Chapter 63. Marked.

POV. Alec Tassara.

After Mathias’ interrogation with Eric, we were totally intrigued by what happened. We both looked at each other, knowing nothing at all. Immediately, we heard screams coming from the continuous cells. We went out to check on the prisoners when what we saw left us completely speechless. They are all dead, the same way Mathias died.

Eric enters two of the cells and I enter the third and we see that none of the men have a pulse. “Shit!” That’s all I can manage to yell. Completely frustrated. I leave the cell and my eyes meet Eric’s. He sighs and says, “What the fuck is going on, Alec? It cannot be that four people die simultaneously, with seizures. These smells bad.”

I examine him, and I agree with his thinking. It is impossible for four men, notoriously in good health, to fall to the ground dead simultaneously. I nod and tell him. “You’re right. Someone has planned this in advance. It is impossible for four obviously healthy men to fall to the ground, dead. There’s