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“Why would I lose my temper? The male I want to kill is on the other side of the apartment building.”
Footsteps come from around the corner, the rest of the guys.
“Sunshine, if he doesn’t realize he’s turning into a sea cucumber, that’s his loss. It makes it easier for us.” Eros turns his block over and shows me that he’s found an address for Jupiter. He’s not living here as we thought but in housing next to the main scientific labs. Not the secret Braesen ones, but the ones on the outskirts of the city where Holter was born.
“Calvin Degree is dead,” I say. “We’re looking for his son, Fero Stourch, now too.”
40
HOLTER
“This is the place? It really doesn’t look like a home.” Belle cranes her neck to see through the window.
“It’s not.” Eros makes a sharp turn and points the omada in the other direction.
“But this is where Jupiter lives?” Belle’s looking at the giant dome behind us.
“That’s what the address says.” Eros gives me a look, and I pass it on to Nico. We’re not doing this now. Not with Belle in the omada. Nico nods back.
“Where are we going?”
I place my hand on her leg. “You’re trained in a lab. You know your way around science. But if you had a military level, what do you think it would be?”
“Negative one hundred.” Her lips purse, and she reclines in the seat.
“We’ll drop you and Castor off at home.”
Castor laughs. “I don’t mind more alone time with our mate.”
Eros pulls up to the main entrance of Glyden. Belle and Castor climb out.
“You expect me to stay here and do nothing?” she asks, standing on the dock with her hands on her hips.
Nico leans across me. “No, we need the address of Fero Stourch. Can you find it?”
Belle nods. “Okay, yeah, I can do that. I know you’re just placating me, but I appreciate the effort, Poseidon.” She smiles and closes the omada door. The three of us watch as Castor loops his arm around our mate’s waist and walks her into the lobby.
“The sooner we get this done, the sooner we can get home.” I nod at Eros, and he pilots away from the dock.
As the omada swerves through the docking dome, Eros laughs. “This vehicle makes it look like we’re going out on a family joyride instead of on a mission. Nothing wrong with that, I guess. Makes us look harmless.” He’s loaded with weapons, two hunting knives strapped to his calves, and two tridents.
“Harmless. Right.” I nod at Eros. “Let’s go get your solo. I want to look less ‘piloting to nursery school’ and more ‘you don’t know we’re here.’”
“Fine,” Eros grunts.
There are mermen who live all over the city in different domes besides the big ten. They’re still associated with a dome, still citizens of that dome. But what Constantine said about us doubting his allegiance to Glyden really turns in my gut. The fact that Jupiter Course is one of the Braesen governor’s two brothers and the other one was asked to steal the blocks from the Maelstrom? I’m going to have to work hard to get one question out before Nico kills him.
I think of Alder back when he was in the hospital. Practically giving up. Ophelia almost squeezed Belle in two when she saw the mark on Belle’s hand, but damn, Alder is going to be over the moon when he sees it. And the attack almost took that away from him.
Maybe a question isn’t necessary. I’ve gotten the first shot off before Nico fired at least once before. I can do it again. Belle doesn’t need to know.
“Move your elbow, Holter. I told you I should pilot. I’m the biggest,” Nico growls.
“You’re also the one showing the most emotion right now. That’s not good for a mission.” Eros swings the cloaked solo back to the rear of the agricultural dome. It’s a large complex back here. I’m not sure I’ve even been here since my time in the military. Things have certainly changed since I was a podlet. There’s a force field pen behind two large domes, side by side. There must be a dozen great white sharks, one in each of the pens.
“And no one thought to come talk to this guy before,” I remark.
“Who would ever think of the Braesen as being evil?” Eros shrugs and positions the solo to the side of the dome, where it is mostly in shadows.
