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Eva suppressed a shiver.
As soon as the door closed, Logan rounded on her. “You asked for me, I’m here. So, what do you want?”
“I want to speak to my supervisor.”
“We’ve gone over this. It ain’t happening. Is this a game to you, Eva? Are my dead friends a joke to you?”
“No!” She stood, on the brink of going to him…for what reason? No clue. She had no idea why it was so important that he believe her. Whatever relationship they’d had—or might have had—was as dead as Shanea and Noah after today’s tragedy. She needed to stop reacting with emotion and act like the calm professional she was.
“Of course, not,” she said, lowering her voice and her body back down to the seat. “I’m sorry this happened. This exchange was supposed to bring our agencies together. Now, it’s probably irreparably damaged.”
“You think?” He inhaled deeply, and when he spoke again, his voice was calmer. “You can make this better. Answer our questions. Tell us where your colleagues are and if that weapon we found in your bag killed Noah and Shanea. No one else needs to get hurt.”
“Is that a threat?”
“I was talking about Draven and your colleagues but take it however you want. Rade will get the answers out of you one way or another.”
She went cold all the way to her fingertips. “You think you’re so superior to The Aegis, but you would torture me?”
“Neither the Geneva Convention nor the World Council on Supernatural Governance have classified what Rade does as torture. Yet.” He must have sensed the twinge of fear that speared her gut because he lowered his voice and sounded almost comforting as he said, “We’re not after your pain, Eva.”
Oh, good,” she said with enough snark to conceal her fear. “I just got a manicure. Wouldn’t want to lose those nails.” She glared up at him. “I won’t betray my people.”
“You are betraying them by not telling us where we can find them,” he snapped. “There’s a really pissed-off vengeance demon looking for them, and I promise you, they won’t die well. If you’re counting on that new secret weapon killing him, think again. He’s smart, resourceful, and he knows what scares people. His species makesSoulshredderstremble.Fallen fucking angelsavoid them. Tell me where your people are.” He planted his palms on the table and leaned close. “Please. I have to find Draven.”
The worry in his eyes bled through the anger, and she felt her resolve slip. But it didn’t matter. She couldn’t help him even if she wanted to. “I can’t tell you where they are because I don’t know,” she admitted. “They got into a taxi and left me behind.”
“Unbelievable.” He barked out a bitter laugh. “Your colleagues are dicks. But you still should have some idea where they went. We know of two Aegis safe houses in Brussels. Which means there are half a dozen wedon’tknow about.”
“Just let me talk to the Elders. Please. If they say it’s okay—”
“We’ve tried talking to the Elders.” He slammed his fist on the desk in frustration. “They won’t tell us jack shit. It’s like they don’t care that you are all being hunted.” Cursing, he backed away from the desk and studied the ceiling before looking down at her again. “Last chance, Eva. Please, don’t make this difficult.”
She leaned back in the chair and stubbornly crossed her arms over her chest. “You know my answer.”
He gave her a disappointed shake of the head. “I guess I do.” He opened the door and paused at the threshold. “Don’t fight Rade. It’ll hurt if you do.”
The door closed quietly behind him.
Logan’s chest felt cold as he watched Eva from a viewing area behind the interrogation chamber. She sat stiffly in her seat as Rade prowled around the room, occasionally throwing her softball questions meant to lower her guard.
But after she gave her legal name—Eva Marie Tennant—her town of residence—Washington, DC—and the reason she’d joined The Aegis—“Because they wanted me”—he turned up the heat.
As expected, she shut down.
Logan couldn’t blame her. If he’d been in her situation, sitting in a chilly room and being grilled by Aegis assholes, he’d clam up too. He wouldn’t believe anything they told him, and he certainly wouldn’t give up his friends’ locations or that of the safe house. So, he got it.
But that didn’t make him any less pissed about the situation. All he wanted right now was to find Draven, and he needed her help to know where to start. He’d deal with his grief over his lost colleagues and his complicated feelings for Eva later.
Rade stepped up next to the table, looming close to Eva and forcing her to sit back and look up at him. Everything the guy did was calculated and deliberate. Blade liked to say that his brother didn’t even take a piss without first weighing the pros and cons. He meant it as a joke, but it was probably true.
“Do you know what a Seminus demon is, Ms. Tennant?”
“You’re incubi. Sex demons,” she said matter-of-factly. She even managed to not look uncomfortable in that awkward position. Impressive. Logan had seen people piss themselves at this point during questioning. “Generally classified as Ufelskala One demons until a transformation at the age of approximately one hundred makes you fertile, insatiable, and violent. Each Seminus demon has one of three…gifts, as you probably call them. All meant to make their female partners pregnant, whether they want to be or not.”
Rade cracked a rare, amused smile that disappeared as quickly as it had appeared. It was creepy as fuck when he smiled.
“Right out of the textbook,” he said. “You did your research. Bet you were an A-plus student, weren’t you? Teacher’s fucking pet.” She stiffened at his mocking tone. “But do you know what else we use those gifts for?”
