hope to catch him napping under the shade of a tree.”
      “No, indeed we can’t,” he said in a voice that contained a tone she couldn’t identify.
    She glanced at Bryce and was surprised to find him staring at her.  “What?”
    “Did you notice the time lag between the two calls?” He tapped his pen on another paper which showed a graph.
    Shannon cocked her head. “Two minutes apart. So what?”
    He raised an eyebrow. “Isn’t it humanly impossible to be in two different places that are ten kilometers apart within a time span of a hundred and twenty seconds?”
    “So what are you saying? One of them wasn’t him.”
    “No. That was him. I’ve matched the two voice patterns against the recording of his voice that was in army’s database. There is no doubt that it was him.”
    “So maybe he used a vehicle?”
    “In that forest? And which vehicle takes that less a time. He was traveling as fast a car on a high speed lane.”
    She crossed her arms. “What are you suggesting? Was he on a helicopter?”
    “He was on the ground, running.”
    “Have you lost your mind, Bryce?” Shannon moved away to pace the room. “Is the stress of the job finally getting to you? Do you need a break?” She kept her tone deliberately mocking to throw him off that trail, but he was like a blood hound that had smelled his prey.
    Bryce stood. “There is only explanation for his unnatural speed.”
    “What? That he is superman?” she said with a sardonic lilt to her voice.
    Bryce pressed another button on his computer and a video began to play. “This is a recording of him taken two years ago at Iraq’s airport. See here.” He put his finger on Ra’ad as he strode out of the terminal. “Look at him closely. He is casting no shadow.” Bryce pressed another button and the screen froze at that particular point.
    Anxious as she was by his observations, Shannon tried to gloss over the facts. “It’s probably a trick of the light. In any case, how is that relevant to anything? Don’t waste your time on matters that won’t help us catch him.” She turned dismissively. “When you find something useful, call me. I’m going out again.”
    “Wait, Shannon.” There was a note of authority in his voice that hadn’t been there before. “Look at Ra’ad here and then see this image that was taken five years ago.” With another click on the keyboard, he brought out another picture. “He hasn’t aged at all. I bet if I see his picture from ten years ago, I would find him looking the same.”
    “Alright. So he’s got good skin or an amazing plastic surgeon.”
    “I don’t think that is the case. Did you hear about some strange incidences about the first gulf war in which Ra’ad participated as an Iraqi soldier? A few of our men were found dead, drained of all blood, in the desert. I’ve got copies of the reports.”
    Shannon resisted the urge to gnash her teeth. She didn’t like where this was going. “I’ve no idea what you’re talking about.”
    “I’ll tell. Have you ever heard of a particular kind of vampire called Al’Feratu? It’s said these vampires are able to walk in the sun but they never cast shadows.”
    Shannon raised an eyebrow. “Have you lost your mind, Bryce? Vampires? I didn’t hire you to write fairy tales.” She walked away. Damn it! He was too smart for his own good.
    As she reached the