Frozen Fire by Wendy L. Koenig

Author:Wendy L. Koenig [Koenig, Wendy L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Blue Swan Publishing
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 27

Espionage

Torenz wound through the hallways to his secret lab in long, measured strides, his footsteps echoing thickly from the tight, gray walls.

Something was up.

He’d been visiting Jileah, like he occasionally did, and it had gone well. He’d discovered trouble, however, when he headed to his own quarters. Checking in on Denefe, he’d found her in a tizzy about something he couldn’t follow, her thoughts all over the place. She’d begin a sentence and stop in the middle of it. Then she’d start a new one.

“Those recordings—”

“What was—”

“Why would—”

“Staphershire—”

He’d turned on a dime and had immediately made for his hidden desk, nodding to people he passed, waving to those deep in their labs, but not stopping to chit-chat. He had a mission. If he was right, his boss would want to know what was going on.

Still, Denefe’s mind filled with rapid-fire, fragmented thoughts. Nothing connected. It was as if she was doing it intentionally. Which she would, if she suspected someone was listening. With a growl, he left her mind. He was getting nowhere. There was, however, one word, or rather name, that kept punctuating her thoughts—Kaleen.

His sisters had conferred about something.

Denefe may be well practiced in counter-espionage techniques, but Kaleen, who’d had the same training, had no reason to keep up the habit. He shifted his focus to his sister in the future and was immediately rewarded with her out-of-control thoughts.

“I have a brother. A triplet. Our parents didn’t die when we were told. Everything’s a lie.”

The thoughts interrupted into silence, then restarted. It didn’t last long.

“Cardenza may not be so bad, but I still can’t trust him. Who do I contact to find out about Definitive Headquarters?”

He shook his head. His sisters would have to be stopped. He would handle Denefe, but someone else would have to deter Kaleen.

Turning right, he entered the outer lab, passing the scientist working there, and pressed his remote, bringing the wall down. Stepping across the threshold, he pressed his remote again and the wall reappeared. Today, however, he didn’t smile at the magic of the technology.

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