A Hunter Within by Anna Applegate

Author:Anna Applegate [Applegate, Anna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-07-11T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 9

I sat in the oversized conference room at Falcone Industries, along with the other intern, waiting for Marissa. I had never met the intern sitting with me before. He was tall and lanky complete with a gelled comb-over that was perfectly in place. His eyes darted around the room every few minutes as if he was waiting for some grand entrance and bracing himself for it. He had definitely been drinking the Kool-Aid that was the packet Marissa sent home over the weekend. The conference room was bright and airy like the rest of the building, giving a false sense of light to this place that was growing ever darker in my mind for what their intentions truly held.

At eight o’clock on the dot, Marissa opened one of the doors leading into the conference room and strolled inside. She had an air about her where she expected people to fawn over her the moment she arrived. The more I studied her in person, the more annoyed with myself I was that I had been so focused on the prestige of working for Falcone that I missed all the narcissistic signs from her in her interviews and videos.

“Well, welcome my little eager learners!” She clasped her hands behind her back and began walking back and forth at the front of the room. “Today may be a hard day for you, but I hope you’ve read up on everything I gave you. It should have provided you enough of a background to know that we here at Falcone are adamant about helping others and ensuring safety for our community, and the world. We want to use our abilities to help in whatever capacity is necessary to aid mankind. I’m going to introduce you to some things that, as a scientist, may be difficult to grasp. But I assure you, I have the time to talk things out with you and the factual evidence you’ll need to see that what I am about to reveal to you is the truth. Humans are not the only beings on this earth, not even close. And while it would be educational and exciting to look into researching how many other species there are here, there is one that threatens our existence and way of life on a daily basis. There is one species who we at Falcone have been trying to contain for more years than I can have you understand. Vampires.”

I knew what my reaction needed to be, and so I let my jaw hang down in shock. I feigned surprise, looking around, making it seem like I didn’t believe her. Marissa apparently ate up everything I did.

“I see those looks, the looks of a scientist. You may be thinking ‘who is this harebrained lady!’” She flailed her arms as she spoke and then suddenly brought them slamming in front of her, down onto the conference room table. “I assure you what I’m saying is real. And I’ll prove it to you, just as it was proved to me when I was sitting in your shoes over twenty years ago.

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