Dying Light by Kory M. Shrum

Author:Kory M. Shrum
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: urban fantasy, espionage, angel, heroines, contemporary fantasy, superpowers, secret agents, lgbtq, evil and good
Publisher: Kory M. Shrum

Chapter 29

Jesse

I must’ve fallen asleep. I wake, disoriented by the sound of footfalls. For a moment, I think I’m back in Jeremiah’s compound, Tate Tower. Some drill is being run or some unit is being dispatched, and that’s the reason for all the chaos, all the running and screaming.

But as I go to stand up, a sharp tug yanks at my wrist. The shackle. The unfamiliar room. The white tiles beneath my shoes, which is different from the soft gray carpet of my room back in Tate Tower.

Caldwell still has me. And he must be close, because Gabriel is nowhere to be seen.

The door swings inward and Caldwell steps into the room and closes the door after him.

“Did you just walk in here?” I ask, baffled.

“Sometimes I like to see what happens in-between.” He yanks at the bottom of his suit as if it has ridden up too high.

An explosion rocks the church and plaster rains down from the ceiling.

“They never give up, do they?” he asks, with an air of agitation.

“Who?”

“Your friends,” he says.

My heart leaps. But before I can fully appreciate the sentiment of their rescue mission, I realize that Ally is trying to save me. Again.

If I survive this, I think, I’ll have to follow Ally everywhere. She can’t risk her life trying to save me if I never leave her side. Nikki will love that.

“Why are you smiling?” Caldwell says. “I’m going to kill them.”

My shield brightens, shimmering to life around me. It extends out far enough that it knocks Caldwell back, his tie askew.

“Thanks for reminding me that you’re a fucking monster.” The shield glows brighter, and he steps back, connecting with the wall behind him.

“I need to unlock your cuff. We’re leaving.”

“My friends are coming,” I say. “They’ll unlock it. Or at the very least, they’ll saw this off, and I’ll have this cool retro bracelet. Very Château d'If.”

“Do you understand what he wants you for?”

An explosion rocks the building, and he cuts his eyes to the right. He turns his head as if he is actually following something, and then I remember he has Liza’s vision. He can see through anything. These walls and so called barriers are nothing for him.

“I should’ve left you in The Needle.” His eyes widen at the invisible threat that is presumably closer than before. He takes a half step away from the door.

“If I leave you here, he will use you, manipulate you far worse than I ever will.”

“Who are you talking about?”

“Tate.”

“Jeremiah?” A wave of confusion washes over me. Did Ally go back to him? No. That seems less likely than the fact that he simply tracked me himself and is trying to reacquire me. Reacquire. Ugh. I’ve heard him use that word in the past for people and objects that we were sent in to retrieve.

“Who did you think I meant by friends?”

Relief washes over me. Not Ally. Ally.

“So you’re going to kill Jeremiah?” I shrug, the chain rattling at my side. “Okay.”

Caldwell gives me a curious look.

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