Rendezvous at Midnight by Lynne Connolly

Author:Lynne Connolly [Connolly, Lynne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Decadent Publishing
Published: 2012-04-03T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

When Michael blinked and opened his eyes, Lisa bit back a cry of relief. He’d been out for hours. His first word was a muttered curse.

“What the fuck happened?”

She could have smiled, but the men who had arrived, Lord knew how, spoke first. “You had an electric shock. One that would have killed you had you not managed to contact Gareth.”

Lisa swallowed. The two strangers had just—arrived and taken over. One of them scooped Michael up as if he weighed nothing while the other, older man, led the way to his cabin as if he knew where to go. Lisa had followed behind, only just slipping through before the door slammed shut.

What she’d seen had shocked, alarmed, and scared her. The older man tore off Michael’s shirt and held his hand over his heart. Tears poured down her face, unchecked, while the other, younger-looking man stood back, eyes grimly fixed on the scene before him. He only spoke once, briefly.

“You’re here because he wants you here. No one else is coming in.”

“Sh-should I lock the door?”

He shook his head. She felt—actually felt, like waves of energy pulsing through the room—the power of the older man. He wore a tailored suit, but he’d dragged off his jacket and tossed it carelessly to the floor. The pulses came from him. Powerful and inexplicable but most definitely there.

She had no idea how much time had passed before the younger man touched her arm. “He’s past the worst.”

Then the older man stepped back and Michael opened his eyes. “What the fuck happened?”

The older man smiled gently. “Ah, tactful as always.” He glanced at her and the other man before returning his attention to Michael. Lisa got the impression of piercing gray eyes, eyes that missed nothing. “An attack by the Anti-Sensitives, I think. Which makes your job a little easier. You would have died if you hadn’t linked to Gareth. He relayed the attack to Basil and he brought me.”

“How did he flash-blind?”

Michael’s question sounded vaguely obscene to Lisa. She decided she didn’t want to know.

“I was with him. We managed,” was all the response he got. “The shock was full-on and burned you too deeply for conventional medicine, so we had little choice. You’ll be fine now.”

Michael lifted his hand and she began to walk to him before even thinking about it. It seemed natural for him to want her and natural for her to go to him. But before she reached him, a knock sounded on the door.

“Lisa? Unlock this door! What’s going on? Who were those people?”

She stared in alarm at the other two and the older man spoke calmly. “Go outside and talk to them. We’ll be listening, in case you need help. Tell them he is fine, but he needs to rest. Then come back. He wants you.”

That was probably the best thing. Michael knew these men and was comfortable with them. She felt him resting in her mind, a gentle presence, reassuring her. Leaving the room quietly, she confronted the grim-faced crew standing outside.

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