Page 84 (1/2)

“Not sure I can, Joe The Dragon Lady wasn’t a real person”

Zavala turned and looked at Austin as if his friend had lost his marbles

“I’ot his brain bashed around,” Zavala said “She looks pretty real to me”

“Me too, Joe, but the Dragon Lady was a character in a comic strip Terry and the PiratesStereotypical femme fatale My father used to read it totrouble Damn What was her name?”

The woman’s lips parted in a smile

“My name is Lai Choi San,” she said in a voice that would have been seductive it if hadn’t been drained of all emotion “Bravo, Mr Austin Few people know I even have another na”

“I wish I could say the saood friends, maybe you’d like to tell us why you invited us here”

He could hardly believe he was talking to a coer Rabbit

“For a st

art, I want you to tell me the whereabouts of Dr Kane,” she said

Austin shrugged

“Kane is under government protective custody I can’t tell you where they are holding hi to kill him”

“Really?” she purred “Who would want to do that to the brilliant doctor?”

“The sa a vaccine from the medusa toxin”

The woave hiloith anger Austin passed it off as a manipulation