Agent Zero by Saintcrow Lilith

Author:Saintcrow, Lilith [Saintcrow, Lilith]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2015-09-10T07:00:00+00:00

Two weeks later

From the balcony she could see the cathedral of glowing biscuit-colored stone, floodlit against the night. From here you could believe it wasn’t Sinaloa, where people vanished so easily. Every time Reese left the expensive gringo hotel without her, she was on tenterhooks until he came back, and tonight was no different. The weather was beautiful, though he told her in summer it would be too humid to breathe. By then they would be somewhere else. For right now, though, they were in this quiet place with its courtyard full of frangipani and a murmuring fountain. There was a pool in the basement, and the food was incredible. Apparently one of Reese’s identities was a gringo businessman who knew his way around, and tonight he was making contacts.

So when the sound came from the balcony, the curtains flowing white in the slow, highly scented wind, she leaped out of the chair, her water glass almost hitting the floor before her hand arrived to catch it. She was still getting used to her reflexes. Under the heavenly aroma from the courtyard came another thread of familiar scent, and Holly actually sagged with relief.

“It’s just me,” Trinity said, peering between the curtains. The only light was from the courtyard below and behind the slightly opened bathroom door, so she was a shadow among shadows, the vines growing up the building thick and juicy. She’d probably climbed them—there was a reek of sap and crushed green. “Nice place.”

“Temporary.” Holly straightened. “I’m glad you’re okay. How did you—”

“Don’t worry, nobody else could. I wouldn’t have blown your hide.” She was fearfully gaunt, and had dyed her hair to a washed-out chestnut. Her gaze was still flat and dark as ever. Jeans and a gray tank top, muscle moving smoothly on her tanned arms, the other woman took a cautious step inside. “I did have to wait until he left.”

“Why?”

Trinity shrugged.

Oh, for God’s sake. “So why are you here?”

“I...” A long pause. “I wanted to...check...on you. To see if you were hap—I mean, safe.”

“I’m okay.” Holly set the glass down on the mosaic-tiled top of the small table next to her chair. “I was just sitting here thinking about a book I left behind.” It was a great one, too. I can buy another copy, though.

“I also...wanted to apologize.”

“For?”

“He almost liquidated you.” Trinity made a restless little movement. She really was awfully thin, almost as thin as Holly had been. “And...after that. If I had calculated better—”

She means Bronson. Holly quelled a shudder. “It’s fine. Reese says Cal’s looking for you.”

“To tie me off, no doubt.”

You guys and your euphemisms. It helped them, she supposed. If you could say liquidate instead of murder, target instead of human being, you were halfway to believing it wasn’t such a big deal. “No. Just to talk to you. He said Cal—”

“It doesn’t matter.” Trinity took another half step into the room. “Tell Six that the program is shelved for now. They still have the data, though, and they will find out how to take emotional noise from the agents.

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