It was where he often experimented on cadavers. He had been conducting experiments on the electromagnetic fields contained in all living tissue, both human and animal. The bodies he used were indeed dead, thanks to Eddie Zoovas giving him the occasional unidentified body of a homeless person from the city morgue — with the bodies always being returned, of course. But Charles had found that residual energy resided even in dead bodies. Everyone emitted light and energy in a portion of the EM band undetectable by human vision. Charles’ hands and legs were bound to the table by wide leather bands. “Are you inclined to speak yet, Professor?” asked Reynard. Charles remained as silent as a sentry at Buckingham Palace. “Very well then,” said Reynard. “Brother Antonius will now do some experiments of his own while other members of my order search your mansion.” In the floors above, a dozen gray-clad acolytes were ransacking the manor. Antonius approached the coroner’s table. He held a scalpel in one hand and a pair of dental pliers in the other.
