Charles gave a last glance at the closed door and put the phone away. Judging by the expression on Ziv’s face Charles could tell it was something important. Charles led him to the study and asked Roy to wait outside.
“Talk,” he said to Ziv.
“My Lord, I have just received news saying that carrier of the mermaid gene is another person and now the people from Devenport are after this new target.”
“Does this mean that Bella is off the hook?” asked Charles.
“As it seems.”
This only meant that the tests on Bella’s blood came out negative.
“Do you know who the new target is?”
“It’s Miss Spenser,” my Lord.
“You got to be kidding me. Is Katherine the new target? I wonder who came up with this piece of information. It seems that Edwin Beck cares a lot about Bella.”
“Do you mean, My Lord, th
