M. Lee - Dark by M. Lee

Author:M. Lee [Lee, M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

JULIUS’Sknock almost got him shot. If it hadn’t come

in the quick, staccato rhythm that meant “ally,” Dark might wellhave shot straight throughthe door. He stood to the side, gunout, and eased it open. Julius took in his tense stance, raised an eyebrow, and slipped into the room, movingto clear Dark’s line ofsight.

“It’s Richards,” Julius said once the door was safelyshut.

Head Agent Richards, in charge of the research team. As unlikely as the slightly overweight, middleaged man seemed, Dark knew Julius wouldn’t have spoken unless he was certain. “Why?” Dark gestured Julius to the room’s only chair, sitting across from him onthe couch.

Julius sat carefully, hand drifting down. Dark eyed the thigh holster with interest. Unless he was mistaken, that was the newest heat-locking gun Julius had strapped to him. Dark followed the movements of Julius’s slender hands as they were carefully folded in his lap.

“Three years ago, Richards’s partner at the time, Keyna, was shot down while visiting a supposedly friendly mixed band of goblins and fairies. He finished the case, but his superiors were concerned about his emotional state. There were whispers at the time that he’d used inappropriate force during the follow-up, thoughno charges were brought against him.”

Dark hissed indispleasure.

Julius held up a hand to signal he was not finished. “An isolationist by the name of Raich, apparently acting as part of a series of connected cells, contacted Richards shortly after that. I don’t know all the details, but Richards was collaborating with themby the end of the year.”

Dark felt his eyebrows coming down in an angry frown. “We’ve missed this for two-and-a-halfyears?”

Julius spread his hands in a silent shrug. “I came because he’s headed here.”

Dark swore. “His compatriots have a target here, at the hotel. We haven’t beenable to find out more.”

Julius blew out a sharp breath. “We?”

Dark shifted. “I’ve been working with a linguist. Jaime.”

“Where is he?” The question took Dark by surprise. “You’ve obviously deduced that you are the likelytarget. Anyone involved might be indanger.”

Dark pulled his secondary phone out and dialed for on-call service. No one picked up. He tapped the hotel’s visuals for all three of Jaime’s floors, with no better luck. Tensiontightened inhis gut. “Nothing.”

“Damn.”

Dark continued to search while restarting the conversation. “Why would isolationists want me in particular? Or does Richards hold a grudge?”

There was a tinge of sarcasm in Julius’s voice when he answered. “Oh, I don’t know, Dark. It’s not like you have anything that extremists looking to force a one-world agenda would object to.”

Dark blinked. The computer continued to turn up blanks. “The bike?”

Julius huffed. “The one-of-its-kind transdimensional motorcycle that makes the official Gates between the worlds damn near obsolete? Yes, I’d sayso.”

Dark twisted. “We’ve got to get out of here, then. It’s parked in the basement. Any idea where they might be meeting?”

Julius raised aneyebrow at him. “As it happens.”

Dark grinned. “Let’s go.”

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