you it was going to be—the two of us following you back to Dykovski’s base and waiting for the rest of the team to arrive. You go into the diner, see what’s up with the situation, play it through. Dykovski’ll drag you back to his hideout no matter what. Whether you’re willing or unwilling won’t make a difference once he has your frequency.”
He reached around, feeling the scarred tissue. “He’s not going to pop me on the spot.” It was more of an attempt to reassure himself, not a question to me.
“No benefit in it. I think he’d much rather have you under his control and running with his dogs.”
Harris licked chocolate off his fingers. “And you think you can talk Kit into going along with this? We sort of parted on bad terms, in case you forgot.” He nibbled on one fingernail. “He’s sort of an angry drunk as well.”
“No shit, Sherlock.” My fingers traced the thin scratches on my throat. “I’m going to see if I can appeal to Kit’s ego, promise him the big photo shoot when we take Dykovski down. Maybe play the repentant little girl, going along with the Alpha but just tweaking it a little bit.” The scenario ran around in my mind, cutting Mobius strips.
“Too bad you don’t have the leather outfit on,” Harris leered. “Think he liked that one. Especially if you get on your knees and beg.”
I stuck my middle finger up, letting the sparks fly.
“God I missed you.” He chuckled. A second later his expression became serious. “It’s gonna be dangerous. Like Hunter said, we don’t have any jammers.”
“Waiting just isn’t an option. Dykovski’s been raiding Agency equipment caches and taking some weapons. Along with an armored flight suit.” I scrunched up the wrapper. “He might not show with the armor in public, but who the hell knows?”
Harris curled his lips into an O. “That’s not good. That’s so not good.” He looked at me. “We’ve got to stop him.”
I tried not to grin. “And we’re going to.”
“It’s settled, then.” Harris got to his feet and brushed off the front of his pants.
My pulse hammered in my ears. “If it goes bad, we’ll have to play it by ear until the team arrives. We can’t sit back and let them demolish the town.” The scratches on my throat burned. “Draw them out of town, away from the public. Keep that in mind if it all goes to hell.”
“I sure hope it doesn’t come to that,” Harris said. “I’m okay with the first version—you and Kit follow me back to their base.”
“And wait,” Hunter interjected. “I just told the pilots to jack it into high gear. The FAA may bitch, but they’ll live with it.” His voice dropped a notch. “Don’t be a hero, Jo. Remember the first rule.”
Harris laughed. “Women.”
I resisted the urge to taser one man and swear at the other.
“Make sure to call me when you get near the area. You may have to do a team jump out of the jet.” I frowned. “Did you even discuss that with Rachael? Can she handle that? Bringing you all down without killing everyone?”
“Don’t know. Might be a good time to try it out,” Hunter replied. “She’s here and eager to go. Just get Kit on your side if you can. If you can’t, hold on until we arrive.” A clacking came over the link, keys being bashed hard and without mercy. “We’ll be there as soon as we can. I’m also alerting the National Guard via Outrager along with everyone and the kitchen sink. Reinforcements are on the way. Do. Not. Engage.” His tone changed, low and definitely Guardian-like. “I’m not kidding, Jo. If Dykovski and Masters get into it, save the civilians and keep out of the way.”
“Yeahsureyoubetcha.”
“Do you two fight like this in bed?” Harris’s eyes gleamed. “Do tell.”
“Shut. Up,” Hunter and I replied in unison.
Chapter Six
Harris tapped the remote control. “I can’t believe we’ve got porn on every channel.”
I kept my eyes closed, running through another set of
He reached around, feeling the scarred tissue. “He’s not going to pop me on the spot.” It was more of an attempt to reassure himself, not a question to me.
“No benefit in it. I think he’d much rather have you under his control and running with his dogs.”
Harris licked chocolate off his fingers. “And you think you can talk Kit into going along with this? We sort of parted on bad terms, in case you forgot.” He nibbled on one fingernail. “He’s sort of an angry drunk as well.”
“No shit, Sherlock.” My fingers traced the thin scratches on my throat. “I’m going to see if I can appeal to Kit’s ego, promise him the big photo shoot when we take Dykovski down. Maybe play the repentant little girl, going along with the Alpha but just tweaking it a little bit.” The scenario ran around in my mind, cutting Mobius strips.
“Too bad you don’t have the leather outfit on,” Harris leered. “Think he liked that one. Especially if you get on your knees and beg.”
I stuck my middle finger up, letting the sparks fly.
“God I missed you.” He chuckled. A second later his expression became serious. “It’s gonna be dangerous. Like Hunter said, we don’t have any jammers.”
“Waiting just isn’t an option. Dykovski’s been raiding Agency equipment caches and taking some weapons. Along with an armored flight suit.” I scrunched up the wrapper. “He might not show with the armor in public, but who the hell knows?”
Harris curled his lips into an O. “That’s not good. That’s so not good.” He looked at me. “We’ve got to stop him.”
I tried not to grin. “And we’re going to.”
“It’s settled, then.” Harris got to his feet and brushed off the front of his pants.
My pulse hammered in my ears. “If it goes bad, we’ll have to play it by ear until the team arrives. We can’t sit back and let them demolish the town.” The scratches on my throat burned. “Draw them out of town, away from the public. Keep that in mind if it all goes to hell.”
“I sure hope it doesn’t come to that,” Harris said. “I’m okay with the first version—you and Kit follow me back to their base.”
“And wait,” Hunter interjected. “I just told the pilots to jack it into high gear. The FAA may bitch, but they’ll live with it.” His voice dropped a notch. “Don’t be a hero, Jo. Remember the first rule.”
Harris laughed. “Women.”
I resisted the urge to taser one man and swear at the other.
“Make sure to call me when you get near the area. You may have to do a team jump out of the jet.” I frowned. “Did you even discuss that with Rachael? Can she handle that? Bringing you all down without killing everyone?”
“Don’t know. Might be a good time to try it out,” Hunter replied. “She’s here and eager to go. Just get Kit on your side if you can. If you can’t, hold on until we arrive.” A clacking came over the link, keys being bashed hard and without mercy. “We’ll be there as soon as we can. I’m also alerting the National Guard via Outrager along with everyone and the kitchen sink. Reinforcements are on the way. Do. Not. Engage.” His tone changed, low and definitely Guardian-like. “I’m not kidding, Jo. If Dykovski and Masters get into it, save the civilians and keep out of the way.”
“Yeahsureyoubetcha.”
“Do you two fight like this in bed?” Harris’s eyes gleamed. “Do tell.”
“Shut. Up,” Hunter and I replied in unison.
Chapter Six
Harris tapped the remote control. “I can’t believe we’ve got porn on every channel.”
I kept my eyes closed, running through another set of
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