All Chapters of Shadow of Saul: Chapter 131
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Chapter 131. I Am Here.
However, the moment the door opened, she turned. Her eyes found his face, and something in her expression shifted. It wasn't relief, exactly. It was more like the first crack in a dam that had been holding back too much for too long. "Saul." She pushed herself up, her arms straining against the mattress, her legs shifting under the thin blanket. "You came." Shaking her head sharply, she frowned up at him balefully, “I told you not to come. I told you to stay safe. You shouldn't be here." He was at her side before she could get any further. His hands found her shoulders, gentle but firm, easing her back against the pillows. "Don't get up. You need to rest. Whatever happened, whatever you've been through, you need to rest." "I don't need to rest. I need to find my brother." But she didn't f
Chapter 132. Get It.
The fear of those words settled over her like a shroud. She pulled the blanket tighter around herself, her shoulders hunching, her body curling inward as if she could make herself small enough to disappear. "I'm such a terrible sister. How did I not know what he was planning? He told me he was sorry. That moron looked me in the eye and said he was sorry, and I thought he meant for dragging us into danger, for making us targets. I didn't realize he was saying goodbye. I didn't realize…" Her voice cracked, and the question came out raw and jagged, directed at no one but herself. "How did I not know?" Saul felt his eyes heat up and he climbed up beside her, his back against the headboard, his shoulder pressed against hers. “Oh Kim," Immediately, she rested against his chest, her weight warm and solid against him, and they sha
Chapter 133. In Peace.
She paused and her voice dropped as she said the next bit. "He heard his comrades die over the com piece in his ear and he couldn't do anything about it. He just had to lie there and listen."Saul said nothing in response to that.There was nothing to say about something so horrific."After a while, he took a peek from his broken windscreen. The vans were moving. They were retreating. He could hear other sirens in the distance….the reinforcements, finally arriving. But they were late to stop them. Too late to save anyone." Her voice cracked, and the tears she had been holding back began to spill over. "He said he saw them drag Leo into one of the vans. They had a bag over his head and there was blood on him. Reyes couldn't tell if it was Leo's blood or someone else's. He couldn't even tell if Leo was dead or alive." She sobbed, turning her head and burying it in Saul's chest once more, her shoulders shaking while her hands clutched at his shirt, her fingers twisting in the fabric. I
Chapter 134. The Detective.
She knew Veronica's perfume. She had smelled it the moment she buried her face in his chest, something expensive and spicy and unmistakably feminine. In that instant, everything had clicked into place. The missed calls. The rumpled clothes. The fact that he had been unreachable all night. She had felt the jealousy rise up in her throat like bile, hot and bitter and completely irrational. She had no claim on Saul. He didn't remember their marriage and he didn't remember loving her. As far as he knew, they were colleagues who had grown close, nothing more. He was free to spend his nights with whoever he chose.But knowing that didn't make it hurt any less.Suddenly, the door opened. Cross walked in first, her expression as unreadable as ever and Saul followed behind her, his face giving nothing away. He didn't move toward the bed. Instead, he walked to the chair near the window, the one Kim had barely noticed when she first woke up, and sat down. The distance between them was d
Chapter 135. Night Together.
Night had fallen, and Kim was alone in her house waiting for Saul.She had been cleared for discharge hours ago, the hospital paperwork signed, filed before being folded into a neat little envelope that now sat on the kitchen counter beside a bowl of apples she had no intention of eating and the police clearing her to leave with the assurance that they would call when they needed her assistance (or her compliance with the case).The doctors had been kind enough, checking her vitals one last time, asking her questions about her memory and her coordination and whether she felt any lingering dizziness from the gas. She had answered everything correctly, had walked in a straight line and touched her nose with her eyes closed and recited the alphabet backward without a single stumble, and they had smiled and told her she was free to go.Absurdly, she had almost asked if she could stay. The words had been right there on her tongue, heavy and embarrassing, but she had swallowed them down n
Chapter 136. Pretense.
She saw him flinch, just slightly, just a tightening around his eyes, and she felt a rush of guilt that she quickly suppressed. She knew she was still angry, still hurt. She couldn't get the memory of smelling Veronica's perfume on his shirt out of her mind, the memory of it was imprinted there, branded in her mind that her husband probably had…. No, she didn't want to think about this. She couldn't. It would drive her mad if she did. Hunching in on her herself, she murmured. " Sorry.” "No," Saul disagreed quietly. " You're right. I don't actually know you…..But I'd like to." The honesty of it disarmed her. She looked away, her gaze dropping to the paper bag on the coffee table. "What did you bring?" "Food. From the place on Fifth. The one with the red awning. You mentioned it once, in passing, when we were
Chapter 137. Xoxo.
Saul was quiet for a long moment. She heard him set the laptop aside, heard the soft sound of his footsteps crossing the room toward her. He stopped a few feet away, close enough that she could feel the warmth radiating from his body but not so close that she felt crowded. "I can't tell you it's going to be okay," he said. "I don't know what it will be. But I know Leo. Granted, I've only known him for a few weeks, but I know him. He's smart and he's resourceful. He survived a terrorist level attack in that police station and he managed to get you out of there alive. Whatever he's facing right now, he's facing it with that big brain of his and endless amount of optimism." "Well, he's not as optimistic as he pretends to be!" Kim snapped, and her voice cracked on the words. "He's been pretending to be brave since we were children!" She scoffed, eyes rolling, “Idiot
Chapter 138. Digital Footprints.
The screen went dark for a moment, and then a new page materialized, stark and elegant against the black background. The text was in white, the font clean and precise, and at the top of the page, in letters that seemed to glow, was a message.Welcome, Mr. Kinai.As you know, I've had the pleasure of lending a helping hand once again. I trust that my work will far exceed your expectations by the time you've finished here. This site was specially curated for you. It can only grant access to one IP address, and it can only be used once. The moment you leave, the site will be taken down, rendering the link that brought you here completely useless. So whatever information you glean from these pages, I suggest you write it down. Analog style. We don't want any unwanted digital footprints, now do we?Until next time,XXXOBelow the message, there was nothing but an arrow. A single, elegant arrow pointing downward, inviting them to scroll further.Kim and Saul stared at the screen. The sile
Chapter 139. In My Feelings
Kim was already thinking ahead about how to solve that problem. leaning back she pushed a hand through her slightly curling hair. "You're right. Miss Hale said the site can only be accessed once. The moment we leave, it disappears." She stood up from the sofa, her legs stiff from sitting too long in one position."We need to write everything down. By hand with no digital copies or at least nothing that can be traced back to her server."Saul nodded and reached for the legal pad and fountain pen she had brought him earlier. "Right. But….this is going to take a while.""It might take all night." Kim paused, her hand resting on the back of the sofa. "I have supplies in my office. More paper. Better pens. And I have something else, too."Saul looked up at her, his brow lifting slightly. "S-factor."Kim nodded sharply."In the patch form. It'll help us get through this faster." She saw the hesitation flicker across his face and added quickly, "It's safe. I've used it before. Leo used it.
Chapter 140. Power Through.
The question landed between them like a stone dropped into still water. Saul felt his thoughts stutter, the careful progression of his mind interrupted by something he had not seen coming. "No," he said, and the word came out before he had time to consider it. "I don't."Kim nodded slowly, as if she had expected that answer and was not sure whether to believe it. Her expression gave nothing away and that's why he didn't expect her next question. "Did you sleep with her?"The room went very quiet.Saul felt like answering anything but this but Kim just sat there, her hands still folded in her lap, her eyes fixed on some point in the middle distance, asking him a question she already knew the answer to."Yes," Saul whispered shyly.And Kim's composure shattered like glass. "How could you?"The words burst out of her, sharp and jagged and full of something that sounded like betrayal. Her hands unclasped and gripped the edge of the sofa cushion. Her eyes, which had been so carefully bl