Today is the Fourteenth day of the A to Z April Blogging Challenge and
today’s chapters starts with the letter N.
Enjoy and remember let your imagination soar as you read.
Julia
UNRAVELING
© Julia Matthews April 2015
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Nonsense
Sham
cocked his head and jerked away from me. Smoothed down his shirt and scowled at
me. “No, I’m not a dipshit. I’m an overpaid, overworked, goffer for your ass at
the Spirit Council, as well as a sergeant in the underground world. I work my
ass off day and knight trying to right the wrongs we were forced to do.”
My body
shook with rage. Sham wasn’t careless with anything he done. We were missing
something, something major, but what. “This is making no sense. We are missing
something. Have to be.” I ran my hand through my hair. “Let’s start at the
beginning.”
Sham
groaned. “You mean when TeaLeaf was captured?”
“Lord
no.” I shot my eyes toward TeaLeaf and Jag, who was starting to stir. “TeaLeaf
won’t discuss that. I don’t’ want to hear the horror he suffered, plus I’ll
never forget when we had to listen through the tale. I meant how and who betrayed
us.”
“Okay,
where’s the best place to start?” Sham tapped a two beat ryhtym on the side of
his leg. “Do we start with why TeaLeaf chose the human? I mean having a
supernatural creature keeping an eye on him would’ve been logical. Chief Parker
. . .” Sham shook his head. “I just can’t see him betraying me or the ones he
promised to work for.”
“Why?
Weren’t we all jilted by the Spirit Council and their underhanded war?”
Sham
crossed his arms. “We were, but Chief Parker is devoted to my family. He one of
the few people, outside of the foursome squad I’d trust with my life.”
That was
a high praise from Sham. Made me agree with him on Chief Parker not being
compromised, yet there was still a slim chance.
“Let’s
take a step back.” I began pacing the small area. “If TeaLeaf arranged this
protection why do you have the emails? Why emails? You guys always required
reports to be in person or by phone. It was our upmost rule with informants.”
“I had
the emails because I was checking into why Chief requested to switch to
emails.” Sham sighed. “I was just about to call you in to check on him when I learned
you were on the way here.”
“Hold
up.” I dug my phone from my pocket and flipped through my emails. “This is the
second time you’ve mentioned someone else sending me here. But you did.” I
handed my phone to him.
Sham
took it and read, then ripped the back of my phone off and yanked the
electronic card from the back.
“Hey,
what are you - - -”
“I never
sent you this.”
“You
tore my personal phone up for that reason?” Sham lifted the back of the phone
up and frowned.
“Sorry.”
Sham ran his finger over the picture of the foursome squad and started
reassembling my phone. “Where’s your work phone?”
I huffed
and crossed my arms. “Where it is when I’m not contacting you regarding a case
the Spirit Council sent me on.”
Sham
knew our procedures like the back of his hand. His lack of comprehension spoke
volumes for how the entire situation was affecting us. Looked like all of us
needed to refocus.
“We are
letting them achieve their ultimate goal, aren’t we?”
“Think
so.” I shook my head.
“Hey,”
Beau laid a hand on my arm and tossed his head towards TeaLeaf, who was
carrying Jag. “Jag is ready to get some good rest. Ready to head back to town?”
“Is town
safe?” I asked without thinking of how unsettled Jag already was. When he
started struggling to be let lose TeaLeaf growled at me. I held my hand up and
took a step back. “Didn’t mean to upset him.”
“He
didn’t TeaLeaf. His question has merit.” Sham took a step back as well.
“Why?”
Jag sounded weaker than he normally did when he came back to solid form. Kind
of scary to think of Jag in such a state, the man was a killing machine and
half.
“Looks
like one or both of your informants have changed sides. Either going to the Honorable
Rebels or . . .” Sham waved his hand at me.
“Great,
let me tell what might piss them both off.” I took another step back, and Beau
moved in front of me. I quickly shifted him aside and shook my head at him.
He
scowled at me until TeaLeaf said, “Son, it might be wise. Jag and I are both
worked up. We might attack without thinking.”
“You
best not. I’ll figure someway to stop your asses if you do.”
“Noted.”
Jag pointed at the ground and TeaLeaf sat him on his feet.
I sighed
and said the words the foursome squad had always feared hearing. “Theirs a
chance the Spirit Council is either onto us or trying to sniff out an idea.” I
held my hand up before TeaLeaf could interject. “Sham didn’t send me here to
start with. I thought he had, but Rave Michaels sent me using Sham’s work email
account.”
The
quietness was a bit eerie and lasted only a minute or two before Beau gave them
the perfect solution.
“We
could take the old Piper Trail into Piper Community.”
TeaLeaf
exchanged a look with Jag, who nodded. Sham pulled out his phone and began
gathering up information. I waited. TeaLeaf and Jag were the main fighters of
our group, although most thought them the backups. Sham the gathering and a
last resort when fighting. He could scrap as good as the rest of us, but he was
a genius when it came to the little bits that make a job function without
flaws. I was the tracker, retriever, and second wave of attack. In other words,
TeaLeaf and Jag made the plan of attack from what information Sham gathered,
and I stood back and waited for instructions.
“We have
three contacts in Piper. All reliable and there’s several places we can crash
and remain under the radar for all parties involved.” Sham handed TeaLeaf his
phone. “I do think we need to reassess Chief Parker and Officer Swift state.”
“I
agree.” Jag was studying Sham’s phone and pointed at a couple of items.
“Chief
Parker doesn’t live in Dav.” Beau came back to my side and leaned against me.
Leaned
didn’t fit, my helpmate pretty much sagged. He was exhausted and from the
grumbling in his stomach starved.
“Figure
something out on the move. Beau needs food. I know Jag does as well.” I was
kind of shocked Jag was sstill awake. It had to be pure aderaline keeping him
functioning. I lifted Beau into my arms, ignoring his protest, and started
walking away from them.
“Uh,
Vain.” Sham pointed to the left. “Piper’s that way.”
I
shifted directions and kept walking. They’d follow or be left behind. I heard
Sham chuckle and Jag mumbled something about if they didn’t follow his godson
would end up on the moon.
“We’ll
follow and I’ll contact Chief Parker.” Sham fell instep behind me, shielding me
from the two amigos like always. He’d learned long ago the three of us could
get on each other’s nerves. It would be worse know that Beau was my helpmate.
“Officer
Swift first.” Jag countered. “He’s the most likely traitor.”
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