The Blue Beast: an adult urban fantasy (The Aria Fae Series Book 3) by H. D. Gordon

Author:H. D. Gordon [Gordon, H. D.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: H. D. Gordon Books
Published: 2016-06-27T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 30

“I don’t understand why you brought me here,” said Caleb, and I could tell by his tone that the two had been arguing.

Chris let out a sigh, straightening his expensive shirt and placing a hand on his brother’s shoulder, gripping it and meeting his eyes. When Chris interacted with Caleb, his aura took on a different state than the one it usually maintained, a certain protective love that I hadn’t seen him exhibit with anyone else.

“I know you don’t trust me,” Chris said at last. “I know you don’t trust our father.”

Carefully, I scooted closer to the edge of the hayloft, wanting to get a better view, but aware that if I shifted wrong I could draw seriously unwanted attention to myself. If Caleb found out I was here spying on him, I doubt he’d ever forgive me.

Caleb pulled out of his brother’s grasp, jerking his shoulder away from his touch. “I’m pretty sure it’s the two of you that don’t trust me. What other reason could you have for excluding me from everything? You think I haven’t noticed the way you and dad get quiet all of a sudden as soon as I enter a room? Or how I’m always the last to know about everything? Because I have. I have noticed.”

Chris was silent a moment. Then, he said, “I’m just trying to protect you, little brother, and as usual, you aren’t making it easy. Do you know what dad would’ve done had he been the one who caught you snooping around in his office rather than me?”

Caleb threw up his hands, stuffed them in his pockets, and squared his shoulders. “Protect me from what?” he said. “And I wouldn’t have to ‘snoop around’ if you guys included me in things. I...” He paused, not sure if he should speak his next words. “I think dad is up to something. I think the whole company is involved, and I think it’s something bad.”

“What makes you think that?”

Again, I could see from Caleb’s aura that he didn’t know how much of his hand to let show, that he wanted very much to be able to trust Chris, but that he just wasn’t sure if he could. In the hayloft above them, I held my breath, hoping that Caleb wouldn’t betray my secrets and me while I sat here betraying him.

“I may have found some files,” Caleb said cautiously.

“What kind of files?”

When Caleb didn’t respond to this, Chris repeated, “What kind of files, Caleb?”

“The kind that look like dad is using Cross Corp technology to modify genetic sequences,” he said at last. “And then this Blue Beast just shows up in Grant City, a creature unlike anything anyone has ever seen. It doesn’t take a genius to put two and two together.”

Chris took his time absorbing this as Caleb and I both waited with bated breath for his response.

“Look,” Chris said at last, “not everything is black and white, okay?

Caleb scoffed. “That’s exactly the kind of answer I would expect you to give.

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