"What's wrong?" he asked again.
She just blurted it out. "Do you know anything about healing powers?" She dropped into the chair across from the desk.
"Not a lot, but some."
"If I bring something back to life, do I lose a piece of my soul?"
His brow creased deeper. "What happened? Did someone get hurt? Did you have to-"
"Not someone," Kylie answered. "A bird."
"Oh. Holiday told me about that," Burnett answered. He leaned forward. "However, she said you weren't sure it was dead."
"It looked dead," Kylie said. "And I just want to know, did I lose a piece of my soul when I brought it back to life? And what does that mean?"
Burnett folded his arms on the desktop. "I'm not nearly as up on this as I'm sure Holiday is, but she wasn't concerned. So I don't think you have anything to worry about."
Not happy with his answer, Kylie remembered the second thing she wanted to discuss. "I want a library card."
"A what?" he asked.
"I want to be able to read the books that the FRU have in their library."
He frowned. "It's not a library, or not a normal library. Before you are allowed a book, it has to be cleared."
"Why?"
"Because a lot of items in the collection are FRU documents."
"What is the FRU hiding?"
He looked almost annoyed at her question. "We're not hiding anything. But we can't let normals get their hands on the books."
She pressed a finger to her forehead. "Do I look normal to you?"
"We still have to be careful."
"So you're telling me I can't check out the books."
His frown deepened. "I will see about getting you a few books on healing," he added, as if wanting to console her.
"What other kind of books do you have?" she asked.
"It's not a library, Kylie," he said with some firmness, and then settled back and didn't speak. Finally the awkward silence brought Kylie to another question. "Any more news on the elderly couple who pretended to be my grandparents?"
His guarded expression slipped away. "I just got a call. The fingerprints we were able to pull belong to the owners of the car. I'm afraid it's not going to help us. I'm sorry. But I can return these." He handed her the brown envelope that held her father's pictures. "You really resemble your father."
The genuine concern in his eyes and his tone should have made her feel better, but it just validated her suspicions that he hadn't been completely honest about the whole FRU and the library. What was the FRU hiding?
Kylie took the envelope. "Thank you," she said. While she wasn't going to start mistrusting Burnett, she would proceed with caution when dealing with him.
Kylie started to leave when Burnett looked at the door and said, "Come in."
Lucas walked in. He met Burnett's gaze head-on. "I'd like permission to walk Kylie back to her cabin."
"That's up to her," Burnett said.
"Without her shadow," Lucas said.