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hit the conference? I have a list of people I want to track down.”
    Griffin nodded toward the door. “Lead the way. I’m at your back.”
    * * *
    His pants were too tight, and his erection was straining to pop out of them. Kit seemed excited about the characters and playing dress-up like it was Halloween, but his body cared only about how good Kit looked in her dress. If he was supposed to be a vampire and she wanted him to stick to his role, he could suck her neck or somewhere she found pleasing.
    Knowing the thought was inappropriate and shaking it off, he followed Kit into the elevator. His costume gave him places to hide his weapons. His character was a gun-carrying vampire. Griffin’s were real, but if anyone asked, he would play them off as props.
    Griffin slid his arm over her shoulders. She grinned up at him. “In the video game, your character leads mine around by a collar.”
    Griffin jolted. “What?” He would slip into this role, but dragging her around by the throat was beyond anything he was comfortable doing.
    She laughed. “I’m joking. But you might see stuff like that here. Don’t act shocked. If you were a gamer, then it would be nothing to you.”
    Being with Kit, it was hard to ignore the energy and excitement in the air and easy to get caught in the drama.
    â€œStay close.” He needed to protect her, and she might need to translate or cover for him if they were pulled into a video game conversation.
    They paid their entrance fee and entered a huge conference room with rows of vendors selling game products and accessories, new games, comic books, high-tech equipment, energy drinks and bars and an assortment of fan memorabilia.
    Most notable were the conference attendees. His and Kit’s outfits fit in with those of the gamers, though Kit’s costume was the most sensual. Not nearly bare breasts and skirt to the ass dimple, but showing enough skin to entice him and leaving something to the imagination.
    Griffin ignored the looks she was receiving from other gamers. He didn’t believe that anyone recognized her as Lotus, one of the world’s most famous hackers. He interpreted the looks as interest—in getting her to their rooms. Wouldn’t happen. Kit stayed with him, and he would watch over her.
    Did Kit notice their glances? Maybe when she was with her sister the supermodel, she was accustomed to being ignored, but here, away from her sister’s shadow, it was easy for Kit to grab attention.
    Kit turned and pressed her face against him. His left arm instinctively went around her, and his right reached for his gun.
    He pulled her out of the center of the walkway. “Tell me,” he said.
    â€œI see someone I shouldn’t recognize, but I do.” She looked up at him with the most doe-eyed expression he’d seen in years. How was this innocent-looking woman responsible for a superamped cybersecurity system protecting the United States’ most critical data?
    â€œTell me who he is,” Griffin said.
    â€œRezwald. He’s a hacker for hire. He was brought in to break into the Locker during testing. He couldn’t do it while working as a contractor. Once his contract ended, he tried to break in again. For fun. He almost succeeded.”
    â€œYou think he’s helping Incognito now?”
    â€œMaybe. Depends how much information Incognito has on the project. Rezwald was a black box tester. Rez didn’t have access to the code or the hardware it ran on, but he had access to the console to break in.”
    â€œYou think he broke into the Locker and discovered something?” Griffin asked. Information like that would be valuable to Incognito.
    She didn’t move away from him. “Maybe.”
    â€œWould he recognize you?” he asked.
    She appeared uncertain. “Hackers knew Lotus was working on the Locker. But my face wasn’t attached to my old alias, and for the past several