Love in the Shadows by Caryn Moya Block

a hawk in his hand.
    “I found it on my desk one morning
before the wedding. I thought it was a gift from Derek like the
others he used to leave on my desk in secret.”
    “It’s not from me. Why do you ask,
Joe?” Derek reached over and squeezed Katherine’s hand.
    “It had a listening device inside it.”
Joe turned the figurine over and showed them the sliding door in
the bottom. “Whoever is behind this has been planning this for a
while. He knew that you left anonymous gifts on Katherine’s desk.
He even used a hawk.”
    “Can’t you use the security footage to
see who put it on her desk?” Derek asked.
    “There are no cameras in her office.
Don’t forget that Raven lived here until after the wedding and
still maintains an apartment on this floor. He didn’t want to take
a chance of one of us coming out of Shadow up here. This floor is
camera-free. There is a camera in the elevator.”
    “So you see who came up to this floor
and try to triangulate that person to the computer being used,”
Katherine said.
    Joe nodded at her and smiled in
approval. “That’s exactly right. It may take a few hours, but Hugh
is already going over the footage. Until we figure this out, I need
you to act like everything is normal. Take note of anyone coming up
here. The rest of the floor has been swept for listening devices
and is clear. Be careful anyway.”
    “I can do that,” Katherine
said.
    “I’m going to stick around, Joe. I
don’t want Katherine left alone,” Derek said.
    “She’s safe here in the building, Red
Hawk. No one can get in or out without us knowing. You are supposed
to be resting at an unknown location.”
    “Someone has already gotten in.” Derek
pointed at the hawk figurine. “I’ll slip into Shadow if someone
comes to this floor. I don’t want her alone.”
    “All right. Hugh is going over the
footage now. Charlie and Stacey are at your house. They’ll let us
know if someone shows up at the cabin unannounced.” Joe ran his
hand over his shorn head, a sure sign he was worried. “I’ll get to
the bottom of this.” Joe turned and headed for the door.
    “Thanks for having so much faith in me,
Joe,” Katherine said.
    He stopped, his hand on the door.
“Derek is lucky to have you.” Then, he headed for the
elevator.
    “Finally, we are alone again.” Derek
pulled her onto his lap.
    “Derek, I have to get to work. I can’t
monitor who comes in the elevator if I’m not in my office.” Derek
gave her a pout and his famous puppy dog eyes. Katherine laughed.
“You are so bad. Come sit in my office with me. If you hear the
elevator ding, you need to disappear.”
     
    §
     
    Derek watched as Katherine flipped
through files and worked at keeping Isanti going smoothly. Raven
hadn’t exaggerated when he said he couldn’t run the company without
Katherine. Could that be why the spy targeted her?
    Derek heard the elevator chime and
quickly ducked into the Shadow Dimension. This wasn’t the first
time someone had come to the top floor. Both Raven and Cara had
walked in this morning. Their offices were the only ones besides
Katherine’s on this floor. Derek had complained to his brother
about not letting him know telepathically that it was Raven and
Cara in the elevator. The cold of Shadow made his latest bullet
wound ache.
    The elevator door opened, and Nurse
Eschbach walked out. She went over to Katherine’s desk, carrying a
bundle of flyers.
    “I thought you might be able to
distribute these. The Annual Race for the Cure is coming up in a
few months, and Dr. Rick suggested the women should get a team
together to represent Isanti, Inc. Would you be interested in
running?”
    Derek pressed forward, and Katherine
shivered in her chair. Could she feel him in the Shadow
dimension?
    “I’m not sure. I’ll have to check my
calendar with the dates. Leave me a couple of flyers, and I’ll make
sure they get posted,” Katherine replied.
    “So where is the playboy of Isanti
hiding? You two