Read Online Promises (Blood Brothers #1) by BJ Brandon - Free Book Online

places of his soul since he and Rafe had discovered the treachery of just how their own government had wronged them. It was hard to trust anyone now, few were allowed into the inner circle that the Team maintained and only a select few were aware of their mercenary-like assistance to a government that had no clue that its scientists were doing to their own armed forces. He remembered the exact moment when he realized their lives would no longer be as they were. Accepting that their very DNA had been changed and manipulated so their own government could produce superior armed forces.
    However, the few men and women who banded together with the twins and fought their own government were now considered freaks and it was with a heavy heart that Kayne knew that the drugs used on Chayle were similar to those used on Kayne and his team.
    “No,” he finally answered her. “Your life will no longer be the same but it can be better. Stronger.” He bowed his head, sorting out what to tell Chayle and what to leave out.
    “Just say it, will you?” she huffed, leaning back in the winged-back chair and pulling one foot up in the chair as she got comfortable. “I know they shot me up with drugs while they had me. I figured it was illegal drugs of some sort so they could torture us.”
    “They were illegal all right,” he growled, uncrossing his legs and leaning back on his forearms. “Chayle, are you aware of genetic testing that has been banded by all civilized nations?”
    “What are you saying?” Her beautiful eyes got so wide Kayne was sure they were bigger than an owl’s.
    “The toxicology reports can’t identify the drugs that were in your system because they have never been approved. Whatever they were doing and why, it is unclear what, if any, affect the drugs had or will have on you. We do know that right now your physically fine. It’s just that the drugs they used are slowing altering your DNA to something similar to what was done to my team” He wasn’t prepared for her sudden anger. Tears, yes. A female tantrum, surely.
    “Are you saying those sons of a bitches altered, or tried to alter, my basic genetic code?” Chayle screamed, her eyes flashing with fire and her fists clenched on top of the chair arms.
    “That’s exactly what I’m saying. It’s the same for the other captive.” He let it sink in, watching her eyes blossom with fire, changing from dark chocolate to almost black.
    “We have to stop them, Kayne. If they are trying to change the course of evolution then we have to put a stop to them now.”
    “That’s exactly what Rafe and I are doing but it takes time, resources, and connections. We only have so many men and have to be careful who we trust with this information.” He reached up and took one small hand, uncurling the tight fist to run his fingertips over her nails. “Right now we have a great network that we’ve set up, and Gabriel Sorrel is the best IT hacker systems administrator genius alive. The government had no idea what they created when they added Gabe to the mix but he’s on our side and it’s a good thing.”
    Chayle’s eyes filled with tears, her emotions so unguarded they rushed at Kayne’s blocks like an avalanche taking out everything in its path. No one had ever been able to breach his mental blocks without him allowing it except Rafe. For her to do it and not even realize what she was doing spoke volumes concerning her raw talents. It was no wonder the enemy went after her.
    Kayne rose in one fluid motion, pulling her from the chair and into his arms. She clung to him like a spider monkey, her body shaking and almost coming apart as the knowledge of just what and who had taken her. It was a hard realization to come to when one realized their own government was allowing monsters to wreak havoc on unsuspecting citizens.
    He tucked her head under his chin, slowing stroking her back and letting the tears soak his thin T-shirt. It didn’t matter how long he had to