[ There was no satisfaction in her tone, but neither did she think he was lying to her. What would have been his motive? And beyond that he seemed polite, congenial even.
Not that Stella hadn't seen her fair share of polite, congenial-seeming men with ulterior motives — to put it mildly — but she usually had a certain... feeling, a gut instinct. A hunch. She wasn't feeling that here. ]
So we have — what? A mass abduction? For what purpose?
[ She didn't actually expect him to answer, especially as he'd already told her he had no more information than she did. But Stella's investigative mind was already working, trying to figure out the situation at hand.
She didn't remember going or being taken anywhere. The last she recalled, she was in the forest with Spector dying in her arms. Then, here — wherever here was. What could possibly have happened in such a short period of time? ]
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[ There was no satisfaction in her tone, but neither did she think he was lying to her. What would have been his motive? And beyond that he seemed polite, congenial even.
Not that Stella hadn't seen her fair share of polite, congenial-seeming men with ulterior motives — to put it mildly — but she usually had a certain... feeling, a gut instinct. A hunch. She wasn't feeling that here. ]
So we have — what? A mass abduction? For what purpose?
[ She didn't actually expect him to answer, especially as he'd already told her he had no more information than she did. But Stella's investigative mind was already working, trying to figure out the situation at hand.
She didn't remember going or being taken anywhere. The last she recalled, she was in the forest with Spector dying in her arms. Then, here — wherever here was. What could possibly have happened in such a short period of time? ]