Dashing Devil 4: Shadowed Savior by G.D. Brooks

Author:G.D. Brooks [Brooks, G.D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-12-04T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 29

Boyd, Silvie, and Mindy made their way up the ramp and to the bridge for a remote meeting with Royce and Davis. They had even been considerate and scheduled it in advance. They were due for a general update with their assigned city’s Director, anyway. This update included the team's handlers—now only Royce—as was standard procedure.

But as soon as they stepped off the ramp and into the hold, they were stopped by Kayla who wore an expression that Boyd could only describe as restlessly content. She was a woman who had just been given a delicious sundae with all her favorite flavors and toppings, but the cherry meant to go on top was still in the jar—just out of reach.

Kayla intended to get that cherry.

“You need to let me show that footage,” Kayla reiterated, now that they were in person.

Her dark blonde hair was down, but some thought had clearly been put into its styling. She’d pulled it back over her right ear… likely what she thought of as her good side. A smile quirked her lips, but her jaw and shoulders were set. It seemed she was prepared to make her case.

She wore a rich blue blazer and matching above-the-knee pencil skirt over a white, frilly blouse for the occasion. It was clearly tailored to fit her tall and slightly curvier than normal frame. If Boyd had to guess, it was her favorite outfit and it made the few extra pounds she carried in the chest and hips look even better. She topped it off with a pair of short, sensible heels.

There was no doubt Kayla was an attractive woman.

Boyd reminded both himself and his other self that she was strictly off limits. No touching. He shouldn’t even let himself look… at least not too much. They needed her on their side, but not so much on their side that she appeared to lose her professional lack of biases.

Her light brown eyes met his readily as she continued, “I know you have been on a media blackout, but Archangel has a lot of the public questioning if you should be allowed to be a Hero or not. He hasn’t gotten much traction in Glorith but you didn’t save the rest of The Authority from Omega Ray like you did us.” She somehow spoke almost as quickly as Tinker, but did so clearly.

Boyd had no problem understanding her rapid but precise enunciation.

“Don’t get me wrong, killing the Last Dragon will change a lot of minds, but not like this footage will.” Kayla pressed her argument, “Archangel has been painting himself as a beacon of morality, almost like he is integrity personified—a true altruist. It smelled like the ghost of onions past to me, personally, but a lot of people bought it.”

Boyd chuckled and Kayla smirked. “At the same time, he painted you as some sort of morally bankrupt Machiavellian Ne’er-Do-Well. Which hasn’t been my impression of you, at all, and what makes the whole thing stink so much.”

She crinkled

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