Welcome to Stories from Among the Stars. You're listening to The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean, narrated by Katie Eric. Chapter 9 The 1015 to Edinburgh Present Day In previous eras Mind Eaters were mostly killed at birth That changed in the 1920s When the patriarch of the Ravens Car Manor took it upon himself to create a cure for one of his

sons, who had been born a mind-eater. Whether he did so out of love or out of a practical

realization that there was power and money to be had from such a venture is a matter of speculation.

All we know is that, some 25 years later, he eventually succeeded in creating a prototype of the drug

we now call redemption and the six families were changed forever amarinda patel paper and flesh a secret history

in the alley below devons flat a lone dragon walked up the detritus-strewn pavement, crossing from one end of the alley to the other.

Devon dropped to a crouch behind the railing of her flat steps.

They're learning my methods.

The night must have gone straight to check the shelters this time.

Shelters? Hester crouched at her side, a still smouldering cigarette

between her fingers, whether leave Kai's victims. Humans mostly ignore they're impoverished,

so almost no one tips off the police. True, they're as cruel as we are in their own way. Hester held up a compact mirror,

angling it to see around the railing of the steps. He's gone. For now. A little close for comfort.

Devon checked her watch. 9.50pm. The mobile phone was burning a figurative hole in her pocket. If she was going to flee

to the Ravens cars tonight, then she needed to let him know. A loud, she said,

did you drive down here? Is there a car we can take?' "'Sadly, no.

"'A friend drove me to the city limits a couple of days ago "'and dropped me off.'

"'Huh?

"'Ciarious choice.

"'Why not hang around?

"'In case this was a family trap

"'and the city was full of nights?'

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