Wolf's Blood: A Wolf-Shifter Urban Fantasy (The House of Sirius Book 1) by Laura Taylor

Author:Laura Taylor [Taylor, Laura]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-09-01T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE

It took surprisingly little time for the laboratory complex to be restored to order. After her impromptu meeting with Miller, Li Khuli released the security system back to Jacob’s control, opened the sealed doors to let the staff out and presented herself and her team of five assassins to the head of security. It wasn’t a polite introduction, but rather a lecture on the inadequacies of their defences and the need for a complete overhaul, after which she simply vanished.

Jacob was livid. It was hard to tell which annoyed him more – that Li Khuli had broken into the lab with such ease, or that she had omitted to introduce herself to him at any point in the hours that followed. Jacob liked to be in control, liked to dictate how things ran, rather than having them dictated to him, and Miller had to wonder just how that was going to work out with a free-agent assassin wandering around. Li Khuli answered to no one but the CEO, an elusive figure in the German Head Office who ran the Noturatii with the refined control of a drill sergeant and the fanaticism of a third world dictator. So while she was here on Jacob’s request and to serve his lab, that didn’t mean she was going to be following any of his orders.

In light of all of that, when Miller finally had the chance to catch up with Jacob again, after an hour or two of restoring their systems and debriefing with the security team, it was no surprise to find him in a foul mood.

“You haven’t submitted your report from your investigation up north,” Jacob barked at him when he arrived in his office.

“I was nearly finished typing it when we were interrupted,” Miller said politely, avoiding any direct reference to Li Khuli as it was only likely to send Jacob into a lather again. “It would only take me a few minutes to finish it now -”

“Just tell me what the hell happened and stop wasting my time!”

Miller was not at all put out by Jacob’s harsh attitude. If he was the type to get offended every time a superior officer yelled at him, he’d never have made it in the military. And he wouldn’t have lasted five minutes in the Noturatii. “There was nothing particularly informative, sir. The house seemed suspicious, but nothing that could be immediately linked to the shifters. Once the report is finished I’ll submit a request to put them under surveillance.”

“The sooner the better,” Jacob said impatiently. “These creatures are dangerous.”

“The lady we spoke to didn’t seem particularly dangerous,” Miller countered hesitantly, knowing his views on this went against official Noturatii opinion. “She was polite, cooperative, pleasant enough. I would find it hard to believe she had any criminal intentions.”

“Have you ever met a shifter, Miller?” Jacob interrupted, impatience in his tone. “Ever seen one face to face?”

“Only once, sir. The day you showed me one in the lab.” It had been a

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