Page 102 of Chaos has a Name
So, he explained to his wife.
“It’s so far from a majority of the cabins that when you go hunting, you can use it to camp for the night, or to break down your deer. It’s basically just a clearing with a stone fire pit that someone built a long time ago. None of us used it since we don’t live that far from it.”
Chris was curious.
“So do we know for sure it’s human bones and not a bunch of deer carcasses?” he asked. “Asking because I’ve had this happen before.”
Yeah, it was damn difficult to differentiate between human bones, and deer bones, unless you knew what you were looking at.
A skull was a dead giveaway.
Rayna figured that would be the first impression, so she pulled out her phone, and showed them what picture she took.
“We started digging in the pit, and this is part of what we found.”
Elizabeth looked at the arm. It was from the elbow down, and the hand still had flesh.
“No, it’s definitely human.”
Rayna was to the point.
“I know the difference between a human hand and a deer hoof. I’m not an idiot.”
Callen heard the tone.
This was where he walked a fine line. It was between his culture and the FBI.
Oh, plus his family, and the Chief of Police.
“Hey, they weren’t calling you an idiot, Rayna. You’d be shocked at how often we’re called in, and before our anthropologist looks at the bones, everyone thinks they’rehuman. No one meant to imply you were not capable of identifying it.”
She calmed down.
“Sorry. I just get a lot of shit for my lack of experience and being a woman.”
Honestly, Elizabeth liked the woman. She had moxie, and that went a long way for her.
It was crystal clear that Rayna Running Wolf stood up for herself, and that was important.
Elizabeth had to explain a lot over the years, so she understood and there was no offense taken.
“I, of all people, know that it’s not easy being a woman in the law enforcement field. How old are you, Rayna?” she asked.
Rayna didn’t know where this was going.
“I’m thirty-two.”
Elizabeth sipped her coffee and went there.
“When I was thirty-two, I was moving my way up the ladder, and everyone thought I was nothing but a bad attitude with tits in boots.”
Callen opened his mouth.
That’s when she put her hand over his lips without even having to look over at him. Oh, she knew her husband, and where he was going to go with that.
“I will literally make you sleep in the treehouse for our time here, Callen James. Don’t get spicy with me, or you’re going to have balls so blue, people will think they are planets orbiting Uranus.”
As soon as she said it, Ethan choked on his coffee, and Chris had to pat him on the back.
