Unspoken: Shadow Falls: After Dark by C. C. Hunter

Author:C. C. Hunter [Hunter, C. C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Juvenile Fiction, Fantasy & Magic, Love & Romance, Thrillers & Suspense
ISBN: 9781466875036
Google: wHLhBQAAQBAJ
Amazon: B00R6DRZP2
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: 2015-10-27T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-eight

“Just go in and be honest,” Burnett told Perry.

Chase stood by Burnett as he spoke to the shape-shifter.

“What are we doing? Good cop, bad cops? I’m nice to him, and then you two beat him up?” Perry asked.

Chase heard concern in Perry’s voice, and obviously so did Burnett.

“We’re not treating him as a hostile … yet,” Burnett said. “If he talks, we’ll go extra easy on him.”

Chase wasn’t sure he agreed with that, but he didn’t think he had the right to argue.

“Okay,” Perry nodded at Chase. The quick duck of the head didn’t come with any friendly pretense. The way Chase saw it, Perry was probably friends with Steve.

“Go with Trisha.” Burnett motioned to the agent who walked up. “She’ll show you the way.”

“Congratulations,” Trisha said, meeting Chase’s gaze.

“Thank you.” Chase shook the agent’s hand, a real sense of pride filling his chest. He’d signed the papers. It was official. Chase Tallman was an FRU agent. He’d even be given a badge and a couple of black suits. Not that Chase wanted to wear them. But the badge, yeah, he kind of liked having it. It felt nice to … belong to something.

Sure, he’d belonged to the council, but it hadn’t been so much his decision as it had been Eddie’s. This was his own doing. This was, Chase realized, his first real job.

Not that he needed money. His parents had left him with more money than he knew what to do with. But then again, this wasn’t just a job. It was a career. It was something that would probably define his life from now until he was ready to retire.

It hadn’t been anything like a ceremony, but in a small way it had felt like it to him. Part of him wished Della had been there. Because she should have been. Their lives were connected.

He recalled the conversation with Steve, and the one with Della earlier. You still have a choice. He hadn’t lied to her, she did, but damn it, it was his mission in life to make sure she chose him.

“Welcome to the team,” another agent called out.

Chase nodded, but realized the one person who hadn’t congratulated him was the one walking at his side right now: Burnett.

Was he still thinking about their earlier conversation about Chase’s trip to Hell’s Pit? The conversation had stuck with Chase, too. As much as he hated admitting it, Burnett had been right. Chase did feel invincible. No one had been more shocked than him when he’d felt that makeshift knife slice into his back. If it hadn’t been for the ghost, Chase wasn’t sure he’d have gotten out alive.

“I plan on making you proud,” Chase said to Burnett.

“Do that by staying alive,” Burnett said, confirming that Chase had been right about the man’s thoughts.

“I will,” Chase said as they walked back into the room where they’d left Della.

Della, phone to her ear, looked back at them and then down, as she held up one finger. “Yes. I shouldn’t be too late.

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