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Burnett didn’t say a word. He didn’t have to.
“Did he hand over Feng?” she asked, hoping even when her heart knew that Chase would protect Feng, just as she would her father.
“No. He’s saying a man named Douglas Stone killed your aunt.”
“And?”
“And I only got my hands on the file about the guy two minutes before I got your text.”
“A file?”
“The Vampire Council has been looking for him. But they haven’t been able to find him.”
She slumped back in her chair. “Do you believe any of this? It’s kind of convenient, isn’t it? My uncle is accused of murder and suddenly he knows who killed his sister.”
“You’re right. It could be a lie. But he didn’t just remember who did it. The file shows that the council’s been looking for this guy for over fifteen years.”
“Then why, if Feng’s innocent, hasn’t he come out of hiding? Why hasn’t he stepped forward and told the FRU this?”
Burnett rested his hand on the table. “Maybe because he knows if we don’t find this guy, he’ll be accused. Or maybe … he’s hiding something else.”
“What more could he be hiding?” Della asked.
“I don’t know.”
“But you believe Chase?”
“I believe Chase believes it. I’m just not sure if he’s right.”
“So Chase just shows up right before you come here and hands you a file of who he thinks killed my aunt?”
Burnett pulled his cup closer. “There’s a little more to it than that.”
Something in the way Burnett didn’t meet her eyes when he answered told her there was a lot more to it than that.
“Oh, hell. What is it you’re not telling me?”
Burnett looked up. “Chase resigned from the council.”
“He … did? He was so loyal to them.”
Burnett gave his cup a turn. “And … he put in his resume to the FRU.”
She shook her head. Less than a month ago, when Della thought their relationship was actually going somewhere, she had suggested that Chase do this very thing. He’d countered that she should come to work for the council. They’d butted heads.
Then instead of either of those things happening, she’d discovered all his lies, his deceit, and he ran off.
So why was he doing this now? Did he have ulterior motives?
“Are you hiring him?”
“I don’t hire agents.” He paused. “But yes, the FRU is hiring him.”
“But he came to you about it?” she accused. “So you helped—”
“Actually, he went to them first.”
Burnett picked his cup up. “There’s one other thing. Two, actually.”
