Blood Demons. Richard Jeffries

said they are, Professor Rahal,” Lancaster replied in a voice that was as calm as still water and as hard as graphene. “But until we know what happened to that child, and that man, we live with the motto ‘better safe than sorry.’” He pointed directly as her, but not unkindly. “It is your job to find out what has happened, and what is happening, to that poor girl.” He motioned to the others. “It is their job to stop it from happening to anyone else.”

      The seven core members of Cerberus stood silently, looking at each other. Then Eshe Rahal fell to one knee and, in a long-delayed release, started to sob.