Chapter 13
“That’s quite a story,” Akta said after I finished speaking. “And you went into just...all the detail...so much unnecessary detail.”
“Sorry. I thought you wanted to know everything before we started interrogating Charlie.”
“I did want to know everything—or at least I thought I did.” Akta paused, noticing a groggy Charlie looking around. “It doesn’t matter now. What’s important is figuring out what Charlie knows about Imogen as soon as possible.”
“Right.” I nodded.
Akta picked up her bucket of water and splashed it over the imp’s face. “Wake up!”
Charlie regained consciousness in a hurry and shook his head back and forth, trying to shake off the dripping water. “Where am I? What am I doing? What’s going on?” Then, he saw my face. “Oh, it’s you. Hello again.”
I crossed my a
