Rebels and Lovers by Linnea Sinclair

Author:Linnea Sinclair [Linnea Sinclair]
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 978-0-553-90738-4
Publisher: Bantam
Published: 2010-03-23T04:00:00+00:00

Kaidee wasn’t overly happy with having Devin in her quarters. The two small rooms and private lav were sacrosanct, her personal retreat, and watching his tall form stride in made her feel as if her last defensive shield had been breached. But since her quarters were originally the ship’s ready room and data lab and contained direct access to the Rider’s commdat analytics program, there was no way she could keep him out.

Besides, she wanted answers as badly as he did.

Devin had his Rada out on her dining table—damn, that was one impressive unit—and had it synched to the smaller pocket comm and to the commdat panel on the bulkhead wall behind him. A green-tinged holographic display hovered in front of him, data flickering rapidly across its surface. But his investigation was proceeding slowly.

Too slowly for Trip, who was obviously nervous, jiggling one leg as he sat on Devin’s right. “Anything yet?”

“Someone with the capability to break Guthrie security has the capability to thwart, even attack, incoming probes.” Devin squinted through his glasses, mouth pursed, his attention never wavering from the display. “Right now I’m erring on the side of caution.”

“Sorry,” Trip said, his voice a low, tired rumble in his chest.

Kaidee, on Devin’s left, changed her gaze from the Rada’s display to Trip across the table. “At least the message was never sent, and you found it when it could do no harm.”

“Seems like the only thing I’ve done so far that’s done no harm.” Trip scrubbed at his face with one hand. “I’m sorry. This is such a mess—”

“Can you get us some tea from the galley?” Kaidee interrupted him. “The unit in here doesn’t work well.”

That wasn’t all that far from the truth—her quarters held only a basic slurp-and-snack—but Kaidee also felt that Trip needed to be doing something more than sitting glumly, listening to his uncle swear softly under his breath.

“See if Barty’s awake and wants anything,” she added as, with a nod, Trip headed for the corridor.

“Mind reader.” Devin’s low comment as the door closed behind Trip’s retreating figure brought her attention back to the table and the man seated inches from her.

“Pardon?” His words confused her.

He glanced at her briefly, then back at the holographic screen. “Trip really has no idea what’s going on, other than that whatever he does seems to cause trouble. Keeping him busy right now is a good move.”

“I can’t believe he’d leave his pocket comm around where anyone could access it.”

“He wouldn’t. At least, I’ve never known him to do so.” Devin poked at a line of code, dragging it to the right. “But it wouldn’t matter if he did. It’s a secure unit. No one can use it unless they know his personal passwords.”

Suddenly she understood the reason behind Devin’s low epithets. “This isn’t some outside operation. This is someone in GGS.”

“Or in my parents’ direct employ.” The look he shot her was bleak.

He didn’t have to say it; she could guess at the rest of his thoughts: someone who might be in the Guthrie home, even now.

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