The Host Redux Chapters 47 and 48

Chapter 47
Employed

Another reason he [Pedobear] was good at this life–he saw priorities uncontaminated by personal desire.
He sounds like a Dalek. "Exterminate....EXTERMINATE!"

“Hi there. New in town?”
“Yes. Brand-new.”
“What brings you to Byers?”
"Well, Langly was being kind of a jerk, saying his kung fu was better than mine, and Frohike was hacking into the DoD again."

On the television screen, two souls were speaking their lines clearly, their bodies held with
perfect posture. It wasn't hard to pick up what was happening in the story because there wasn't a lot of variety in the scripts souls wrote. In this one, two souls were reconnecting after a long separation. The male's stint with the See Weeds had come between them, but he'd chosen to be human because he guessed his partner from the Mists Planet would be drawn to these warm-blooded hosts. And, miracle of miracles, he'd found her here.
They all had happy endings.
Lmao. Does this sound familiar? It's like every single Smeyer novel ever. She writes this example for maximum ridiculousness, but she doesn't realize that all her books are like that. She's the least self-aware person I know of.

Anyhoo, everyone's driving home and a cop car comes up behind them. Oh no, will our intrepid heroes defeat the cop and continue back home with little to no effort? I can't wait to find out!

Chapter 48
Detained

The red and blue lights swirled in time with the siren's cry.
Good story that I completely forgot about. Danielle's mom was driving Danielle, Stacey, and I believe Nicole home. They saw these lights behind the car and Danielle and Nicole were like, "It's a UFO! Omg it's a UFO!" and they're both freaking out. Then Stacey's like, "um, you guys, it's just a cop car."

Chagrin. I could do chagrin. I could feel it now.
No other author has ever made me hate a word with such vociferousness.

Yup, just a few lies, and the Seeker goes away with no problem. Well, that was very thrilling.

Also, the Seekers killed Wes. No one cares.