UnTamed [Book 3]

I Get Caught

Did you like the last chapter?  I hope so!  I’ve been wanting to write that chapter for so long!

Chapter Quote:

“Lies and secrets, Tessa, they are like a cancer in the soul. They eat away what is good and leave only destruction behind.”

~Clockwork Prince

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Chapter 6: I Get Caught

When the trio arrived at the place where Hallie’s place was supposed to be, nothing remained but debris.  Police cars followed behind them, but the demigods soon figured out the cops just wanted to make sure no one had been in the house.  Naturally, they found no trace of either Hallie or her “father”.  Derek, Luke, and Silena begrudgingly headed back to the hotel where the Jackson twins had booked a night’s stay.

“We need to find that Scott kid.  Any ideas on where he would be?” Luke remarked, opening the door to their room.

“No, but I’m sure his name is in the phone book.  I mean, how many people have the last name Posey?” Derek pointed out.

“You know his name too?  When were you going to tell us this?” Silena said.

“When it became of importance.  I had other things on my mind.  I forgot about him,” he defended.

“You make the call then since you seem to know so much about him.” She turned away and went to the bathroom.  Derek and Luke shared a look.  Apparently Luke didn’t know what to make of his sister’s behavior either.  Instead, the son of Apollo grabbed the phone book and scanned for the last name “Posey”.  Within a few minutes, he found the only people in the town with that specific last name and dialed the number.  A woman picked up two rings later and said, “Hello?”

“Hello, ma’am, my name is Derek Michaels.  I was wondering if I could speak to Scott Posey?”

“He’s not here.  He went off with some people.  Recruiters.  Sorry.”

“Recruiters?!”

“Yes, now, I’m very sorry, but I have some errands to run.  If you have any more questions, you’ll have to call another time.  Bye!”

The woman hung up, leaving Derek angry and confused.  What recruiters?  Why were he and his friends always one step behind?  What was happening?  Why did Bryn want Hallie and Scott so badly?

“We should head back to camp in the morning,” Luke suggested. “I don’t think there’s anything here anymore.  If you want to know, I think we should focus on something more vital.”

“What would that be?” Silena queried, sitting down on the couch.

“Finding Bryn’s mom.  Bryn told me on our first quest that her mom had died, according to the Cyclops that kidnapped her.  Obviously that isn’t true since Bradley and Brady exist.  I don’t know if Mrs. Winchester knows that Bryn is alive, but… if Bryn is alive, it’s not the one we know… she wouldn’t hide from us.  So if we find Mrs. Winchester and she asks about her daughter, we’ll just say she died, okay?  No need to cause her more pain.  She probably already thinks her daughter is dead.”

“Where do we start searching?”

“White pages, I guess.”

“There has to be well over a hundred people with the last name ‘Winchester’ in London though.  I doubt she moved from there despite what happened,” Derek commented. “And we can’t call every Winchester there is.  That’d take forever, be expensive, and get us nowhere any time soon.”