Chapter 18
“What did you say?!” Theodore Badger growled into the phone. “He found a what?”
The voice on the other end was quiet, barely above a whisper. Theodore stared out the window of his office high above the University of Washington campus. He didn’t see the students struggling to walk along the icy paths. No, in his mind, he pictured the unusual woman he had seen almost a week ago at Ty Bearclaw’s home. He had known there was something different about her, but he had no idea that it would be a difference of such magnitude.
“You’re positive,” he demanded again, this time in a quieter voice. “I want every detail you can get. Everything, do you hear me?” the voice on the other end muttered in agreement before hanging up.
Theodore lowered the phone in his hand. He could hear the plas
