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.Didn’t want to be a wraith, wanted to protect her, keep her safe, love her for eternity.He never told her.Emily would never know how he felt.His heart shattering at the loss, Colin leapt to his feet, destroying the room, throwing furniture against the walls, splintering anything he could get his hands on.Anything to dull the pain.She was still as a statue, gone.Grabbing the whisky, he drained the bottle.Smashing it against the hearth, he collapsed to the floor, screaming her name over and over.Chapter 21“Dude, you look like something the cat wouldn’t bother dragging in.” Robert was breaking the rules to visit the cop in the hospital—screw the rules.He’d been breaking them since he signed on his first ship at the tender age of seven.“Head’s killing me.Was I run over by a truck?”“Close.The truck was a big sonofabitch.”“It’s about time you showed up.I have questions and I want answers.”“Right.Don’t think you’re really in a position to be demanding anything.” Robert pointed out the obvious.“Don’t worry.I sold everyone that crap story you made up.I need to get out of here.” Monroe scowled, straining, causing all the monitors to start beeping at the same time.“Oy, human—you need to calm the hell down before you rip your stomach open again.” The chart at the foot of the bed caught his eye.The bloke had died for three minutes and come back.Monroe could now interact with Walkers.There would be hell to pay when Thorne found out what Robert was about to do.He was going to tell the cop, let the chips fall where they may—if Monroe started yapping, he’d kill him.Something told Robert they’d be seeing a lot more of this guy.Pulling a chair close to the bed, Robert told him about Day Walkers, Shadow Walkers and the quest to protect humanity.He told him about how they killed each other, when they are strongest/weakest and how they became Walkers.“It’s like I’m in some crazy science fiction movie—only the monsters are real.I want answers.Ever since Alice was murdered I’ve needed more, crossed lines, and taken a lot of risks to find out what’s really going on.I can’t go back.I know it’s time to move on.So can I call out to this head guy in charge, Thorne?”“No.You have to be dying when you call out.Maybe he’ll answer, maybe not; he’s a fickle bastard.You can’t wake up one morning and decide to join us.It doesn’t work that way, cop.”“Does Thorne have a mobile? Can’t we call him and talk about me coming on board?”“Not even going there.Look, I’m going to get the shite kicked out of me for telling you any of this, which is fine, I can take an ass kicking but you need to give me your word you won’t mention our conversation.Not to anybody, not your partner, shrink, priest, anyone.Period.Got it?”The cop looked thoughtful turning his gaze on Robert, “You have my word.” Holding up a hand to stop Robert from speaking, he continued, “I want to help.These assholes are running around my city killing people.This goes on much longer and the dead bodies that are young but look old will create a panic.I need to be involved.”Robert knew he’d have to talk to Thorne.Hell, this is what he got for having one moment of being a good Samaritan.Comes back and kicks you in the face.Shrugging, he looked at the cop.It’d be nice to have some help—if the guy could survive long enough.“I’ll talk to my boss, see what he says.In the meantime, shut the hell up and get better.”For kicks and grins, Robert vanished from the room, leaving Monroe gaping.Chapter 22Friday, November 6thThe last day of the curse…Hours passed by, the clock chimed two in the morning, dragging to his feet, Colin thundered: “Thorne, get the fuck down here.”The room shimmered, from within the silvery light, a man, who was something more appeared.“You’d better have a damn good reason for using that tone with me boy.” Thorne stood there, silver light reflecting off and through him.The ancient god looked pissed to be dragged out of his realm—well too bloody bad.Standing there giving off a “this better be good or I’m feeding you to Fang for disturbing me” look, the god lowered his RayBan Aviator shades, icy blue eyes boring straight into his soul and glared at Colin [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]