Exposed (The Broken Soul Series Book 3) by Jenny Phillips

Author:Jenny Phillips [Phillips, Jenny]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-08-04T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

*Chase*

We were on hotel number two in as many nights. My patience was only getting worse. None of the other team had any leads and my panic was growing. The longer we took the colder the trail would run. Nolan was following his gut and I had nothing to do but hope his instincts were right.

“Here,” Maggie said, handing me a stale gas station sandwich. “You’re not going to be much help if you die of starvation.”

“I can’t really eat not knowing what she’s going through.”

“Stephen’s not exactly grandfather of the year,” Jackson jumped in, “but I know he feeds his prisoners.”

I made a show of taking a bite. “Happy?”

“I will be when you finish it.” Maggie’s face told me she wasn’t playing around. She handed one to Nolan with a smile and tossed another across the room to my brother.

“Everyone needs to eat and get a minimum of four hours of sleep. I don’t care if you sleep here or in the car, but if you don’t sleep you don’t drive.”

When did Maggie become our leader? It suited her. Nolan seemed to think so, too, as he stared at her adoringly. I choked the rest of the sandwich down and made it a point to show Maggie the barely chewed mouthful.

“Lovely.” She laughed. “Thanks, Chase. I could’ve done without that but appreciate you humoring me.”

I checked my phone for probably the millionth time that day. I knew Stephen wouldn’t be dumb enough to let Morgan have her phone but I hoped he’d slip up enough for her to sneak. “Hey, Jax,” I called.

“Yeah?” He was now lying on the bed next to me.

“Try really hard to connect with Kali, okay?”

“That’s what I’m trying to do.”

Maggie lay in the bed next to us while Nolan opted for the couch. He was still sitting erect and I knew from his rigid position he was concentrated on trying to Sense Morgan’s pull. I wasn’t one to advocate taking a break from tracking Morgan. However, Maggie made sense and even I could see Nolan was wearing himself out.

“Hey, Nolan, you should probably get some sleep.”

He rubbed his eyes wearily. “I know.”

“You’re not going to last long at this rate.”

“I feel like I owe it to her, you know?” He flopped back onto the couch. “She saved my life and now it’s my turn to pay her back. I can’t fail.”

“I understand exactly how you feel.”

I knew Maggie was probably observing our conversation but Jackson was already snoring softly next to me.

“I’m glad you’re here, man.”

“Ah, don’t start getting mushy on me now.”

I let out a soft chuckle. “For real, though. I know we didn’t start out on the best foot, but things are different now and I’m glad you stuck.”

“Chase, apology accepted.”

“Thanks.” I sighed a breath of relief; he was letting me off the hook so easy. I’d felt bad asking Nolan for any favors but his forgiveness meant he didn’t see it like I was taking advantage. I meant it as more of an acceptance into our world.

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