Roman's Gold (Underground Heat, Book 1) by Gimpel Ann

Author:Gimpel, Ann [Gimpel, Ann]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Liquid Silver Books
Published: 2013-06-08T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Kate closed the back door behind Devon and activated the lock once she heard the lower door shut. Worry made her nearly ill. She felt warm and vaguely nauseous. She’d had to bite her tongue to keep from begging him not to report for duty. It just seemed too risky. She walked into the bedroom and culled through her bag for her wrist computer. A few taps brought up her calendar. Only one client today. She hadn’t been certain when Devon asked.

Is it too early to call him? She hustled to the computer in her front office and brought up the client’s personal data. Great; he preferred to be texted. That made it easy. Her fingers hesitated over the keys. If she made a blanket announcement she was closing her practice, it would be sure to arouse suspicion. Nope, probably better to say she’d caught some sort of bug and would call when she felt better.

Once she’d cleared the rest of her week of clients via a combination of texting and voice mails, Kate printed Devon’s list and tapped into the scrambled frequency for the underground. Max shimmered into life on her screen. “Up early, aren’t you, Miss Roman?”

“Not really. But I am at my office early. Mostly because I spent the night here. There are some things you need to know. And something I need, too…” She launched into an abbreviated account of Devon’s plans—what little she knew of them—and asked if she could scan and upload the list of names.

Max tugged at an earlobe. His face scrunched into a frown. “Do you know how to get hold of Devon?”

Kate’s face heated. She wished the vid feed weren’t in color.

“Oh ho, so it’s like that, is it? What, he got pretty hot after he shifted?”

She shook her head. “I know better. He’s my mated one. I tried to ignore it, but all the signs fit. For him, too. It’s why I’m so worried. I’ve been alone forever. Now I’ve found him, I don’t want to lose him.”

Max’s joking demeanor fell away. “Did you tell him he should join us?”

“Yes.”

“And?”

“He’s got some harebrained scheme to gather all the Tracker task force who’ve morphed into shifters and have them sabotage the police department.”

Max steepled his fingers and rested his chin on them. “That could work—but only on a large scale. It would need to be done here and all across the nation at precisely the same time for maximum effect. I shouldn’t tell you this, Roman, but we’ve had a few hours to analyze the serum. Didn’t take our crew long. They’re all competent PhDs.

“You told me Devon had gotten half a dozen infusions.” He glanced at her for corroboration. When she nodded, he went on. “Turns out one would have done it. Like everything the government gets their paws into, they fucked this one up, too.”

Kate drew back. Her heartbeat sounded loud in her ears. “What does that mean? Will it kill him?”

“No. But it will amp his ability to use our magic to the nth degree.

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