A Chip in His Shoulder by L.A. Witt

Author:L.A. Witt [Witt, L.A.]
Language: nld
Format: epub
Tags: erotic MM, Romance MM
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Freedom had never tasted as sweet as it did when

we stepped through that door. Even though we were

far from out of the woods, at least we were out of this

goddamned penthouse.

Out in the hal , Daniel leaned against the wal and

furrowed his brow over the palm computer. His

fingers moved quickly across the keypad, and after a

moment and a little bit of cursing, he said, “Okay.

Cameras are down.”

“This way.” I led him to the maintenance elevator

and opened the doors via the manual override. Then

I turned on the emergency lights lining the inside of

the shaft.

Daniel peered down the dimly lit shaft as I knelt

and popped the latch on the briefcase. “Um, Liam?”

“Hmm?” I looked up from pul ing the coil of

climbing rope and the grappling hook out of the

briefcase. His gaze darted to the equipment, then

back to the elevator shaft, and as his eyes widened, I

swore I heard the Oh shit! going through his head

from here.

“I’m actual y afraid to hear the answer,” he said.

“But what exactly are we doing?”

I stood, rope in hand. “Ever done any rappel ing?”

He raised an eyebrow. “Um, no.”

“Then pay attention,” I said. “Because if you fuck

up, you’l break your neck or hang yourself.”

“Wel . That’s encouraging.”

I shrugged. “Just being realistic. This won’t be

pleasant with your shoulder either. The cuts are

sealed, but the damage won’t heal overnight.”

“Great,” he muttered.

“Something to be said for nanobots.” I rol ed my

own mostly-healed shoulder.

He glared at me. “Just tel me what the fuck we’re

doing.”

“The rope is long enough to go down five or six

floors at a time,” I said. “I’l go first, then steady the

rope for you.”

“So we get to leapfrog the whole way down,” he

said dryly. “The whole way down a fucking elevator

shaft.”

“Not technical y leapfrogging, but now’s not the

time for semantics. So unless you have any better—”

“Fine, fine.” He waved a hand. “How do I do this?”

“It’s going to be a crash course, so—”

“Liam. For fuck’s sake.” He exhaled hard. “Could

you pick a better description? Please?”

“Whatever.” I gestured with the coil. “Pay

attention.”

I explained the steps, starting with looping the

rope under my right thigh, around my right side, and

over my left shoulder. I kept things as simple as I

could while stil being thorough; we didn’t have a lot

of time, but this wasn’t easy to learn. It was also

dangerous as al hel , and most of the errors that

could kil him were exactly the kinds of errors he

might make now: the fuck-ups of a novice.

“Ready?” I asked.

“Um, no.”

We stepped into the elevator shaft anyway,

balancing on the narrow horizontal beams.

“Watch yourself,” I said. “Closing the door.” I

eased the heavy door shut, and it banged into place,

sealing us in as the sound echoed down the thirty-

story shaft.

As I attached the grappling hook to the beam

As I attached the grappling hook to the beam

above me, Daniel craned his neck, looking over his

head and then down into the vertical void below us.

He might have made a strangled, terrified sound.

What he couldn’t hide, though, was the color draining

from his face as he turned back toward the wal .

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