Hour of the Wolf (Maggie's Grove) by Dana Marie Bell

Author:Dana Marie Bell [Bell, Dana Marie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Carina Press
Published: 2019-07-21T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Noah pulled into the parking lot of the Van Helsing–run laboratory and got the closest spot he could. He wanted to be able to take off the moment they got to the car. “Are you ready for this?”

“You’re the one going in first, so are you ready?” Greer let himself out first.

“Yes.” Noah got out without another word, moving around the car to help Iva out.

Iva was already climbing out by the time Noah reached her. He wanted, badly, to put his arm around her and lead her inside, but that wasn’t appropriate. Hell, it could give the whole game away.

She smiled gamely up at him and poked him in the arm. “C’mon, big guy. We’re up.”

Yes, they were. Noah marched into the building that held the lab that was currently in possession of Peter Bradley’s bodily fluids. He had no idea if they’d find blood, urine, or semen, but they planned on walking away with at least one of the three.

He hit the button for the fourth floor after verifying the lab’s location from the directory on the wall. He kept thinking something was going to go wrong. Maybe it was foolish, a residual anxiety left over from when he’d found Iva on that gurney, unconscious and half-dead, but he couldn’t shake it for the life of him.

He put his game face on as the elevator doors opened. Several people got off, a couple of them giving their group startled glances. He hoped it was because of the CMS badges and not because their cover had already been blown. He stepped into the elevator, Greer and Iva right behind him.

“Hmm. Not happy about that.” Greer spoke quietly even after the elevator doors had closed.

Noah nodded. “Any idea what might have gotten us those looks?”

Greer shrugged. “Not sure, but be on guard. I’m pretty sure we’re heading into an ambush.”

Iva groaned. “Lovely. Just lovely. I’ve always wanted to be ambushed. Oh, wait, didn’t that happen last time with Gross Skeleton Thing?”

“You totally capitalized that in your head, didn’t you?” Greer started laughing. “She used to do that all the time when we were kids. Everything nasty had capitals and it was obvious in her speech.”

Noah tried not to laugh. “Be serious, you two, or I swear I won’t stop for ice cream on the way home.”

They both shut up, standing at attention as they watched the elevator reach the fourth floor. Man, it was like dealing with Sana and Milo but with better vocabularies.

They stepped off the elevator and approached the glass doors marked Definitive Diagnostics. Noah opened them and headed right for the front desk. “Nick Thomas, CMS.” He pointed to Iva and Greer. “This is Irene Morimoto and Grady Hicks. We’re here for the inspection.”

“Paperwork,” the man said, holding out his hand. His expression was so bored Noah was surprised he wasn’t asleep.

Noah extracted the paperwork from his suit pocket. Paisley had given it to him that morning before heading over with the badges to Inigo’s office.

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