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“Like your Jana?”
He wasn’t touching that. So he said, “He was working for Project Perseus, a bunch of bastards that couldn’t be trusted. You’re FBI. Start digging. Check them out.”
“She already knows about them,” Tony announced quietly. “From my intel, the FBI had been trying to get someone inside Perseus for months.” A pause. “Was your stepbrother an undercover agent? Was he working both sides?”
“No,” she snapped. “He didn’t know what was happening. He was just trying to help?—”
“Bullshit.” Jana’s memories burned through Zane’s mind. “He knew what he was doing. He knew he was hurting them, and he didn’t care.”
“You don’t know what the hell you’re talking about, you don’t?—”
“Investigate him,” Zane ordered. Simple. “Find out for yourself.” But he could tell by the expression on her face that Agent Kelly Thomas had already made up her mind.
The only thing she planned to do was hunt. And, as the door slammed shut behind her, he realized he had to find Jana before she did because the FBI agent didn’t seem to care about orders.
Just revenge.
“I don’t think your girl is the cold-blooded killer Agent Thomas believes she is,” Tony said.
Zane forced his teeth to unclench. “She’s not.” Dead certainty.
“So, tell me, have you wondered how Jude and I came to find you? He inclined his head toward Daniels. “How the cavalry knew where we all were so they could come in and cover our asses?”
He’d just figured that Tony and Jude had tracked him. When it came to tracking, Jude was the best.
“We found you because Jana called Pak. She told him where you were, and she told him to haul ass and get help out there.”
Then she’d come back into the fire and tried to pull him out herself.
Where are you? The question was burning him alive. “We have to find her.” Before Agent Thomas did.
* * *
Two nights later, Zane stood on the doorstep of his house, the night air crisp around him, and worry a cold, hard weight in his chest.
The New Orleans cops hadn’t been able to find Jana. Jude hadn’t been able to track her. He hadn’t been able to find her.
The woman had vanished, and he was scared as all hell.
What if Daniels was right and she hadn’t disappeared willingly? What if that shifter had taken her? Agent Thomas might not be the only one jonesing for revenge.
The cops had rounded up over twenty guards and agents from Perseus. Davey had gotten away. Maybe, just maybe that kid would be smart enough to start fresh somewhere and to choose fucking sides better next time.
Perseus was dead. Jana should have been safe from them. So where the hell are you, baby?
He shoved the key into the lock. Tomorrow, he’d use every resource Night Watch had to break apart the Other world. He’d already been up nearly forty-eight hours straight, only catching a few hours’ worth of sleep, as he searched for Jana. It had taken the cops a day to realize she’d left the city. A whole wasted day. Should have known that right away.
He kicked the door shut behind him and shoved the dead bolt home. He had to find Jana before the FBI did.
Pak had told them to call off the dogs, but he knew the order wasn’t going to stop Kelly Thomas. That woman was gunning for Jana’s blood.
Jana.
The last time he’d seen her, she’d been standing under that willow tree. Blood had trickled down her throat. She’d been too pale. Her eyes too wide. He’d wanted to run to her, but he’d needed to get rid of that dick vampire.
He dropped his bag. His eyes were grainy, and he was in serious need of a shower. Zane couldn’t remember the last meal he’d eaten and?—
Not alone.
