BLAZE ERUPTING: Scorpius SyndromeA Brigade Novella by Rebecca Zanetti

Author:Rebecca Zanetti [Zanetti, Rebecca]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: dystopian, Scorpius Syndrome, romance, 1001 Dark Nights, Brigade
Publisher: Evil Eye Concepts, Incoporated
Published: 2018-01-23T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Sometimes my brain and my heart are at complete odds. Which is neither here nor there for the purposes of this type of journal. So. To get back to it. We’ve found a credible threat against the nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania, and it’s my job to secure Hugh’s cooperation. If I don’t shoot him first.

—Dr. Eleanor Mae Smithers, Brigade Notes

Ellie nodded at the two armed guards outside Hugh’s quarters and then pushed inside without knocking. Each private quarter had been set up like a studio apartment with living area, bed, kitchenette, and attached bath. “Hi.”

Hugh sat on the floral sofa with his feet perched on a metal coffee table that housed one pathetic-looking cactus in a chipped red pot. “You here to spring me?”

“No.” She moved toward the one available chair, trying like heck to look casual.

“They let you in here by yourself?” he asked mildly.

She blinked and then sat. “I assured them you’d never hurt me.” Plus, she knew a few moves. Yeah, it had taken an hour of arguing with Deke, but Hugh didn’t need to know about that. “Right?”

Hugh shrugged. “I don’t know, Ellie Mae. I could grab you and force my way out of here.” If anything, he sounded bored by the entire idea. “Or just take you hostage.” His grin was wolfish.

Her face heated. How he could make her blush so easily she’d figure out later. “We need your help.”

His eyebrows lifted. “Is that a fact? Your gang thinks I’m a terrorist.”

“Nobody really thinks you’re a terrorist,” she countered, trying hard to sound reasonable and not irritated as hell. “We just need to clear up that undercover op you were on and you’ll be fine. But as my code is worming its way into your section of Homeland’s computers, before they go down, we need your help.”

His bare feet dropped to the floor, and he leaned toward her. “If Gregor is dead, I have no clue who he was working with.” Hugh scratched his elbow, somehow looking tough even against the flowered material. “All I got from him those two months was the name of a group called the Haven, or something like that. That’s it.”

“That’s something,” Ellie murmured. “I can start there—after I return from Pennsylvania.”

He tilted his head to the side. “You’re not going to that power plant without me.” His tone lost all semblance of lazy playfulness.

Her breath quickened for some inexplicable reason. “I’m afraid you’ll have to stay here.”

“No.” Without seeming to move, he somehow broadened. “That plant is in jeopardy, and I identify threats better than anybody else out there. Even you.”

She nodded, wanting to soothe the beast a little. It sucked to be locked up. “I understand, but I’m the computer expert. I can get into their internal servers and maybe find what’s going on. At least I need to review the security feeds.” She moved to stand.

Quicker than she could blink, she found herself on his lap. He extended his legs again, easily adjusting her into place, his grip firm.

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