The Leader
voices, seeing an alien that attacked him, and
having a heart attack. None of those could mean good things. “I did
it earlier this week.”
    “ Good. I’m glad to hear it.
We’ll get to the bottom of what’s going on and take care of
it.”
    “ When do you think you’ll
get the results?”
    “ In about a week. I’ll give
you a call when they’re in and we’ll talk about things
then.”
    Alex nodded. He glanced at the clock
and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw his time was up. “I see
it’s five.”
    He looked at his watch. “So it is.” He
stood up and led Alex to the door.
    After Dr. Reyes turned the knob, Alex
walked passed him and into the lobby.
    Kill her.
    Alex spun around so he could see the
doctor. “What did you say?”
    “ I didn’t say anything,”
Dr. Reyes replied.
    Alex stared at him for a moment,
trying to gauge whether or not the man told the truth.
    “ Alex, are you
alright?”
    His eyes met Dr. Reyes’ and he
shrugged. Dr. Reyes didn’t appear as if he was toying with him.
Finally deciding he’d imagined the voice, Alex shrugged. “It’s
nothing. I’m fine.” Then he turned and left the
building.

Chapter Eight

    Autumn parked her car in front of the
zoo entrance and noted the Christmas displays that lined the path
further down where people drove their cars and took pictures. She
hesitated to turn off her car where it was nice and toasty, but a
knock on her window took her attention off that matter. She saw
Devon at the passenger window.
    She almost didn’t roll the window
down, but the angel appeared next to her in the seat. “It’s safe.
Let him in.” Then he vanished.
    With a slight grimace, she unlocked
the car door so Devon could get in.
    Devon shut the door and rubbed his
hands together. “It’s really beginning to feel like the holidays,
huh?”
    She was sure the look she gave him
expressed her desire to be anywhere than here with him.
    He seemed to catch on for he got
serious and pulled something out of his pocket before he set it on
the dashboard. She wondered what it was but decided she didn’t
care. She had nothing to hide. She wasn’t the one who was going
around putting implants into people’s bodies at Area 51 or bombing
places to get people’s attention off the aliens.
    “ Do you have a cell phone
on you?” he asked.
    “ Sure. Who doesn’t this day
in age?”
    “ Can I see it?”
    She narrowed her eyes at him. “Why?”
Was he planning to hurt her? Did she know too much and it was his
job to do the assassination?
    “ I’ll explain in a
moment.”
    She quickly debated whether or not
this was a good idea. The angel was insistent she talk to Devon.
Didn’t that mean she could trust Devon not to harm her? With a
sigh, she took her cell phone out of her purse and handed it to
him. “It’s off.”
    “ That doesn’t matter.” He
took something thin and black out of his coat pocket and scanned
the phone with it. “Now they can’t hear what we have to
say.”
    “ What is that?” she asked,
motioning to the strange device.
    “ I have a flight to catch
at ten. I don’t have time to explain everything.”
    She frowned. “Then why did you ask to
meet me?”
    “ Because I have a feeling
that what you know is something that can’t wait.” He glanced out
the front window before he asked, “Is the black shadow with me
right now?” His eyes met hers and he waited for her
response.
    She scanned the area around him and
shook her head. “No.” She turned her attention to outside the car
where the angel seemed to be holding something back. In the dark,
it was hard to make out the shadowy figure, but it became clear
soon enough why Devon didn’t have the demon lurking by him. “The
angel has the demon away from you at the moment.”
    She waited for him to laugh and tell
her she was nuts, but he didn’t. Instead, he asked, “How do I get
rid of it?”
    “ You believe
me?”
    With a shrug, he answered, “There was
something in that hospital when

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