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information, taking several bites of her food. He mimicked her, constantly reminded of the truck out front. They would need to be going. Soon.
“So what happens if they get an Alpha?” she asked at last.
He shrugged. “We don’t know. But their serums are improving. The man I fought last night was a handful. I’ve been training for close to a decade in all manner of combat, in addition to increased physical training. I don’t mean to brag, but I’m good, Madison. I’m damn good. And he almost beat me. I probably would have gotten the better of him without your help, but it wasn’t a sure thing. That’s without the blood of an Alpha to distill,” he finished, the ominous implication of what might happen if the Agency did get an Alpha clear for all to see.
Madison sat back, looking thoughtful once more. His eyes flicked over, noting a hint of troubled thought this time as well. Each time she glanced over at him, that seemed to increase several fold, until she looked away.
She was wearing small silver hooped earrings, he noticed. Connor was about to comment on them when she opened her mouth. Sensing that this was something important, he stayed quiet.
“Call me, um, call me Maddy, okay?” she asked haltingly, her voice full of indecision.
Connor nodded slowly. “Okay, Maddy, I can do that.”
She smiled weakly.
“Those are nice earrings,” he commented. “Where did you find those?”
“Oh, these?” she said, looking relieved at the change of topic as she reached up to finger them gently. “I almost always wear them. I guess my dad knew about this, and so he had some packed away in the bag he made up for me.”
He didn’t ask when she had gotten up to put them on, figuring that she must have not slept well. She had been quiet enough not to wake him, which was both a good thing and bad thing. It meant he had recovered mostly from the day before, but it meant he needed to be aware of that in the future. He normally woke at the smallest sound. If he couldn’t be trusted to do that, he was going to have to change some of his patterns and habits.
“Have you, ah, heard, anything?” she asked cautiously. “From my father, I mean. Are they okay?”
Connor and the rest of the team purposefully did not take their phones with them on a mission, in case they were captured. That meant, however, that unlike many of their peers in the modern age of cellular technology, he actually knew certain numbers by heart. This included the direct line to Lionshead Mining Consortium, the company that operated out of Genesis Valley and was funding the shifter underground here in King City. The number would connect him directly with Valen Kedyn, one of the brothers—twins—that owned the company.
“Let me find out,” he said, grabbing the cordless landline off the table and punching in the number.
“ Valen, ” came the response.
“It’s Connor, in King City,” he said briefly. “Did they arrive yet?”
“ Not yet, but they have made contact. All seems clear. What’s your status? ”
Despite the short sentences, there was a genuine compassion to Valen’s questions. He truly cared about all those in his care, even if he wasn’t particularly loquacious about it.
Connor looked over at Madison. No, Maddy , he corrected. Thinking carefully, he prepared his response.
She doesn’t need to know how bad it is.
Chapter Six
Madison
“Still in the field. Going to arrange extraction today.”
Something about the way he glanced at her before speaking set off warning bells in Maddy’s head. She could hear the other end of the line. So why was his response bothering her? She knew that the plan was to find an alternate route out of town today. They had already talked about that yesterday. So why was his answer bothering her?
Because he never stated that we were going to be okay. He only reported what we’re going to do. He thinks we’re screwed.
The unsettling thought raced through her mind, sinking its
“So what happens if they get an Alpha?” she asked at last.
He shrugged. “We don’t know. But their serums are improving. The man I fought last night was a handful. I’ve been training for close to a decade in all manner of combat, in addition to increased physical training. I don’t mean to brag, but I’m good, Madison. I’m damn good. And he almost beat me. I probably would have gotten the better of him without your help, but it wasn’t a sure thing. That’s without the blood of an Alpha to distill,” he finished, the ominous implication of what might happen if the Agency did get an Alpha clear for all to see.
Madison sat back, looking thoughtful once more. His eyes flicked over, noting a hint of troubled thought this time as well. Each time she glanced over at him, that seemed to increase several fold, until she looked away.
She was wearing small silver hooped earrings, he noticed. Connor was about to comment on them when she opened her mouth. Sensing that this was something important, he stayed quiet.
“Call me, um, call me Maddy, okay?” she asked haltingly, her voice full of indecision.
Connor nodded slowly. “Okay, Maddy, I can do that.”
She smiled weakly.
“Those are nice earrings,” he commented. “Where did you find those?”
“Oh, these?” she said, looking relieved at the change of topic as she reached up to finger them gently. “I almost always wear them. I guess my dad knew about this, and so he had some packed away in the bag he made up for me.”
He didn’t ask when she had gotten up to put them on, figuring that she must have not slept well. She had been quiet enough not to wake him, which was both a good thing and bad thing. It meant he had recovered mostly from the day before, but it meant he needed to be aware of that in the future. He normally woke at the smallest sound. If he couldn’t be trusted to do that, he was going to have to change some of his patterns and habits.
“Have you, ah, heard, anything?” she asked cautiously. “From my father, I mean. Are they okay?”
Connor and the rest of the team purposefully did not take their phones with them on a mission, in case they were captured. That meant, however, that unlike many of their peers in the modern age of cellular technology, he actually knew certain numbers by heart. This included the direct line to Lionshead Mining Consortium, the company that operated out of Genesis Valley and was funding the shifter underground here in King City. The number would connect him directly with Valen Kedyn, one of the brothers—twins—that owned the company.
“Let me find out,” he said, grabbing the cordless landline off the table and punching in the number.
“ Valen, ” came the response.
“It’s Connor, in King City,” he said briefly. “Did they arrive yet?”
“ Not yet, but they have made contact. All seems clear. What’s your status? ”
Despite the short sentences, there was a genuine compassion to Valen’s questions. He truly cared about all those in his care, even if he wasn’t particularly loquacious about it.
Connor looked over at Madison. No, Maddy , he corrected. Thinking carefully, he prepared his response.
She doesn’t need to know how bad it is.
Chapter Six
Madison
“Still in the field. Going to arrange extraction today.”
Something about the way he glanced at her before speaking set off warning bells in Maddy’s head. She could hear the other end of the line. So why was his response bothering her? She knew that the plan was to find an alternate route out of town today. They had already talked about that yesterday. So why was his answer bothering her?
Because he never stated that we were going to be okay. He only reported what we’re going to do. He thinks we’re screwed.
The unsettling thought raced through her mind, sinking its
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