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“No, but I’m afraid we do have trouble”

“The king knows you are hiding me?”

“No Our human CIA contact, Mr H is dead”

“The man who found out about Project Sabertooth?”

“Yes”

“What happened?”

“One of our agents went to check on him after he failed to meet him at the usual rendezvous spot He found Mr H dead in bed A snake bite on his throat Sound familiar?”

“Yes Ken the venomous snake man’s MO”

“Our medic performed an autopsy The toxin was that of a taipan snake, normally found in Australia and some zoos”

“And in Ken’s serpentarium The taipan is his preferred weapon because it causes swift death”

“Do you know anything more about Ken, like his last name or any other pertinent information?”

“He is about forty-years old, bald with a cobra tattoo on his right arers on his left hand Snake bite Unfortunately, I don’t know his last name or even if he has or ever had a family”

Rylee sighed “That’s a start”

“I’m sorry about Mr H Was he a close friend?”

“Yes He took over for his father, the third Mr H to ith us H stands for human Not very creative, but they’ve kept their secret service to our kind in the family”