All Things in the Shadows by B. D. Messick

Author:B. D. Messick [Messick, B. D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781680466232
Publisher: Melange Books, LLC

I feel a stabbing in my heart and my breath catches in my throat. Without warning, Kateri releases my hand, turns, and strides back toward the two men.

“Hey!” she yells, and they both stop and look at her.

“What?” the one on the right asks, with a sneer.

In a flash, he's on the ground, blood spewing from a broken nose while Kateri shakes her hand and flexes her fingers.

“Fuck you!” she says, leaning menacingly over him, her voice icy cold and devoid of any humor.

A couple of other people come rushing over as someone helps stem the stream of blood flowing from his injured face. Kateri turns, takes my hand again, and pulls me away.

“You didn't have to do that,” I whisper.

“Yeah I did. He deserved it, if not for that, then for something else. He's a dick,” she says before looking over at me. “You know what he thought isn't true, right?”

I pause for a second before answering. “Are you sure?”

“Yeah, I'm sure,” she says, with hard conviction in her voice. “Come on, let's talk to Father.”

As we make our way through the map room, I notice more flashes of red on the globe than ever before. The operators look exhausted as they tap away on their keyboards and talk into their headsets. As we climb the steps to Father's office, I can see him leaning over his desk, a worried expression on his face. He looks tired. We walk inside, and he shakes his head.

“Kateri.”

“He deserved it, just be glad I only broke his nose,” she says, frowning.

For a moment, I think he's going to say something else, but he just sighs and then walks around his desk, stopping in front of me.

“I don't know what to say, Eve.”

I shake my head as I force myself to stay on an even keel, and not allow the tears to come.

“Were demons responsible for the crash?” I ask.

He looks a little shocked, and for a moment I don't think he's going to answer.

“I think so,” he finally replies.

“How do you know?”

He sighs before answering. “Two of our people were found dead at La Guardia. They'd been sent to investigate an incursion at the airport.”

“So, they crashed the plane to kill my mother?” I ask, as Kateri reaches over and places her hand on top of mine.

“Yes.”

“Why?”

“I don't know exactly, but they obviously know about you. I think they may be trying to stop you from helping us.”

I sit for a moment as a million thoughts race through my head before looking up at him again.

“It's not going to. I hope you know that,” I say, and for the first time in three days, I feel like I'm taking the first step in regaining control of my life.

He nods silently. “I didn't think it would.”

“But I don't know what to do now, about my house, my mother,” I say and Kateri squeezes my fingers again, “and everything else.”

“Well,” he says, sitting down on the corner of his desk as he gestures toward the two guest chairs, “first we need handle a little problem.

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