Warm Souls (Wealth of Time Series, Book 2) by Andre Gonzalez

Author:Andre Gonzalez [Gonzalez, Andre]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: M4L Publishing
Published: 2019-05-02T16:00:00+00:00

21

Chapter 21

“I think we need to send him to the basement,” Chris said. He sat in his dim office, the curtains drawn, and his trusted confidant, Duane, across the desk. Chris kept a tight inner circle, but Duane was the only one he could tell anything.

Duane had been there since day one, always curious and willing to test new theories in the past or future, willing to do anything short of risking his life. It was the sort of loyalty that money couldn’t buy, and Chris needed that. Everyone else closest to him had lucrative incomes, leaving him to wonder if they remained obedient because of the money or if they truly believed in their work.

Duane nodded, his wavy brown hair jiggling slightly. He snapped his round-framed glasses off his face and rubbed tired, brown eyes. “If you say so.”

“Do you not agree?” Chris asked. Duane rarely disagreed with him, so when he did, he knew there was a good reason.

“We’ve reached an unfortunate point in this war, Chris,” Duane said, standing up. He was of average height and build, and always wore a fine suit. “We’re at a crossroads. Right now we have fifty Road Runners in our basement.”

“There’s room for fifty more,” Chris added.

“No. Listen. We’ve reached a point where there’s so many people traveling through time that they make friends and develop relationships. They bond. They become important to each other. When someone goes missing, they all know about it. They make plans to find their friends. We have reason to believe the Road Runners have increased their surveillance and are implanting location chips into their people. Just to find you.”

“What are you getting at?” Chris had heard enough and wanted to get to the point.

“We can’t keep taking people and stashing them in the basement. It’s going to get us caught at some point.”

“My soldiers are highly trained and won’t make mistakes.”

“It’s not about mistakes. One day we’re not gonna be fast enough when we take someone. You didn’t know it, but someone had followed you out the hotel when you took Briar. They were on foot and couldn’t follow once you got on the bus, but it’s one step closer. Next time, there will be someone ready in a car to follow you. I wish you’d stop snatching people every time you get a hunch. But at this point, I think it’s best for you to let Briar go. Put him on a flight back to Denver, and wish him the best. We can only hope he won’t run off to the Road Runners, but we are getting crushed in that department anyway. They’re 20,000 strong now.”

“And we’re 100,000. You worry too much.”

“They were only 3,000 two years ago and we were at 110,000. You tell me if you like the direction of that trend.”

Chris leaned back in his seat. Duane loved to discuss numbers and strategy like he was a general in charge of a war. While he appreciated the information, Chris believed in bold approaches to problems.

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