Hunter (9780698158504) by Carroll Michael
Author:Carroll, Michael
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin USA
Published: 2014-04-30T16:00:00+00:00
“I TOLD YOU to come alone,” Max said to Lance the next morning. He inclined his head to the side, indicating that they walk farther into the almost-deserted cemetery. “This way. I don’t want to be recognized, so with a bit of luck there won’t be too many people around.”
Lance fell into step beside him, their boots crunching on the ground’s light covering of snow. “There aren’t any other people around, Max—no footprints. And I did come alone. Josie just wanted a lift into town. What was I supposed to tell her? That she’d have to drive herself because I’m on a secret mission? I have to pick her up in an hour, so this better not take long.”
“All right. My fault. I should have talked to her myself.”
“Stay away from my friends, Max. They don’t need you messing with their minds.”
“Josie’s not your friend, Lance. She works for me.”
“No . . .”
“She reports back to me every couple of weeks, tells me what you’ve been up to. She doesn’t know that, of course. All she’s aware of is that she’s got a strong desire to stick close to you. Not romantically—that’s all her own doing—but as long as you stayed with the carnival, so would she. If you’d left, she’d have followed you. Seriously, Lance, you honestly didn’t suspect anything when a chef with her skills decided she wanted to join a carnival? She could get a job in any of the world’s top restaurants. Instead, I sent her to you. Now I’ll wipe her memories of all this and—”
Lance grabbed Max’s arm, twisted him around, and slammed his fist into Max’s face.
Max stumbled backward a couple of steps, then straightened up. He pulled a handkerchief from his overcoat pocket and spat a glob of blood into it. “That’s the last time you’ll ever hit me, Lance.” He wiped his mouth and stuffed the handkerchief back into his pocket. “It’s time for you to grow up. I told you—I’ve been watching you since that news report. Steering things. Smoothing out the path for you. You think that Parker Lethridge really wants you to join his detective agency? No, he has no real intention of doing that. But he believes he does, for now. All those books he wanted you to read? That wasn’t his list. It was mine. You have to know what’s going on in the world. And do you honestly think that the carnival has become successful because you’re such a hotshot at sorting out problems? You’re good, but you’re not that good. I’ve been doing a lot of your work for you.”
“Then why reveal all this now, Dalton? What’s changed?”
Max resumed walking. “What’s changed is that certain information has come to light and it requires action. More specifically, it requires you.”
“I don’t want this!”
Max stopped, and turned back to face him. “When did whatever you want become important? This is bigger than your petty little circus, Lance. I need you to get back in the game.
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