The Alpha Heist by Kate Rudolph

Author:Kate Rudolph
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: paranormal, shapeshifters, heist, paranormal love story, paranormal romance, shapeshifter romance, mates, mate romance, opposites attract
Publisher: Kate Rudolph
Published: 2015-12-03T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

MAYA WAS WAITING FOR Luke in his office. She leaned back against his desk with her arms crossed and raised an eyebrow when he shut the door with too much force. “So the plan changed?” she asked. If she was speaking to anyone else he would say that she was mocking. “Since when do...” It was only after she began talking that she remembered that she was speaking to her alpha. “It is not customary for you to interrogate prisoners.”

Luke sank into his chair and leaned back, drumming his fingers on the table. “It isn’t customary for your team to let women steal from my vault.” He didn’t need to put venom into the remark for Maya to flinch. “Any news on the gem?”

Maya straightened, “No.” If frustration could make electricity, that one word would have powered the house for a month. “And no sign of her partners either. No scent, nothing obvious in town. Nothing at all.” Maya gave up on standing and sank into the chair across from him. She hooked her ankle under her knee and leaned back.

Luke tried to remember anything from that first night they met, but he couldn’t beyond red hair and soft lips. Maybe that was the point of the wig. He’d meant to ask her about it, but at some point had become distracted. How soon was too soon to go back down there?

Maya’s hand waved in front of his face. Luke jerked up and swatted her away. “What?”

She quirked an eyebrow. “Do you want me to say what I’m thinking?”

“No.” His head of security had at least a century on him, though she had never stated her actual age. And she seemed to think that all of that life experience gave her leave to give Luke advice when it was neither needed nor wanted. “So you know there are partners?”

Maya nodded, but didn’t say more. In fact, it almost looked like the blood had drained from her face.

“What is it you don’t want to tell me?”

She took a deep breath. “Not yet. It’s just a stupid hunch. And it’s so far outside the realm of possibility that I don’t want to get you freaked.”

Right. Luke crossed his arms. “Are you suggesting that she’s empowered the trees to hide my emerald? Perhaps convinced a nice bird to fly it away?”

Maya rolled her eyes. “Nothing that ridiculous.”

The door opened and a familiar blonde head popped in. Luke had to keep his hand down to prevent himself from massaging a headache forming in his temple. He addressed Maya without acknowledging the new visitor. “When you’ve got something, let me know. I’ll ask Mel some more in the meantime.”

Maya looked ready to warn him off the burglar, but she thought better and left without another word to him.

Cassie took her spot. They didn’t speak until Maya closed the door.

“I’m sorry about ditching my flight,” she said. She didn’t meet his eyes. Her fingers nervously picked at the armrest. “But I’ve made the decision not to go back to school.

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