Storm Chaser: A Novel of The Black Pages by Danny Bell

Author:Danny Bell [Bell, Danny]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: The Black Pages
Publisher: Danny Bell
Published: 2021-08-16T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

Kaito’s march threatened to turn into a sprint as I stood there dumbly, unable to form anything approaching an appropriate response. His pace was causing a stir, and the murmurings seemed to increase with each step. He knew. I didn’t know how, but he knew. He shouldn’t have been ready to kill me, but he was, and he was carrying a rage that can only come when you find the person responsible for the loss of your child.

And I was smiling at him.

I was keenly aware of Ann’s shock registering half a second behind mine and just as aware of the momentary panic of the two people Kaito nearly knocked to the ground. I was just as aware of the one man in the room who wasn’t shocked or confused, but alert.

Kaito made it to within ten feet from me before that man stepped in his way, firmly and calmly placing a hand into Kaito’s chest and matching his gaze. Kaito was fuming, but something about the man held his attention and may have been the only thing on Earth that could’ve stopped him. Just about everyone had taken notice by now, but the man gently walked Kaito away and the two spoke in hushed tones.

“He thinks Logan is dead,” Ann said incredulously.

I motioned for her to stop talking as I tuned out everything around me, focusing in on their conversation, hearing their words with incredible clarity.

“You told me!” Kaito pleaded. “And now she’s here! How could you allow this?”

“Calm yourself, Kobayashi-san,” the man said evenly. “I allowed nothing. A debt was owed, and this is how it is being repaid.”

“What debt could be worth this?” Kaito spat. “I won’t stand for it!”

“You will if you desire our help,” the man said firmly. His voice softened by degrees as he continued. “This is to our benefit. There’s no hiding, nothing for her to gain here. And now we know where she is. Have faith, Kobayashi-san, and have a care to conduct yourself as is appropriate of your place this evening.”

Kaito looked up in our direction then, and the world rushed back to me. His stride toward us was slower but with no less conviction. With a hard, pained look, Kaito said, “I know what you are, I know what you did, and I’ll never, ever forgive you!”

Heartbreak rose and was immediately, unnaturally muted in my chest. I wanted to tell him everything would be okay or that it was at least better than what he was assuming, but I had no way to know if that was true. I didn’t know what he’d been told, but I did know that we’d been lying to him and, if my heart would allow it, I might’ve been crying just then. Instead, I said nothing, only stared at him, stirring up impotent rage in him that he could do nothing with until he stormed away. He wanted my head and he wasn’t getting it.

“That was intense,” Ann said with quickened breath next to me.

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