Unleashed by Ryan L. T. & Scott Gregory

Author:Ryan, L. T. & Scott, Gregory [Ryan, L. T. & Scott, Gregory]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: thriller, Mystery
Amazon: B08J4DLX6D
Goodreads: 134144156
Publisher: Liquid Mind Media
Published: 2023-04-01T07:00:00+00:00

21

Haeli turned the valve to the left. Enough so the water felt refreshing. A relative chill. She placed her hands on the tile in front of her and leaned, stiff-armed, as the cool water cascaded over her body. Any success of washing the tension from her muscles was negligible. She spun the handle to kill the water.

She walked to the wrought iron towel rack. There were no shower doors or curtains to contend with. The floor raked to ensure water found its way to the drain. She selected one of the plush white towels and applied it to her hair.

She looked at herself in the wall of mirrors spanning floor to ceiling behind the jacuzzi tub. She tightened her stomach, deepening the grid of indentations that delineated her rock-hard abdominal muscles.

It wasn’t uncommon for her to catch herself critiquing the girl in the mirror. And most of the time, she was happy with what she saw. The rigorous training and physicality of her job had staved off the inevitable softening and sagging she imagined would have crept up on her by the age of thirty-four. But now she examined her form in a different way. Any genetic modification would have been incredibly minor, as evidenced by the fact that she didn’t have a tail or a third arm. But staring at her dripping wet body after learning the truth, she couldn’t help but feel like Frankenstein’s monster.

She finished drying off and retrieved a sturdy paper bag from the bedroom. She pulled out several items of clothing and laid them across the bed. Two pairs of jeans, two thin-strapped tank tops, several pairs of undergarments and socks, and a form-fitting mini dress, just in case.

She put on a pair of jeans and a tank and returned to the enormous glass for a verdict.

It worked.

For street clothes, Banana Republic wasn’t her style. But it had been the closest store she could find in the hotel that wasn’t centered on handbags or jewelry, and simple utilitarian clothing was all she needed.

She flicked on the television and tuned to a national news network, then sat on the bed and brushed her hair while she watched.

The talking heads droned on about a Wisconsin Housing Authority corruption scandal. Based on the rampant and pure speculation that appeared to constitute the bulk of the arguments, Haeli surmised that there was nothing of importance going on in the world at the moment. Nothing the press knew about, anyway.

She left the TV on as a background filler until she had finished brushing, then flicked it off.

With the room falling back into silence, Haeli realized how difficult it was going to be for her to sit idle, holed up in this hotel room, while Griff and Blake executed the reconnaissance mission. She knew it was the right play. But it stung to be on the outside. It was a new feeling. For as long as she could remember, she had been the first one called in.

The confines of the suite, spacious as it was, felt tighter and tighter as the seconds ticked by.

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