Cipher by Moira Rogers

Author:Moira Rogers [Rogers, Moira]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781609285234
Amazon: B00530J3AA
Publisher: Bill
Published: 0101-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Three days of peace shattered with the rumble of a motorcycle engine.

The warehouse’s downstairs kitchen was close enough to the main entrance that Andrew heard not only the engine, but the dull thump of boot soles on the pavement outside. He didn’t drop his dishtowel until the side door rattled and the bell buzzed.

Kat glanced up, peering at him over the top of the laptop she’d opened on the island. “Are you expecting someone?”

“Not particularly, but sometimes people show up.” He waved her back, walked to the door and opened it.

The man on the other side looked like trouble, from his scuffed boots to his sunglasses. His leather jacket was unzipped just enough to reveal a shoulder rig, and tattoos climbing down the sides of his neck and disappearing beneath a black T-shirt. He had a duffel bag over one shoulder and a grin that outdid Alec at his most arrogant.

He also had an aura of magic that felt like nothing Andrew had ever encountered before.

When he spoke, it was in the flat cadence of TV newscasters, though a hint of southern drawl lurked around the edges. “You must be Andrew Callaghan. I’m looking for Kat. My brother sent me.”

Ben’s brother, the one who liked to play with swords. “Patrick, I guess?”

“Patrick McNamara,” he confirmed, holding out his free hand. “Nice to meet you.”

“You too. Come in.”

As the newcomer stepped into the warehouse, Kat appeared in the kitchen doorway. Her eyes lit up, and she took two excited steps forward before jerking to a halt. “Oh shit. How bad is it?”

Patrick McNamara looked like trouble—or like the kind of guy you’d send in to deal with trouble. Andrew laid a hand on Kat’s shoulder. “Maybe we should all go sit in the kitchen and talk.”

Kat didn’t move, but her shoulder was tense under his fingers. “How bad is it?” she asked again.

“Bad, Kat.” The man nodded to Andrew and lifted his bag higher. “I’ve got the printouts in here. Ben didn’t want to take the chance they’d get intercepted.”

Andrew hesitated. “Want to lay them out on the counter, Kat? We can look at them together, or you can have some time.”

She drew in a steadying breath before shaking her head. “If it’s big enough for Patrick to drive over here personally, it’s not just about my family.”

Despite the truth of the words, no one else had quite so personal a stake in the information contained in those printouts. “Did Ben give you a rundown before you left?”

“The basics.” Patrick followed them across the open entryway to the kitchen tucked in the front corner of the warehouse. “I read through the highlights. There’s a lot of information here, and it’s a crazy kind of scary.”

Kat cleared her laptop out of the way so he could start pulling out files. “Information about…”

“Psychics.” The folder he pulled out looked like the one Ben had given them with fake identification. “Kids, mostly, or people who were kids ten years ago. Whoever drew up

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