Demon Hunter in Hiding - Boxed Set: Books 1-3 by Jaye Trudi

Author:Jaye, Trudi
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Star Media
Published: 2022-05-06T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirty-Five

Blade takes a deep breath, like he’s mentally counting to ten.

“I’m sorry, Hazel. You’re right.” The fire in his eyes has lowered. He turns to Connor. “I understand that you’re upset by the loss of the machines,” he says blandly to Connor. He steps back, and his shoulders relax. It’s not quite an apology, but it’s close.

“And I didn’t mean to accuse you of anything,” murmurs Connor, equally bland.

Despite their words, both of them look unrepentant.

Connor turns to me. “How will you proceed with the research without the microscopes and analyzers I provided?” he asks, glancing around the room like he’s assessing and pricing up every item in it. It’s like he’s turned off a faucet somewhere inside himself and is now all business.

I’ll take anything over the open hostility of a moment ago. “We don’t need more machines,” I say quickly. “I can create new ones from what’s left of the ones that are here. They didn’t take everything. Some of it was just broken.” Although, just because I can, doesn’t mean I will.

Connor raises his eyebrows at me. “You can make new machines?”

“Yes. And they’ll be specific to what we’re doing here. They’ll be better.” I glance behind me at the microscope. “I can even make something that will help us see demons better,” I say rashly, the words skipping over themselves to get out of my mouth. Anything to get Connor to give me more time.

Connor’s whole body goes still. His focus is riveted on me. I immediately wish I’d kept my mouth shut. I’m not planning on giving him the current device, why am I promising him another one?

It’s only then that I notice his magic swirling close to me. He’s influencing my mind again. I take a step closer to Blade, trying to push away the magic without being obvious about it.

Connor is too excited by my words to pay any attention to my movements. “We’ll be able to see the demons? Even partial supers?”

“Yes,” I whisper. I feel a blotchy flush creeping up my face. Thankfully he doesn’t seem to notice, he just looks like he’s already planning what he’s going to do with my promised devices.

“And you’ll make better machines than the manufacturer using the broken remains?” he adds.

I nod slowly, trying to think how to get out of this. “They’re all made on a factory production line. Half of it is automated, done by machines. I can create something custom made. But it’ll take me a little bit of time. I can’t do everything at once.”

“How long will it take you to create the original device you promised me?”

“Give me a couple of weeks,” I say, trying to buy myself more time to make my getaway. “I—”

The sound of more footsteps echoing across the lab makes me stop, and we all look to the doorway as a tall, older man with a goatee appears. He’s wearing an expensive suit and smiles at us like he knows who we are.

Except I have no idea who he is.

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