“No. Jason asked me out but I couldn’t say yes. I don’t know. I just don’t feel anything for him. I want to be excited and like I can’t wait to talk to him, but I don’t feel that way. I want to get swept up off my feet again. I don’t think anything like that will happen. Nate was special and maybe I won’t find another like him.”
Sophie felt bad for her friend and wanted to help, but there was nothing she could do. She didn’t even know what happened.
Emily sighed, running her hands though her hair. “I’m not supposed to say anything but I was contacted by someone who asked me to keep an eye on things. I knew that something was wrong with Seth, Cay and Mel from the beginning. I mean, Mel wasn’t normal and she didn’t come from a commune! And then when someone tried to kill her, I just knew that something was wrong and it wasn’t Nate. So after this person from the FBI called me and talked to me, I realized that I could help out. But I wasn’t allowed to tell anyone. When Seth and Cay came to see me that day we all got shot at, I knew something was wrong and so I sneaked away to call my contact.”
Huh. Sophie wouldn’t have thought of Emily as a spy. She didn’t really keep secrets well. Just look what happened with her pregnancy news. But, she kept this one!
So he dumped you for helping the FBI? That really didn’t make sense. Soph didn’t know much about Nate but she didn’t think he was that much of a weirdo.
Emily laughed and shook her head. “No, he dumped me for lying to him. He said that couples worked together. I didn’t know what to do so…I didn’t do anything. I didn’t want to get on Agent Winters’ bad side!”
Oh shoot! All this time Emily had been working with the Hunters and no one knew? Sophie wondered if Gage even had a clue! Axel was a weird secretive man who made decisions and set things up in a way that people couldn’t figure out. It seemed unreal that he would have picked Emily to do this, and that all this with Nate stemmed from it.
But you still love him? After a fight like that, it would be easy to hold resentment. It was even difficult for Sophie to get over the things that Sin had said and she knew that they weren’t true.
Emily nodded sadly. “But he doesn’t love me. He is dating again and he wouldn’t do that if he loved someone else.”
Sophie wasn’t sure that that was true.
Emily sighed. “I have to go, though. I’m really glad that things are going well for you. Keep me updated.”
Sophie smiled and said her goodbyes, knowing that she couldn’t actually keep her up to date, but it didn’t matter. She wouldn’t lose this friend and she would do her best to make sure things work out.
Signing off, Sophie got up and turned to the door to find Thane standing there. He looked at her hesitantly before coming in.
“Sorry.” He said gravely and Sophie laughed silently. Was he so worried about interrupting her that he just waited for her to be done instead? What a sweet, surprising man!
“It’s alright. So what happened?” Sophie signed. Thane had learned sign language so that she’d be able to communicate with him better.
It was the best present ever!
Thane had been at a meeting with the other main Hunters. She found out that there were hundreds of people working behind the scenes but only the top level were in the meetings. The room would have been awfully crowded otherwise.
“Nothing.” He said, shrugging. She knew that he was worried about Sin. She was too. Not too long ago they got a message about a change in Axel’s plan. Apparently things were heating up and he was getting further into the facility. He was gaining respect and getting accommodations. They were ready for him to enter the next phase of the operation and they’d need Sin’s help.
It was scary to sit on the outside and wonder about what was happening. She was always afraid that when someone approached her, it would be to tell her that something went wrong. She finally knew what it was like to be an army wife, and she hated it. She wanted her man back home.
“He loves you.” Thane growled, pulling her up in his big arms. She knew that Sin loved her, but it was nice hearing it from Thane. A part of her was nervous that Sin would come back and not want to be with her anymore.
Really, they knew each other for such a short time.
Apparently Sin had added in a coded message just for her. Every correspondence had it.
Sin loved her.
It always warmed her heart when Eden showed her the little communication. She had no idea what else it said but she knew her code. Every time he said babe, it was really Sin telling Axel that he loved her. And she was fully and completely appreciative of Axel for including it in his official responses when he sent them.
“I love you both.” She whispered, pressing her lips to Thane’s neck.
He held her closer and nuzzled the top of her hair. “Love you too. Will keep you. Always.”
Sneak Peek of Fallen in Disguise: Fallen book 3
On the surface, it appeared to be a research centre in the middle of Israel that focused on curing cancer using gene splicing. They called it The Zeus Institute for Curative Medicine, this location dubbed Homeland—as in the basis of Christianity and therefore institutionalized ethics.
