Who's Daisy Anyway

“I will understand none of this. What made Russell do what he did? Or humans hunting other intelligent creatures, including each other. It doesn’t make sense at all. The thrill, what thrill is there in doing something like this?” Ben lay on his bed, having woken from an afternoon nap with Julie. He lay looking up at the ceiling.

“No one says you need to understand any of that. I’m just hoping that your latest lead isn’t a dud like the ones you’ve talked about in the past.” Julie mumbled from under her pillow. The sheet he lay on top of, covered her to her neck. All he could see of her right now was her long hair.

“It’s different, I think. Look, first the Ruling Council found those who were feeding the hunter ring their information. Then there’s Daisy, who’s watching the traffic coming and going from the warehouse.” Ben’s eyes grew wide when Julie went from lying there relaxed. To still half asleep, to suddenly kneeling on the bed beside him with her eyes wide open