(BL) Hunting The Field Guide novel Chapter 433

Chapter 433: What an asshole

The dual press conferences went without a hitch, and the point was made. Across the city, and internationally.

Uncle Tom had fucked up, and the S Classes that were ’listening’ to him, were breaking their chains. They had also selected the person that they wanted to take his place.

It was surprisingly peaceful after that had been announced and Uncle Tom? Well, it turned out that he wasn’t on the front lines anymore. Had probably escaped during the fuss with the general store. That was the theory at least, since Sergei and Sakura’s people had been looking for him with a vengeance.

Rhys didn’t appear to be too worried. Nor was Kellen’s Mom or Dad. They all seemed to know that he was going to come back, especially since he had left his wife behind. His precious wife, who Kellen’s Mom had made sure to bring her to the tower to keep her safe, while also letting her know what he had been up to.

His wife was horrified at the treatment of Kellen. She was even more horrified after Rhys had had a conversation with her in private, and through her tears, she apologised on behalf of her husband and was willing to help them bring him to justice.

Kellen was pretty upset on her behalf that Uncle Tom could just leave her behind. As was his parents. The man had no idea what it was like to have an imprint, but he had watched lots of his employees, ’friends’ and others around him care for the people they had selected as life partners. The fact that his wife knew nothing about what he had been up to?

Terrible. Awful. He might have gained a small amount of respect back from everyone if she had known, but the fact that she was blindsided by his actions? That was another mark against him. He was treating her as if she was disposable, even though they had been married for 20 years.

Everyone was disgusted with his behaviour, but Kellen could tell that everyone wanted him to be associated with the E.A.G. so that this betrayal could feel justified in some way. Kellen could tell that people were getting upset the more that they dug and the more they were unable to find a connection except for the most recent one.

Kellen just shrugged. Uncle Tom was a classic case of a power hungry man, not necessarily a bigot in the same way as the E.A.G. He just took advantage of a situation where what he needed and what they needed aligned for a heartbeat, and then he fled.

Where had he fled? They would find that out rather shortly. Kellen had no doubt about that. Rhys had this little twinkle in his eye when everyone asked where he was. If Rhys knew where he was. Rhys wasn’t even telling Kellen about it, but Kellen was looking forward to it the same way that Rhys was. Wherever Uncle Tom was going to surface, it sounded like Rhys thought it was a terrible enough situation for him to be caught up in that Rhys didn’t want to search for him.

He wanted Uncle Tom to truly lie in the bed that he made.

But, even with Uncle Tom missing, life continued on. Hill was still trying to get any information possible from the people that she had caught, the Peach Guild was getting closer and closer to creating a perfect antidote, and with how stable everything was feeling, Rhys, Hill, Kellen and Brent were discussing when to send out the newer new recruits and the second round of Field Guides.

Kellen and Brent, in the week that followed the dual press conferences had begun the arduous journey of speaking to each of the Field Guides one by one and letting them know of the plan that they were stewing up. They wanted to do it one by one so that they didn’t feel pressured in a group environment to make a decision.

This appeared to be going well. Everyone was coming to a decision for themselves, and Kellen was a bit surprised by the results. He actually expected most of them, or at least half to want to go towards becoming teachers. Most of the second class, if he was to be specific since they had come back from their trip to the front lines quieter and more subdued. That wasn’t a mark against them, he just assumed that they had had a bad time.

Instead, it was more of a 60-40 split with more people going towards being actual Field Guides instead of instructors. That wasn’t a bad thing, but it also meant that they had to look at their plan a little more.

Initially, Kellen wanted to offer people the option to go to the front lines. They had done the mandated time and now it was time to volunteer. The problem came from the fact that everyone who wanted to be a Field Guide wanted to go, and the other group didn’t. Kellen was only at a loss for a little bit, before he spoke to Brent. What if, this time, they did a round of two weeks on, and then two weeks off with the group who wanted to commit to being Field Guides?

It would still get them more experience, they would get to go to the front lines, and they could draw lots again. Brent agreed to this, even if it meant that the groups that he had were a little bit bigger, but it was clear that he was feeling confident after making it through a whole month. He agreed pretty much right away.

Rhys had agreed with him, along with everyone else when Miro dropped out of the call from lack of service again. _{freewёbn૦νeɭ.com}