Page 225 of Chaos has a Name
He’d bet on it.
“It’s not like you to be a dick, Uriel. What is going on? I think I deserve to know since I’m being held prisoner up here.”
The man stared at him.
“You won’t like the answer. Me not telling you is to protect you, not hurt you.”
Wyler didn’t like a lot of things lately, the first and foremost being him dying.
Next was that his whole family came here, and were going to try to pressure him to get chemo.
Oh, there was so much he disliked as of late, and now, this man was annoying him.
Everyone assumed he was trying to be difficult, but he wasn’t. His home called him back so he could be at peace.
That was why he’d not gone back to see Takoda’s son being born. That was difficult, but he knew he’d break if Elizabeth asked him to do chemo. He knew he’d see those little faces he loved so much, and that he’d have to tell them the truth.
He was dying.
On top of that, seeing Elizabeth…how could he say no to her when she begged him to fight?
She was his only daughter.
He had sons out the wazoo, but not a daughter to call his own other than her.
“Life is like that. We don’t like everything given to us. We deal with it.”
Uriel lifted a brow.
That was funny since the man ran from life, and had made them all come here. That was priceless because him running was the catalyst to start it all.
So, he told him.
“Elizabeth was just abducted by someone killing people on the reservation. It’s going by the nameThe Hollow,” he said.
The man’s eyes went huge.
“Oh, God, no!” he stated, getting up.
When he went to try and climb out the window, Uriel grabbed him, and sat him back down.
Yeah, no.
This was why he didn’t want to tell him.
To ensure he stayed put, Uriel pulled military zip cuffs from the back of his vest, and locked Wyler to part of the tree that grew in the middle of the treehouse.
“You’re staying.”
Wyler was scared.
“Where is she? Shouldn’t we be out there looking for her? We have to go! She can’t be missing!The Hollowis a bad thing!”
The temperature in the treehouse changed. Wyler was no longer being pissy that he was being held captive, but Uriel still was. The bottom line was that Wyler set this off. They could be back in DC looking at the construction of the new estate, and instead, they were here.
In danger.
Maybe it wasn’t done purposely, but it was still done.
