The Mistress
I asked, my voice trembling.
Aris held a small, handheld monitor over the fabric. The device let out a low, ominous hum, the light turning a sickly, pulsing amber. “I knew it. Organophosphates. Specifically, a delayed-release derivative used in high-end pesticide. It’s colorless, odorless, and highly volatile once exposed to oxygen.”
“What does it do?” Zander asked, his voice dropping to that terrifying, low vibration that usually preceded a massacre.