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left everything
behind when La Patron called him for service and was glad he had.
The things he had seen and learned in the past weeks were on the
cutting edge. Being one of the leaders in this type of research
would make his career.
    “See you when you get here.” He clicked off
and stared at the paper. A few moments later he opened the door to
Asia’s room. She lay on the twin bed, her head bandaged and her
eyes covered with the locked blindfold. She had been through so
much and yet she fought to survive when many would have given
up.
    “Are you going to remain by the door,
Doctor, or do you plan to tell me what’s on your mind?” The
normalcy of her tone gave no hint of the extreme pain she suffered,
which he knew the severity of, given the barrage of testing he’d
recently put her through.
    He snorted and moved away from the door,
pulled the chair from beneath the small desk, and sat. Once he
heard the door lock into position, he spoke, “You are an amazing
woman.”
    In the dimness of the room, he noticed she
went still. “I am? What have you discovered to make you say
that?”
    “You know more than you admit, I believe you
are prevented from telling us everything by the small lock La
Patron discovered earlier. From the x-rays we took this morning, I
noticed several small metal teeth digging into your brain to hold
it in place. There is a fake vein that travels from a small
transmitter behind your eyes to this lock. I would like to remove
it to see what’s inside.”
    “And the problem is?”
    “We won’t remove it if it endangers your
life. You are too valuable. I will find another way to access the
data if it comes down to that.”
    “Do I have any say?”
    Not really . “Of course, but you
realize the final say comes from La Patron, and his mate is against
you being permanently harmed in any way. Just so you know, you have
a champion in her.”
    “A champion?” She paused. “I…I’m
surprised.”
    “Me too. But I’m a scientist and a doctor
first. You have opened up a whole new world in bio-mechanical
research.” Pausing, he shook his head, knowing how easily he went
off on tangents regarding his work. “So what do you have to say
about all of this?”
    “I need to help defeat the people who are
trying to destroy my Alpha and his den.” Slowly, she sat up, and
pursed her lips. “It’s more than honoring La Patron, although I do
honor him and his mate. But as a full-blooded wolf, I’ve been
robbed and violated. My beast demands I never give up or those
bastards win, we would prefer death before that.” Her head tipped
in his direction when she spoke. “If there is anything within me
that will help the pack, take it. I am just one wolf. This war will
destroy millions if we do not step up to the plate and neutralize
their weapons. What they did a few weeks ago, ramming so much down
La Patron’s throat to see his response, was just the tip of the
iceberg. Multiply that week by hundreds of occurrences all over the
U.S.”
    His throat tightened. “Hundreds of
undetected bombs? That would be…catastrophic. We are testing the
detectors now, we had to work fast, there are still a few bugs to
smooth out before we can meet the demand.” He wiped his brow. “The
virus…will they amp up more breeds?”
    “They already have. Unfortunately, they
didn’t have Dr. Chism on their team, who would’ve told them
straight up the serum only increases performance of what’s already
in place. Right now, they have a lot of problems with
over-aggressive wolves, at least they did the last time I was— ow…”
Her hand flew to her head.
    He moved so quickly, his chair overturned.
“What happened?” He knelt in front of her, holding her other
hand.
    “When I talk about certain things, my head
hurts.” She rubbed her forehead.
    He rubbed the back of her hand. “Okay, you
were saying what you saw the last time you were a certain place.”
He squeezed her hand in warning. “Don’t say anything, just