Page 166 of Chaos has a Name
Oh, holy shit.
This was not what he wanted to hear as the Blackhawks were out in the open on a reservation where something was killing people.
Elizabeth sighed.
“Yeah, I hate this case,” she muttered. “I really hate it a lot.”
And she wasn’t the only one.
The list of antsy people was growing.
Chapter Ten
Same Place
Same Horrible News
Wednesday
Yeah, at first, she was pretty sure this was all some really bad joke. Normally, Elizabeth didn’t mind when someone yanked her chain. Only, this was a little too much in the way of weird andNOTfunny.
So, to make sure, she had to know.
“Am I being punked?” she asked, focused on both Gene and Chris. Surely, if this was a joke, they’d be laughing by now too.
There was no way all of the shit was going down in an avalanche-style fashion right on top of her. Something had to give, and that increasing feeling of panic was brewing in her belly.
One more thing, and that would be her final reason to break. She was sure of it. This was way more than she suspected when she brought everyone home just to talk some sense into Wyler.
From the phone, Ethan was not going to be giving her good news.
“I wish, Baby, but this is legit. We’re just as shocked as you are. Like I said, the council told us we can investigate, since it’s a homicide—of sorts—but they warned us. Now, I’m beginning to think this is a bad idea.”
She stood there.
Her brain screamed abort.
Her badge on her hip told her she didn’t have a choice but to stay.
Oh, this was going to be one of those cases where she was scattered and frayed at the seams.
How could that end badly?
“Ethan, we are bound by the law, and our oaths to protect and serve the civilians of the US. We can’t not investigate if someone is being killed every single year for God only knows how long. They might have made that decision, but I simply can’t.”
He was aware.
“Callen and I are going to head back to the office. We’ll do a deep dive on anyone we can pinpoint as someone who may have disappeared from the reservation.”
She pointed out the obvious.
“EJ, how many times have you repeatedly told me that people disappear from the reservation all of the damn time?” she asked.
Oh, the irony of this wasn’t lost on him.
“I know, Elizabeth. Just be careful. We don’t know what we’re up against. We don’t normally work cases that go this far back. This is…a whole other ballgame.”
She was aware.
