04-13-2018, 02:11 PM
It was like the dome blocked out the whole world. More than just sound. Light. Life. It all disappeared when he said her name.
Why? Why the hell? For fuck's sake. HOW did she get in front of Ascendancy in a fucking day? For a chat?
Jay was speechless. What did she say? Was Danjou with her? No.. Something stirred in his mind. Her file. That first day when he read her file in the transport on the way to Freetown. He knew that her mother, Eleanor Northbrook hired the Legion for her personal protection. But there was something else. Her name wasn't really Northbrook. Her birth certification said something else.
--Grey.
Natalie Grey. Her father's name.
That's how he knew her. He remembered her father. The scandal. Court. News. Prison. The family of Ascendancy's right hand man in Western Europe. The man that ran half the continent - Edward Northbrook. That's how he knew her? Goddammit and this whole time Jay had been so fucking obsessive over his own demons, he didn't even think to ask--
--No. He'd not ask. But he should have known. Kept that card close to his chest. Maybe never reveal it, but play the game knowing the hands that were dealt.
He rubbed his forehead a moment and nodded along with Ascendancy's order. "I'll talk to her."
They parted after that, but Jay was left otherwise speechless.
There was a lot of ground to cover in two days.
Why? Why the hell? For fuck's sake. HOW did she get in front of Ascendancy in a fucking day? For a chat?
Jay was speechless. What did she say? Was Danjou with her? No.. Something stirred in his mind. Her file. That first day when he read her file in the transport on the way to Freetown. He knew that her mother, Eleanor Northbrook hired the Legion for her personal protection. But there was something else. Her name wasn't really Northbrook. Her birth certification said something else.
--Grey.
Natalie Grey. Her father's name.
That's how he knew her. He remembered her father. The scandal. Court. News. Prison. The family of Ascendancy's right hand man in Western Europe. The man that ran half the continent - Edward Northbrook. That's how he knew her? Goddammit and this whole time Jay had been so fucking obsessive over his own demons, he didn't even think to ask--
--No. He'd not ask. But he should have known. Kept that card close to his chest. Maybe never reveal it, but play the game knowing the hands that were dealt.
He rubbed his forehead a moment and nodded along with Ascendancy's order. "I'll talk to her."
They parted after that, but Jay was left otherwise speechless.
There was a lot of ground to cover in two days.
Only darkness shows you the light.