All The Things You Have To Burn (Grey Corp Book 1) by Abbey Kit

Author:Abbey, Kit [Abbey, Kit]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-04-02T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 38.

William was still feeling the effects of his sojourn in the medical ward. He awoke at seven the next morning feeling as though he had not slept at all, and it was with eyes bleary and mouth yawning that he stumbled to the elevator.

Which is why he didn’t register that he was not alone until the doors had closed.

“William,” said Jones.

William jumped and quickly moved as far away from Jones as he could. Which, given they were in an elevator, wasn’t far at all. If it was the Eastern elevator, it would have sensed William’s distress and dropped him off at the nearest floor. But this was the western one; it just exuded an air of smugness and slowed down. William really needed to choose his elevators with more care.

Jones looked inquiringly at William for a long time. Or at least, that’s how it felt. “As far as the boss knows,” he finally said, “I grew weary of that silly girl-”

“She had a name, you know,” muttered William.

“Most people do. As I said, I grew weary of her, and when I attempted to remove her from my life you grew aggravated and tried to stop me, at which point an unfortunate accident occurred.” He gestured vaguely to William’s neck.

“Yeah, Rowan already told me that story,” said William, trying not to sound as aggrieved as he was, lest any more “unfortunate accidents occur.”

“Did she now.” Jones eyed him for a moment. “Did you dispute it?”

“No,” William replied sullenly.

“Good,” said Jones. “I wouldn’t, if I were you.”

“Why don’t you say what you mean. You don’t want me talking about Jude Cross.” Jones didn’t answer, but the temperature in the elevator seemed to drop a hundred degrees. “That’s why you threatened me and told me not to tell anyone about my powers, right? Because there’s something about him in your head that you don’t want anyone to know.”

Jones rolled his shoulders. It was an action full of menace. “If Mr. Grey knew you could Illude inside minds he would use you until you lived more in other heads than your own. How many visions have you had since the bouncer? Since you healed Rowan? They’ll never stop, you know. Even if they took your powers away they wouldn’t stop. And the more you Illude inside minds the more frequent they’ll become.” He looked William in the eye, made sure he had his full attention. “Mr. Grey would drive you mad and not lose a second of sleep over it. He drove his own wife to suicide.”

“You mean Sarah.”

Jones looks briefly surprised that William knew her name. “That’s right. She helped him discover Albert and founded Grey Corp by his side, and he as good as killed her.”

This was a lot to take in, and was enough to make William forget how mad/nervous Jones made him. “Wait. How old is Mr. Grey?”

Jones shrugged. “He’s been here from day one, so a century at least. He’s notoriously hard to kill-” the elevator doors opened, “-even harder than you.

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