The Edge of Dawn by Beverly Jenkins

Author:Beverly Jenkins [Jenkins, Beverly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Contemporary
ISBN: 0060540672
Google: 4LA6mLbuNIUC
Amazon: B000OYEWIS
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2009-10-13T00:00:00+00:00

Ten

Once Saint was done eating, he turned to Portia. “Now, tell me about this chatter.”

In response she gave him a questioning look, but Saint nodded for her to continue. He knew Portia was concerned about Narice being privy to their conversation, but he wanted her included. Narice was smart and a member of the team. Keeping her in the dark would be disrespectful to her and to her intelligence.

Portia silently deferred to his judgment, then spoke: “I heard your old friend Gus Green cursing over the wire earlier, so I sat down and listened.”

“What was he cussing about?”

“You,” she said with a smile. “Come. I recorded it. You can hear it for yourself.”

They rose and Portia and the dogs led them down a hall that led to a large metal door. Portia then reached into the pocket of her flowing robe and pulled out a small gray device. Holding it like a remote, she pointed it at the door. In response the door slowly swung wide, showing that it was as thick as the door on a bank vault.

The first thing Narice noticed when she stepped inside the room was the coolness of the air. The second was the jaw-dropping display of electronic equipment. It was as if she’d stumbled into a wizard’s workshop. There were computers and scanners, printers and monitors. There were large audio speakers against one wall and components with dials and screens that glowed with green light. The equipment filled tables, sat on shelves and on boxes. All of it seemed to be pulsing with life, but Narice had no idea what most of it was used for.

Saint gestured her to a seat.

Narice sat down and stared around like a tourist in the command center at Kennedy Space Center. “This is very impressive, Cyclops. Very impressive.”

His response was pitched low. “Glad you like it.”

His voice was as vivid as his shaded eyes, and Narice’s heart tripped over itself. Needing some calm, she turned her attention to Portia only to see a very knowing smile on the woman’s scarred face. Portia didn’t say anything, however, instead she took a seat at one of the tables and hit a button on one of the units. Electronic static came over the speakers and filled the room, followed by what sounded like people arguing. A second later, a man could be heard clearly shouting, “How the hell am I supposed to know how he did it? Just find his ass! No! Leave the damn fence there! The techies will pick it up later. There they are! Get the car!”

The sounds of footsteps and car doors slamming followed that.

Portia pushed another button. “Now listen to this. It’s a phone call Gus placed about an hour ago.”

Green was saying, “No, sir. He managed to elude us.”

An electronically altered male voice spoke next and said, “Explain to me how he got away again.” In spite of the distortion, the speaker’s impatient tone was very clear.

“The tech people say it’s some kind of spray. It melts fences.

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