Memory Zero by Keri Arthur

Author:Keri Arthur [Arthur, Keri]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 978-0-345-53909-0
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2014-08-25T16:00:00+00:00

SAM LEANED A SHOULDER AGAINST the roughened trunk of an old silky oak and watched Gabriel walk toward her. His pace was loose-limbed and graceful. Powerful, and yet oddly sexy. She frowned at the thought, wondering where her mind was at, and thrust it away.

He’d spent the last hour or so speaking to various levels of officialdom and, for the most part, had managed to keep her out of it. Which she sure as hell didn’t mind. The lieutenant who’d briefly interviewed her had made his opinion of her quite clear. She’d shot her partner. She deserved to be lying in bits, not sitting in a squad car sipping lukewarm coffee. Not long after that pleasant experience, she’d abandoned the car, and her coffee, and retreated to the shelter of the silky oak. At least trees didn’t judge.

“You okay?” Gabriel stopped, and held out a steaming mug of coffee.

Sam accepted it gratefully. “Once I warm up a little, I will be.” She wrapped her fingers round the plastic mug and studied the black-clad figures swarming the crater. “Are they going to let us go anytime soon?”

“We can go whenever we please. I’m just waiting for SIU to deliver another car. Not much left of the old one, I’m afraid.”

She nodded. She’d noted one of the doors wrapped around the trunk of a sugar gum earlier. Who knew where the rest of the vehicle was? “What’s the plan when we get the car?”

His hazel eyes were suddenly enigmatic. “We visit Jack’s apartment.”

She frowned. “Is that wise? He might be home. And if he isn’t, he sure as hell will have the place alarmed.”

“He’s a vampire. He won’t be home at this hour of the night. Alarms I can get around.”

Maybe normal alarms he could. But he didn’t know Jack, didn’t know how devious he could be. “That end of the central business district tends to be high security. We may not even get in.”

His sudden smile held a cynical edge. “I’m SIU. I can get in anywhere.” His gaze ran past her. “Car’s here.”

She glanced over her shoulder. Two gray Fords were pulling to a halt near the black squad cars. “I really don’t think raiding Jack’s is a good idea.”

“Is that a professional or personal opinion?”

Annoyance ran through her. He obviously still believed she was somehow linked to Jack. That her actions, her reluctance, were an attempt to protect him. Maybe she’d have to shoot Jack again just to get Gabriel to believe anything else.

The thought shook her. Jack was her friend. She refused to believe anything else, even if the mounting evidence was to the contrary. At the very least, he deserved the chance to explain his motives—and to explain why his clone had tried to kill her. Gabriel was here only because he wanted to find out more about her ability to sense the kites. To do that, he had to keep her out of prison. Friendship certainly didn’t enter into the equation.

“Let’s get out of here,” was all she said, as she pushed past him and headed for the car.

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