Divine Fire by Melanie Jackson

Author:Melanie Jackson [Jackson, Melanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Fantasy, cookie429, Kat, Extratorrents
ISBN: 9780505526106
Publisher: Montlake
Published: 2004-12-28T00:00:00+00:00

Damien knew from experience that there were two kinds of time. One was the stuff that made up days and nights. You marked it with minutes and hours on a watch, or by weeks on a calendar.

Then there was the other kind, the type that went too swiftly for the consulting of timepieces. It was the type that rushed at you in moments of danger. That was where he was now. His body was recalibrating to this faster internal clock, sending adrenaline to his muscles, speeding up his heart so he was prepared for the shift into battle.

Another minute and he was ready. He had discovered long ago that he was willing to lose his life in combat, but not his nerve. Not his honor.

Gun ready, Damien stepped out of the elevator shaft and sprinted through the dark for the security office.

It was too much to hope that he’d find the security guard rocking back in his swivel chair, hands folded across his lap as he napped, unaware of the power outage. Or that perhaps the backup system had kicked in and the guard was now watching over several screens filled with universally peaceful scenes. Or, if there was something fishy on the screen, that he would be able to whip out some exotic weapon that could be used remotely, and only on the lower floors—perhaps something like a knockout gas, which could be sprayed through the ventilation system.

Actually, he’d better hope there wasn’t any knockout gas around. There was no guarantee that it would work on Dippel, and Damien didn’t fancy being caught napping by his old friend.

Damien jogged right and then got up close to the wall as he inched toward his goal.

Under other circumstances, Damien might not have known where the security offices were located. Having no mania for law enforcement, he did not habitually seek out knowledge of this sort. But he had designed and overseen construction of Ruthven Tower, and had made a point of knowing about his tenants and any changes they made to the architecture.

The new security suite was down the hall from the elevators on the west side of the building. It took up the coveted northwest corner of the tower and was the only suite on this floor not leased by Birken, Birken & Thomas, Attorneys at Law.

Damien reviewed the building’s new layout as he ran. Birken, Birken & Thomas’s offices ran the gamut in sizes. There were ridiculously large suites for the senior partners, cubbies and lavatories for the legal researchers and assistants, and one palatial bathroom, heavily insulated, lined in marble and without any windows. It could only be accessed with an executive’s key—which Damien happened to have. It would be a good place to stash Brice if she flatly refused the vault. It also had a fire escape right across the hall. This would please her, though he had no intention of using it or letting her set foot on it either. Dippel wasn’t stupid, and he would likely have guards watching the fire escape and the stairs.

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