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Oct. 20th, 2018 09:35 amThe Chosen Ones of the North -- a dumb name, even for a dumb cult, Chloe has to agree with Coop on that one -- have stopped sending her threatening letters. A normal person would probably be relieved, she thinks, to no longer have their bullshit dangling over them, but Chloe's a more suspicious person than that. The last letter they'd sent nearly two months ago, had alluded to October being a month of change, had listed all the ways in which she had failed to satisfy the group's demands, had directly threatened Nate as a way to punish her for that failure, and had assured her it would be the last time she heard from them until the time of blood and renewal.
Chloe doesn't quite know what that means, but she has to assume it's not good. At least Nate's no longer in their line of fire.
She doesn't give it much thought until October rolls around and even then, she doesn't dwell on it. The first few weeks come and go, nothing happens, and Chloe forgets about it again, doing her best to just keep up with the life she has here. It's not until she hears from her buyer that the compass has been stolen from his personal collection that she really takes interest again. The compass she had nearly died getting him. The compass the Chosen Ones of the North have been so obsessed with.
The same day she gets home to find a note stuck under the door of her flat. It simply reads, Nate's gone. Therese isn't.
Chloe goes without giving herself time to think. She gets her pistol and her knife, then grabs her phone and texts Coop on her way to Therese's flat. He'd asked her not to go off half-cocked, so she's not. She's checking on Therese first, making sure the threat to legitimate before she goes flying off to their hideout.
Therese isn't home, though. And the deadbolt on her apartment door is broken, the wood jamb shattered from the impact of the blow that had forced it open. She enters the apartment and does a careful sweep, but it's empty, and she's heading back to her car, calling Coop at the same time, telling him to meet her downstairs. She makes jokes and she teases him, but when it comes to something like this, there are few people she trusts as completely.
"They took Therese," she tells him once he's in the car with her. She wastes no time pulling away from the curb. "And they stole the compass back. The buyer is pissed." It's clear she doesn't care about the buyer at all. Her concern is all for Therese.
Chloe doesn't quite know what that means, but she has to assume it's not good. At least Nate's no longer in their line of fire.
She doesn't give it much thought until October rolls around and even then, she doesn't dwell on it. The first few weeks come and go, nothing happens, and Chloe forgets about it again, doing her best to just keep up with the life she has here. It's not until she hears from her buyer that the compass has been stolen from his personal collection that she really takes interest again. The compass she had nearly died getting him. The compass the Chosen Ones of the North have been so obsessed with.
The same day she gets home to find a note stuck under the door of her flat. It simply reads, Nate's gone. Therese isn't.
Chloe goes without giving herself time to think. She gets her pistol and her knife, then grabs her phone and texts Coop on her way to Therese's flat. He'd asked her not to go off half-cocked, so she's not. She's checking on Therese first, making sure the threat to legitimate before she goes flying off to their hideout.
Therese isn't home, though. And the deadbolt on her apartment door is broken, the wood jamb shattered from the impact of the blow that had forced it open. She enters the apartment and does a careful sweep, but it's empty, and she's heading back to her car, calling Coop at the same time, telling him to meet her downstairs. She makes jokes and she teases him, but when it comes to something like this, there are few people she trusts as completely.
"They took Therese," she tells him once he's in the car with her. She wastes no time pulling away from the curb. "And they stole the compass back. The buyer is pissed." It's clear she doesn't care about the buyer at all. Her concern is all for Therese.
