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“I don’t understand why he didn’t message…”
“I get the sense he’s paranoid as hell. Happens to most paranormals with age. You live long enough, and you learn just how easily you can be betrayed.”
She fluttered her eyelashes. “You’d know.”
“Smartass. I’m notthatold.”
She just grinned, plopping onto her desk chair. “Okay, let’s see what we have here.”
We both studied the pictures. “Who are these people?”
I frowned. “I know him. He’s the mage equivalent of Albert—only on the West Coast.” Pulling out my phone, I messaged Ryker.
On my way. Give me ten.
“We need to talk to Ryker. He’s the most up-to-date on the inner workings of the Mage Council.”
Evie nodded absently. “There’s a USB in here too.” Turning, she slid it into her laptop. “More pictures. And…wow.”
I leaned over her shoulder. “This is impressive.”
Eachann clearly had people of his own whom he trusted enough to spy for him. Each of the labs we’d identified were numbered, and he’d been working on the guards responsible for securing the entrance of each lab. Not only had he listed the names of those guards, but…
“Those are kids.”
“Your uncle is a smart man.”
She just looked at me, and I shrugged. “We have zero chance of turning every guard we need. Some of them could be paid off or threatened, but if they’re on the front gates, it’s because HFE considers them loyal. It would take too much time to try to convince them to work with us. Your uncle clearly had the same thought. If we can’t turn the guards, we need to force them to work with us. And that means letting them think we would hurt their families.”
“But we won’t.”
“They don’t know that. They just see us as vicious, dangerous paranormals.”
Evie was watching me, her eyes dark. “What are you thinking?”
Picking up the stack of pictures, I flipped through them. Each picture was of a man, taken from a distance. Some of them looked familiar enough that if they were who I thought they were…it would explain many, many things.
“Let me check with Ryker before I start making allegations.”
Evie didn’t look happy, but I glanced at my phone. “He won’t be long. Besides, I have a few ideas about how we could spend the time.”
She smirked. “What kinds of ideas?”
* * *
Evie
It turnedout Nathaniel’s ideas involved long, deep kisses and whispering filthy suggestions in my ear. By the time he stepped away from me, I was a horny wreck.
Ryker strolled into the office and made a face. “Gross.”
I didn’t blush, but it was close. Nathaniel just gave him a warning look. But he winked at me when Ryker wasn’t looking. As far as distractions went, he definitely knew what he was doing.
“Before we get started, I wanted to apologize,” Nathaniel said.
Ryker met Nathaniel’s gaze, but he canted his head in that wolfy way that seemed to demonstrate that he wasn’t attempting to challenge his Alpha.
“You have nothing to apologize for.”
