The Deal: An Omegaverse Romance by Lucy Scott Bryan

Author:Lucy Scott Bryan [Scott Bryan, Lucy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Written Under Moonlight
Published: 2023-04-05T18:30:00+00:00

25

LENNON

We make it to the airport before the fun starts. Joe Junior, the manager of the private charter service I use looks bereft at being the one to have to tell me.

“Valak Couser is on a government watch list?” I splutter in disbelief.

Joe rubs the back of his neck as he spins the computer screen around so we can see the alert for ourselves.

“Sweet girl, I wish it wasn’t me telling you this. I’ll go change the batteries in my security system. It means the cameras recording back to the Department of Transport will be offline for ten minutes. The video feed from a few minutes ago gets deleted. That’s all I can do without raising any red flags. If I could, I’d be jamming this bulletin up the government’s ass, but Nolene’s about to go into labour, and I can’t risk her.”

“Joe! Get your ass out of here!” I screech, reaching over to give Joe a hug before pushing him away. The man is huge, built like a lumberjack complete with a hidden heart of gold.

Joe and his pack have saved my butt on more than a few occasions, and in return, I have saved theirs, by investing enough money for the company to keep afloat during some tough times.

He walks into the back office while the four of us reread the alert word for word. Valak is wanted for questioning in relation to a missing government official being taken from Darlington. Unsurprisingly, the date the police are saying the offence took place is the same day I called for help.

Lincoln growls, and Gabe reaches past him to use the mouse to zoom in on the picture of Valak on the bulletin. The photo is super grainy, but it’s indisputably Valak, and the registration of his car behind him is pretty clear too.

“Jesus Christ, is that from the carpark?” Lincoln’s growls are getting louder, and I reach over to rub his shoulder. He snags my hand and the rumbles stop.

“Okay, hang on,” Gabe growls as he grabs his laptop out of his bag. He sets himself up on Joe’s desk and pounds the keyboards until he has a series of screens open. “Len, come watch me do my magic.”

Lincoln guides me towards Gabe, and then I get caged between his laptop and him. Before he does anything, he presses his nose to the column of my neck, addressing the reason why my scent is off. “Len, focus on what we can do. We always knew something was going to happen.”

And then he gets to work, his fingers flying over the keyboard. The black screen scrolls down, red lines of text flash up and he adds more commands making a series of grainy video records overlay each other. He lines them all up, then we watch what happened in the carpark.

The video feed streams from every floor, and includes cameras on the entry and exit. It’s not a constant feed which surprises me, but Gabe explains to do that you’d need a huge server.

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