Some Gave All by Nancy Holder

Author:Nancy Holder
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Titan

CHAPTER ELEVEN

At the warehouse, Vincent remained in the shadows until the arson investigation team left. The chief investigator had put forth a theory that the warehouse had been burned down because of a gang war. From one perspective, that was true.

He found it impossible to believe that no other players were hiding in the shadows, as he was, waiting for the officials to clear out. Had all the FFNYs died in the shootout? With them and Major Howison dead, who was minding the beast? Or had the FFNY ever even seen it?

The combined odors of the warehouse reminded him of the flight deck of an aircraft carrier—metal, rubber—and he chalked that up to whatever had been originally stored in there. His boots kicked up ashes and the smell of humanity wafted around him like ghosts. Next he focused on visuals, then sounds, confirming that he was alone. Although the pyre had burned, Vincent easily distinguished that pile of embers from the others by the scent of Private X distilled into the charcoal-like sticks. The bones of the victims had been reverently collected and transported, with more dignity than he would have accorded all but one of them. Now he squatted before the remains of the pyre with a pair of thick protective gloves. Methodically sifting through the debris, he concentrated on the last moments of Major Howison’s life.

I loved her.

Take it.

Bone do…

He sifted through the fine gray powder, and his memory cast back to a day in the desert when he had sifted the hot, arid sand through his fingers in just this way, trying to quell his anger.

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