Moon Fever by Ileandra Young

Author:Ileandra Young [Young, Ileandra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781635556049
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2020-06-30T16:00:00+00:00

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“Voicemail again.” I end the third call from my mobile and drop it in my lap.

In front of me, Wendy has returned to pacing, only this time Spannah is with him. He follows right on his alpha’s heels, scurrying to avoid being trodden on each time Wendy turns. He doesn’t speak, but his eyes dart constantly with worry and fear.

“If you can’t get hold of her, why keep me here? We’re wasting the time I could be using to find my pups.”

Back in the door frame, Rayne readjusts her stance, but says nothing.

“You punched me and I barely felt it, Wendy. You can’t go back out there until we check on you. We need to know that the sedative hasn’t made you—”

My phone rings, a standard two-tone chime of a call from a number I don’t have stored. I have it answered and against my ear before the round of rings end. “Karson. You need to get off the line I’m waiting for a call, and—”

“No, no, don’t hang up, it’s me.”

A huge sigh of relief flees my lips. Hadn’t quite realized I’d been holding my breath. “Pip?”

“Yes, what’s wrong?” Her voice is low, almost a whisper, and muffled as if by her hand.

“I need your help. Can you get out here? I have an address for you and—”

“I can’t.”

My grip tightens on the phone. “Come on, Pip, I wouldn’t ask for this if I didn’t need it. Please don’t be stubborn and weird about this.”

“I’m not. Haven’t you heard? SPEAR is on lockdown.”

“I…” I lick my lips. “Of course I know, but what does that have to do with you?”

A pause, rustling, and then her voice is back, more muffled than ever. “Some guys showed up from the military and started ordering us around. They stopped all our research. They’ve locked down every experiment running through the Foundation and are collecting all the researchers.”

“What? Are you okay? Where are you?”

“I’m fine, I’m fine. Honest, I’m hiding in a supply cupboard right now. I had to find somewhere I could use a phone without them trying to cart me off somewhere. What’s happening?”

This time as I wrap my fingers harder around the phone, it’s as if gripping a lifeline. “Jack kicked off some weird emergency fail-safe. It brought the military in.”

Pippa gasps. “Project Revival?”

“And how do you know about that?”

“There’s a lot of stuff I know about that I probably shouldn’t. It’s amazing what people let slip in the cafeteria queue. Anyway, if that’s what this is I don’t want to get caught hiding. They’ll arrest me.”

“But I need you. You’re the only one I can trust right now, and Wendy is all messed up. Remember the sedative I told you about? The new one that Maury used? It’s still in him and it’s making him weak. It has to be the Q-whatever it was you said.”

I can all but hear her nodding. From over the line come a few muffled bumps and half whispered conversation. It passes after a moment or two.

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