In His Power (Beyond Darkness, #1) Read Online Free Page A

provided enough answers for them, and they promised to be back. Victor was just grateful Detective Gates hadn’t come along. He was in his study when the there was a light knock on the door.
    ‘Come in, Bradley.’
    Bradley stepped in carrying a box full of discs and a folder.
    ‘I take it all the footage is here?’
    ‘Yes, the police have some, but not all the footage.’
    ‘That’s great. Did you get the information on the victim?’
    ‘It’s all in the folder.’ He lifted the brown folder from the box and handed it to him.
    Victor opened the file. The picture on the front of the folder took his breath away.
    ‘My god,’ he uttered.
    ‘I know.’
    ‘She’s so beautiful.’ He’d never felt this instant attraction to anyone that fast. The feeling had made him keener than before to pursue this. ‘She’s important now.’
    Bradley smiled mildly.
    ‘What, you think I can’t love someone in an instant?’
    ‘My lips are sealed.’
    ‘You can fall in love with a flower for its beauty,’ he said. ‘This woman is a beautiful flower. I must help her.’ The shift in his heart was undeniable. ‘What are the police saying, have any idea?’
    ‘They’re not having any luck, and London, the mother of the child, isn’t saying anything.’
    Victor rubbed his chin, his eyes not leaving the beautiful picture. ‘Has anyone else seen the footage?’
    ‘No.’
    ‘I will have a look at it and see if I can spot anything odd. But I’d like you to get hold of our IT expert to have a detailed look. He might see something we don’t.’
    ‘Yes, will do.’
    ‘Thanks for this Bradley. I’ll call you as soon as I find something. We’ll take everything from there.’
    Bradley nodded and left Victor. Victor sat back into the large leather chair and sighed. He would have to pull all the resources he had, to find this child. He lifted the folder and studied London’s picture. His eyes trailed down her oval face, he was sucked into her beautiful eyes and he loved her long dark locks. She had the smoothest caramel skin he’d ever seen. In the picture, her cheeks had hint of blush that enhanced her cheekbones.
    ‘Such beauty. Why did they do this to you?’ he had to ask. He studied the picture of the little girl. She had golden blonde curly locks with green eyes. She was beautiful.  He rubbed his chin and continued to study the pictures of both London and Paige.
    ‘Where are they taking you?’ He picked up the data stick that had all the records of the park on that day.
    He took time to study the images. He took a while to finally spot London and Paige. They’d been on a few rides, fed the animals and taken photos with some of the characters. He took time to really study the images. He rewound, fast forwarded and sometimes just paused. Then after a while something caught his eye. He rewound to the merry-go-round ride. He leaned in a little closer and zoomed in the picture. A moment later he clicked on the second photo of London and Paige feeding the animals. Next he clicked on the image of London and Paige taking photos with the Disney characters. There was one common denominator in all of them!
    He sat back and took it all in. There was a clue, a starting point, and he knew just what he would do. After a moment he picked up the phone and called Bradley.
    ‘I have something,’ he said. ‘We need to talk and set up a plan of action.’
    ‘When do you need me?’
    ‘As soon as you can get here. The sooner we make a plan, the better. I think I have an idea of what is going on.’
    ‘Okay, I’ll be there within the next hour.’
    ‘Perfect. We’ll talk then.
    ****
    I t had been over twenty-four hours and the police had come up with nothing. They were chasing a ghost. The images from the park hadn’t done anything, and Detective Gates was loosing hope minute by minute. He wanted so much to make things right for London. There was something so vulnerable about her he wanted to protect, and make things okay. He