Fragmented Loyalty by Tonya Burrows

Author:Tonya Burrows
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Action & Adventure Romance, Women's Action & Adventure Fiction, Contemporary Romance, Mystery & Suspense Romance, Romantic Suspense, Action & Adventure Romance Fiction, Computer Hacking Fiction, Blackmail Fiction, Government Organization Fiction, Hidden Identity Romance, Forbidden Romance, New Adult Fiction, New Adult Contemporary Fiction, New Adult Romance, College & University Fiction, Entangled Embrace, Entangled Publishing, Tonya Burrows, Hornet Series, Class Alpha,
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC (Embrace)
Published: 2020-01-29T16:00:00+00:00

Hours later, I heard her hesitant footsteps on the front porch.

Sami.

Had to be her. Who else would it be? I didn’t move, didn’t acknowledge her. I didn’t want to see her or anyone else.

I straightened away from my workbench and stretched out my back. Since I’d walked out of the command center earlier, I’d thrown myself into scouring ShadowBazaar for any sign of the Noisy Cricket. I saw credit card numbers, drugs, and even assassins for sale on the eBay-like site, but so far, no military-grade weaponry. Realistically, it could be days or even months before it went up for auction, though I hoped not. I didn’t think Tuc had enough patience to keep me around for months. I needed results, and I needed them now.

But staring at a screen as auctions came and went wasn’t going to get results. Maybe if I gave Tuc something new, it would appease him until I found the Cricket, so between auctions, I tinkered with my newest drone prototype.

“Harvard?”

I actually ached at the sound of her voice.

Guess I did want to see her after all. I took off my glasses and rubbed at my gritty eyes. Life had been so much simpler when it was just me and my electronics. When I didn’t let myself care.

Electronics were simple. Easy to understand. Just circuits and voltage. A binary language of zeros and ones. People, on the other hand, were so damn hard.

She didn’t knock again. I really hadn’t expected her to. She barged in like she owned the place and put her hands on her hips. “What happened at the debriefing? Did they fire you? Am I out of the training program?”

“No.”

She released her breath like she’d been holding it and leaned against my workbench. She frowned as she studied me. She probably didn’t even realize it when her leg brushed my arm, but I sure as hell noticed. My nerve endings lit up like sparklers whenever we touched.

Her scent, dark and floral, wrapped around me and drew me closer like a beckoning finger. I remembered the feel of her under me the other night in my back seat, the smell of her arousal filling my senses. I was so far in over my head with this woman.

“I’ve missed you,” she added softly. “Is everything okay?”

“Yeah. Had things to do.”

“Did you find the Cricket?”

“No.” I didn’t mean to be so short with her, but I was too raw. If I gave her more than one-word answers, I might spill everything I was feeling, and that would be messy.

“Do we have a suspect?”

“Yeah.”

She hesitated a beat too long. “Who?”

I finally turned in my seat to face her because I didn’t like the note of panic in her voice. “What are you hiding?”

Her mouth opened in a sexy little O of surprise. “What?”

“Did you lie during your debriefing?”

“No.” She didn’t blink.

Was she lying? Or was I projecting my own half-truths? Which was a distinct possibility. I’d lived a lie for so long, maybe I didn’t know what truth was anymore.

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