The Chosen: A Resurrected Series Novel by S.M. Schmitz

Author:S.M. Schmitz [Schmitz, S.M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-09-05T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

I had just parked the van on the same cul-de-sac where I was supposed to be waiting for Aiden and Johnson when I saw them emerge from one of the houses across the street. They must have come out looking for me, ready to leave, and found that not only was I gone, but so was their van.

Shit.

I hurriedly crawled into the backseat as my mind raced with excuses as to why I would have driven off and left them, potentially endangering their lives. I didn’t think playing the “I didn’t know any better. I’m not a spy,” card would work now.

The sliding door on the van careened back on its tracks, and I didn’t have to look at Aiden to see the anger in his eyes. I could feel it radiating from his body. He climbed into the van and waited until Johnson drove away before even acknowledging me.

“Where the fuck did you go?” he yelled.

I flinched but kept my eyes on the floor mat. I opted for the truth because at this point, I was almost certainly crazy and I didn’t want to endanger them again anyway.

Besides, Mason and I could lead our own insurrection without them.

No, Bella. We need their help to gain access to these men. You have to somehow convince Aiden to let you keep working with them.

Fantastic.

I wanted to ask him how he expected me to do that, but talking to myself probably wasn’t the best way to convince Aiden not to ship me off to Cuba.

“I recognized someone who entered the neighborhood,” I finally said. “His name is Percy Jacobs. He was the CFO at the bank where Mason worked.”

“So?” Aiden demanded.

I glanced over at him then studied the floor mat again. That was a good question. A very good question. So what?

“That dream, Aiden… I can’t explain it, but it’s like Mason is in my head now, and he told me to follow this guy. I’d never met Percy Jacobs before. I didn’t know who he was until I was standing in front of him, and…”

“Wait,” Aiden interrupted. “You talked to him? Bella, what the hell has gotten into you?”

I looked up and met his eyes, still filled with so much anger but mixed with confusion and perhaps a little concern. Or maybe I only wanted to see concern there to indicate he cared about me.

Mason’s voice had gotten suspiciously quiet.

Coward.

“Yes,” I said quietly. “I was trying to piece together why I recognized him, and when he revealed he worked for the bank, I figured out he reported Mason and that’s why Mason left me. Percy didn’t deny it. He got mad and pulled me inside the house and was going to…” I bit my lip and cringed but the only thing I was certain of was that he was going to kill me so I decided to skip the part about the thinly veiled threat of sexual assault. “He was going to kill me, Aiden.” I held up my throbbing, swollen elbow as some sort of proof that I wasn’t making this up.

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