Emergence (Fox Meridian Book 5) by Niall Teasdale Page B

Head,” so he’s basically a minotaur.’
    ‘There is considerable stylistic similarity between this and the LifeWeb posts we have from Miss Sakura’s page,’ Kit said. ‘I would estimate a ninety per cent probability that this is the same person.’
    ‘Did you get those mails from Misaki yet?’
    ‘I did, yes, and those have a different nature. This is part of the uncertainty. I believe that a progression will be more obvious when we have the messages sent via IMC.’
    Fox nodded. ‘So the one we have for Adamshi was early, and then she was murdered before he could escalate. Good catch, Helen.’
    ‘I’m not sure where it gets us,’ Helen said. ‘More information, I guess. This may not be the first time he’s done this. I take it these latest emails are nastier, Kit?’
    ‘They are more assertive,’ Kit said. ‘Minotaur is exhibiting a possessive attitude, claiming he is Miss Sakura’s only true fan, that they should meet, etcetera. I believe the element which may be worrying Miss Sakura is that Minotaur specifically mentions Miss Iberson, and in increasingly unflattering terms.’
    Fox gave a grunt of displeasure. ‘I’ll go through those emails with you. I’d also like you to do a long-term scan for any other cases of harassment which could be related to this Minotaur. If he’s done it twice, there may be more, as Helen said. Contact Ryan, tell him Iberson could be a target as well as Sakura. Helen, I’m going to get you to take this off my hands on Monday, if anything needs doing, obviously. Kit will liaise with you.’
    Helen’s avatar grinned. ‘Oh, you’ve got the big start-up thing going on Monday, right?’
    ‘If you keep grinning like that, I’ll post you to the Moon or something.’
    ‘Nah, I’m safe. You wouldn’t do that to Terri. Anyway, you’ll do fine. You shake some hands and do another party in the evening, and you’re getting a free trip to see your parents out of it.’
    ‘I hate politics, Helen.’
    ‘This is more… schmoosing.’
    ‘I don’t think I appreciate the difference.’
    ‘Uh… Schmoosing has better dresses.’
    Topeka Agri-Zone, Kansas Belt, 10 th January.
    Instead of an old box van, Fox was being picked up from the airport in a limo. She would have preferred the van, but at least her father was still meeting her, along with Ray Rogers. And the car was warm, which was not something you could claim for the outside air.
    ‘Mom complains about New York,’ Fox commented as they drove north, ‘but this place boils in the summer and freezes in the winter.’
    ‘We actually got a couple of inches of snow over Christmas,’ Jonathan Meridian said, smiling. ‘Not as much as you had in Toronto, but enough to make the back yard look pretty.’
    ‘Nothing in New York. I’m just glad I remembered it got cooler and put on some hose. What’s the plan for today?’
    ‘We’re meeting your mother and a few other locals at the new office,’ Rogers said. ‘I figured you’d want to see it, and it’s as good a place as any to meet up. We’ve got the local NAPA captain meeting us there too. He’s announced he’s retiring in the summer when the new regulations take full force, so he’s got no axe to grind about any of this.’
    Fox nodded. ‘I got that memo.’
    ‘Right. Then we’re heading over to the Watch centre.’
    ‘It’s not completed yet,’ Jonathan said, ‘but we’re aiming to do all the training there and we have managed to get enough done to make it worth a quick tour. Your people are hitting the ground running, I think. They were aiming to have all the registration work handled before we got there and classes started.’
    ‘Ryan’s people rather than mine,’ Fox said, ‘but he’s up in New England where we’re taking over the policing completely in several areas.’
    ‘I still think our model’s better, but I guess we’ll see how it all works out. Rumour came through saying that Wayden were… less than pleased about the way the