Chapter 16
Mia returned, dirty and bloodied, to her quarters. It was after ten pm and Captain van Rensburg had told her she was no longer needed in Killarney, which had become a crime scene thronged with police.
Julianne was with Sue Barker, and despite Mia’s offer to stay with the traumatised woman, Julianne told Mia to get some rest. Her protest had been half-hearted – she was shattered, emotionally and physically, by the day’s events. She and Bongani had been on the move for longer than any of the others now involved in the search and investigation, starting with chasing the poachers just after dawn. Graham and Oscar were helping the police with a door-to-door night-time search of homes in Killarney.
As she reached for the doorhandle a man appeared from the room next to hers, which h
