Free Fall of kNight by T. L. Mitchell Page B

desire in me. Daniel was right. Richard was dangerous. I didn‟t know how much more I could take of him. If he had wanted to, he could have bit me, or even worse, raped me. I laughed lightly to myself. Richard was not that kind of vampire. But he still had fangs and he seduced me. What else could he do? I was helpless under his control!
    The front door opened as an excited Daniel barreled into the house. The stack of papers he carried in his arms told me he had found something. Weakly, I stood to my feet.
    “Did you find anything?” I already knew the answer as he made his way to the kitchen.
    “Yes!” he called back excitedly.
    I was glad he was not within eye‟s view, I stumbled a couple of times before I managed to get a grip on my mobility. Moving slowly, I made it to the kitchen where Daniel had laid out several small stacks of papers.
    “What did you find?” I asked moving closer to the table.
    “It turns out, Dr. Miller had quite a research theory. I found a couple of files in the deleted section of his computer. These files are the blueprints to how he created the vaccine he was planning to sell to the Department of Defense. The Interior Office called CalCom was the DOD‟s code. It seems that Brendan was a volunteer.”
    “But I thought that Dr. Miller saved his life and…”
    “No. Just saving Brendan‟s life was not all there was to it. I guess Brendan did not have much of a choice. Dr. Miller introduced him to the project. He set up a series of injections. It turns out that somehow with these injections, he kept Brendan from turning into a werewolf. Apparently Dr. Miller‟s research was not complete, because he could not figure out how to change back the men he already turned into werewolves.”
    “What do you mean Daniel? You‟re babbling.”
    “Julie, what I am trying to tell you is, once Dr. Miller turned someone into a werewolf, he could not figure out how to reverse the process. Even with the Lycan venom, he could not reverse it. What Miller did find out was that the Lycan venom could prevent the human from turning into a werewolf with the added bonus of regeneration.
    This is why he was so amped to sell it to the D.O.D.
    “According to what I have found, Brendan was in a group of ten volunteers. All of the volunteers successfully made the DNA modification change. My concern is, since Miller is gone, how are they obtaining the injections?”
    I shifted slightly and braced myself against the doorframe. “Who manufactured the vaccine?” I added, frowning to myself as I tried to gain more control.
    Daniel looked up from the papers to see my troubled look. “Julie? Are you okay?”
    I nodded. It didn‟t do any good to lie to him. Instantly I could feel his thoughts as they swept over me. He was searching mine, looking for some explanation as to my wooziness. With every ounce of strength I had in me, I blocked my thoughts. Daniel frowned slightly.
    “Well,” his attention went back to his papers. “CalCom is the manufacturer, and it seems that it is still in the experimental stage. From the looks of it, CalCom is privately owned, but somehow connected with the D.O.D.”
    “So what now? I mean, are you going to contact them? How do we find out if they‟ve mass marketed this vaccine?”
    “They have not, at least not yet. I already called Dad, and gave him the details. He has his contacts. Right now the only thing we have to do is find CalCom, or worse yet, Brendan, and see if we can‟t put a stop to all this before it‟s too late. If these guys find out exactly what will happen when they stop taking this vaccine, who knows what the DOD
    will do.”
    “Daniel, they are always looking for ways to make better soldiers. Have you ever considered the possibility that they already know what they are dealing with? I mean, think about it, a team of super soldiers. They would be something new in warfare,” I added as I moved toward the table.
    Daniel raised his head and eyed me carefully. He