Dark Faïz ( Book 1 ) [ COMPLETED]

Chapters 3-10

FAÏZ

Zorrick and Belize were sitting in the living room when Karl Barthey entered Faïz's loft. The serious look on his face was bad news. Faïz, leaning against the bay window, watched the inspector move into the middle of the room and position himself right next to him. For a moment he observed Los Angeles, immersed at the beginning of the evening, lit by the city's lights.

— "Have you found the Maestro's trail?"

The inspector asked this question while turning his head towards Faïz, whose eyes had suddenly darkened. He wanted to observe every expression on his face, thus assessing the degree of danger, but Faïz was looking into the void with an impenetrable air.

— "He remains untraceable." This last was said in a calm voice. Far too calm.

— "Then why did you ask me to come tonight? We were supposed to meet at the end of the week."

— "The trail we were following took us to the docks of San Pedro."

Faïz paused. What he feared most horrified him deep inside. Was Barthey going to understand what he was about to tell him? He finally looked him in the eye and continued.

— "The door has opened on our world. Gally, his black dog, has managed to escape the world of darkness. The bodies of civilians found in the port leave no doubt. The Maestro seeks a human body to incarnate himself, in order to accomplish what he has begun. LA is in danger."

— "So, that day has finally arrived," said the inspector.

His stomach knotted. A breath of terror squeezed his throat.

— "The Callis had spoken of the last battle between good and evil. Prophecy..."

Faïz kept talking, but Barthey didn't hear anything anymore. The most frightening legend of all time had come back to finish what he had started a long time ago. Maestro, the evil traveler, would now extinguish the souls of every human being on Earth. Evil threatened the City of Angels, the cradle of darkness.