A Strength of Arms by Danica St. Como

Author:Danica St. Como
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Book/Menage
Published: 2011-09-19T04:00:00+00:00

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What's going on here? Adam targeted Lorelei's hesitation. Her nostrils flared, not once, but several times, like a good hunting dog working a scent. She had fidgeted with her fork, then slid the rest of her omelet to MacBride. Minute changes in her posture told him that something had changed. Lorelei looked edgy; her eyes darted around the room, her body motions were stiff—a far cry from her confident response when she'd met MacBride and his crew for the first time. Something's wrong.

Lucian spoke up. "Ben, it would probably be more comfortable to move to the great room to ask your questions."

"Benjamin, if you don't mind. Agent Stanford would be more appropriate." The whiny level in the little man's voice crept up a notch. Ignoring Lucian's offer, he pressed on. "Why, yes we did work together, don't you remember me?"

Lorelei looked closely at his face. She finally shook her head. "No, you don't look familiar."

"Good. I mean, yes, I see."

"Didn't Sheriff MacBride tell you that I suffered a head injury? A concussion, with possible retrograde amnesia?" Lorelei's voice went up an octave, and sounded almost childlike—or like the voice of a ditzy blonde.

MacBride's brow raised, and Adam hoped the sheriff read his buddy, keep it to yourself look. The memory loss bracketed the accident itself—according to their discussions, Lorelei remembered before and after.

"Well, yes, but a good agent must discover these things for himself, Special Agent Randall."

"Oh, yes, I see, Benjie."

"Benjamin! Not Benjie! Didn't you listen earlier?" The little man nearly squealed with agitation.

Lorelei responded again in the ditzy blonde voice. "I'm so sorry, Agent Stanford, please forgive me. It's the amnesia thing. I forget things so quickly these days."

At her off-the-wall response, Adam sent a squinty-eyed look at Lucian and MacBride, hoping to keep them quiet.

"I suppose that's an acceptable reason." Stanford played with the buttons of his beige suit. "You were considered quite the bright star in our special unit."

"Really? Was I?"

Lucian stepped behind Lorelei's chair, placed a hand on her shoulder.

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