Book Eight: Chapter 58

Mike nodded. “Yeah, that probably would have been too convenient.”

“But we can’t immediately discount the relationship, either. You see, Eloise begins having these terrible episodes, at which time Gerard takes a renewed interest in her condition. Jack the Ripper seemed quite intrigued with female anatomy. Maybe Gerard himself was the Ripper, pursuing dark ends to prolong his sister’s life.”

“So we’re back to thinking this book involves Jack the Ripper?”

Sofia laughed. “Honestly, I don’t think so. But the parallels are there, and you should be aware of them. Anyway, Charles becomes very distraught when the love of his life no longer has any time to spend with him. Their story together ends when Gerard tells Charles that he is taking his sister somewhere safe, a place where she can be cured.”

Mike’s heart thudded loudly in his chest. “Where is that place?”

“Charles doesn’t say. However, Ratu thinks she may have the solution for that, if you can peel her a