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Kathy Reichs - Virals

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Table of Contents This book is dedicated to the good people and dogs of - photo 1
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This book is dedicated to the good people and dogs of Charleston Thanks for - photo 2
This book is dedicated to the good people and dogs of Charleston.
Thanks for welcoming me to the neighborhood!
PROLOGUE A gunshot is the loudest sound in the universe Especially if the - photo 3
PROLOGUE A gunshot is the loudest sound in the universe Especially if the - photo 4
PROLOGUE
A gunshot is the loudest sound in the universe.
Especially if the bullet is coming at you.
Crack! Crack!
Bullets slashed the forest canopy. Overhead, monkeys screeched and scattered.
Down below, I ran.
Heedless, legs hammering, I pounded through the undergrowth. Mind blank. Terrified.
Find the path!
Shapes zoomed by in the black. Trees. Bushes. Startled creatures. Gun-toting killers? I couldnt tell. Heart thumping, I barreled forward in a dead sprint. Blind.
A root snagged my foot and down I went. Pain detonated in my leg.
Get up! Get up! Get up!
Something large zipped past in the darkness. I froze.
Ben?!?!
No reply. Sudden stillness.
Waiting here means death. Move!
Scrambling to my feet, I bolted into the night.
Was Hi up ahead? Shelton had gone left, darting into the foliage.
Please be Ben that ran by me!
We hadnt had a plan. Why would we? No one knew we were here, or what we were doing.
Who the hell is trying to shoot me?
Exhausted, I gulped air.
Later, after the change, I could have run forever. Fast. Tireless. My perfect vision piercing the nights shadows. Not gasping, lost in the shapeless dark.
These thugs wouldnt have stood a chance, whoever they were. Not with our powers unleashed. My pack would have savaged them. Planned without speaking a word. Stalked them like they were kittens. Then taken out the trash.
But not that night. I was in trouble. Fading. Scared shitless.
So I ran. Hard. Branches clawed my limbs and ripped my skin. Finally, I hit open space.
The beach! I was close.
A voice hissed from the void.
Tory! Over here!
Shelton.
Thank God.
In the starlight, I could just make out the boat. Vaulting the railing, I dropped into the bow and turned to scan the shoreline. Clear. For the moment.
Wheres Hi? Ben? I whispered, panting, sweat-drenched. I was definitely on tilt.
Im here. Ben eased from the darkness. A quick bound and he was in, sliding behind the controls. Keys in hand, he paused, afraid to turn the engine. Afraid not to.
Hi was still out there.
We sat, tensed, waiting. My courage leaked from my shoes.
Come on, Hi. Show. Please, oh please, oh please, oh please...
PART ONE:
ISLANDS
CHAPTER 1
The whole thing started with a dog tag. Well, a monkey with a dog tag. Take your pick. I should have known it would be trouble. Should have sensed it. But I wasnt as perceptive then. I hadnt evolved. Yet.
Wait.
Im getting ahead of myself.
It was a typical Saturday morning at home, though my home is anything but typical. Its uniquebizarre even. Which means I fit right in.
There are lots of interesting things about where I live, if you like the outdoors as much as I do. Not a nature lover? You might find my hood a bit... out of touch.
Because I live on a deserted island. Well, a pretty empty one, anyway.
Morris Island. My home away from normal homes. The end of the line. Nowheresville. The back-ass of Charleston. Its not so bad, if you arent prone to loneliness. Which I am, but whatever. Ive come to appreciate the legroom.
Morris isnt imposing, as islands go, only four square miles. The northern half is an unremarkable strip of rolling, sandy hillocks. Then, in the middle, sand hills rise thirty-to-forty feet, marching south as the island widens. The western reach consists of dense marshland bordered by shallow tidal bays. To the east, the boundless Atlantic Ocean.
Dunes, swamps, beaches. And quiet. Plenty of quiet.
Only two modern structures exist on our teeny little landmass. One is the complex in which I live; the other is a road. The road. Our only connector to the outside world. Its a one-lane, unmarked, narrow strip of pavement that winds south through dunes and marshes before leaving Morris and crossing Lighthouse Creek to Rat Island. Eventually the blacktop meets the highway at Folly Beach, then passes Goat Island on the way into the city.
Rat. Goat. Folly. Youll have to ask the Charleston Historical Society who picked such delightful names. There are dozens more.
It was all new to me. The year before, Id never been south of Pennsylvania. Then I crashed into my dads life.
About my roommate...
Christopher Kit Howard is my father. Kit and I have known that fact for exactly six months. Thats when I moved to South Carolina to live with him.
I had no choice, after what happened to Mom.
After the accident.
Im not sure why, but Mom never told Kit about me. He had no idea he was a father. Had been one, in fact, for the last fourteen years.
Kits still not over the shock. I see it on his face every now and then. Hell wake from a nap, or come up for air after a long stretch of work, and literally jump when he notices me. I see it register: Thats my daughter. I have a daughter who is fourteen and lives with me. Im her father.
Same shock for me, Pops. Im working through it, too.
How do I describe my newfound dad? Kit is thirty-one, a marine biologist and research professor at the institute on Loggerhead. A workaholic.
Hes also a clueless parent.
Maybe its all too newyou know, the astonishment of learning you have a half-grown kid. Or maybe Kit remembers his own wild youth. In any case, he has no idea what to do with me. One day he chats me up like one of his buddies, and the next he treats me like a child.
To be honest, I own my share of the blame for things being sticky. Im no saint. And Im just as lost about having a father.
So here we are. Together. Smack dab in the middle of nowhere.
That day, I was classifying seashells by species. Corny? Maybe. But Im a science nut. I live for figuring things out, finding answers. Mom always joked that it was hard raising a kid who was smarter than most college professors.
My take? I just do what I do.
Piles of shells littered the kitchen table. Sundials. Sharks Eyes. Turkey Wings. Recently cleaned and buffed, they gleamed in the early morning sunlight.
I removed a new specimen from the bucket at my feet, making sure not to dribble bleach-water onto my clothes. It was a Scotch Bonnet, easily recognizable: white, egg-shaped, with red and brown spots circling its grooved outer surface. Pleased with the rare find, I set it aside to dry.
Reach. Pull.
My next draw was a mystery. Ark? Cockle? Both clams are abundant on the South Carolina coast.
Despite having soaked in bleach for almost two hours, the shells exterior was covered with caked-on debris. Barnacles and encrusted silt obscured all detail.
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