Guardian by Heather Burch

Author:Heather Burch [Burch, Heather]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780310728221
Publisher: Blink
Published: 2012-08-25T04:00:00+00:00

Raven had the computer thing down to a science. Get bits of information about Omega, bounce it around in the ether for a few hours, then send it—untraceable—to Zero. But trying to learn anything from the few scientists roaming the lab was lamer than watching grass grow. They clicked away on their keyboards and stared into their microscopes and discussed everything in some infuriating code, using words like specimen and centrifuge. The code wasn’t intentional—it’s not like they thought someone might be listening—it was simply their jargon. Like Zero, who had his own techie lyrics to a song only other computer geeks could sing. Raven was pretty sharp in the science department, but these clowns took scientific communication to a whole new level. He half expected them to start beeping and making robotic noises. At least that would be entertaining.

Over the last few days, he had noticed something interesting, at least—there were very few people actually in the lab. If Omega had called in more genetic scientists, where were they?

He put the thought aside and sent out another installment of Omega information that he’d liberated. It was easy enough to move around the laboratory because the scientists had no reason to be cautious right now, or assume someone was hiding in the vents and exploring the rooms. That said, there was one room Raven wished he’d never discovered; the farthest exam room in the back of the long, narrow building made his blood run cold. It held a cage. A human-sized cage. Empty, but no less freaky.

Raven erased his fingerprints from the keyboard and returned to the barn in time to meet Cordelle at the beginning of his shift and keep up the homeless teen act. Ah. Life was easy. Boring, but easy.

He was actually beginning to like Cordelle. A sucker, but a likeable one. Raven lay on a stack of hay, hands behind his head, ankles crossed. Staring up at the barn’s slat roof, he thought about Nikki. What to do? What to do?

Debra wandered into the barn and blew a puff of hot breath in his face. Yeah, they’d bonded.

She whinnied in assent.

“What do you know about love, Debra?” Raven stood and rubbed an open palm over her velvet nose. The horse leaned in closer, shifting her weight from one hoof to the other. She neighed and watched him with those big, round eyes rimmed with feathery lashes.

Cordelle came around the corner. “If you love someone, you should tell them.”

Raven stiffened.

Fat fingers filled Raven’s vision. What was it with this guy and waving those clubbed Mickey Mouse hands around? Put some white gloves on him and he’d be ready to give guided theme park tours. “It’s not that simple, Cordelle.”

“Love never is, but if it were simple it wouldn’t be worth much.”

Raven cocked a brow. Philosophies of Love by Adam Cordelle, horse guard extraordinaire. How far can one Halfling sink?

Okay, one thing was obvious—he had some thinking to do. He’d need peace and quiet to do it, which

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