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Mack hadn’t even scraped the bottom of the barrel ofspecificwhen it came to Corrinthian Technologies. He intended to go after them and go after themhard.The breach of security ultimately fell on him—he’d checked, hired, and spent inordinate amounts of time with the Level Twelve team; the traitor was his responsibility.
Hannah and Daisy were subjected to an ordeal all because some bigshots thought they could barge their way in tohishouse, intimidatehisemployees, and steal data carefully developed byhisteam.
Hewould make sure they paid for their arrogance.
“Just get it done, Alex. This shit with Holewinski better be handled by Monday night, otherwise Tuesday is gonna dawn on a very different reality for a lot of people.” Mack ended the call, breathing heavily as he struggled to rein in his fury.
A mug of coffee slid across the railing, the scent hitting him a second later.
Cradling a mug of his own, Levi leaned his hip against the railing and regarded him curiously. “Judging by that conversation, you’re having a really bad day.”
“Isn’t there a saying about best laid plans?” Mack lifted the mug. “Thanks.”
“Selling a business must be hard work, stressful.” Levi looked out into the forest, the sunlight catching the red in his hair and setting it alight. “If you don’t mind me asking, do you need to sell or was it an offer too good to refuse?”
The first sip of coffee shocked his system into full capacity. “Neither. I believed it was best for the future of the research. Being absorbed into a bigger company with more resources, more facilities and techs to focus on the work. It turns out trying to be proactive for the company opened it up to traitors and thieves.”
“Shit. You’ve got a mole?”
“Looks like. Now I have to figure out who it is and how to punish them without committing homicide.”
Levi shrugged a shoulder. “There’s always an ‘accident’. Christ knows I thought about it when my cheating bitch of an ex shredded my life and my sanity. I refrained,” he added, smirking when Mack’s eyebrows almost hit his hairline. “The imagining was almost as satisfying.”
Oh, he’d be imagining multiple deaths until this whole mess was sorted out.
“Can you not expand the company yourself?”
“I’m barely in the millionaire bracket; it could take me years to reach the financial stability to expand the way it needs. I’ve got some projects worth tens of millions, more, but they need the push now before similar research hits the market. That is if the thieving bastards don’t find a way to get the tech,” he muttered, scowling into the mug. “We’ve shut down the breach, but I doubt that’ll stop them from coming at us again.”
“So you need an investor,” Levi mused. “And someone to scare the bastards off giving theft a second attempt. Might be I can help you with both of those issues, if you’re willing to step out of the moral boundaries.”
“If it keeps my employees safe, I’ll give anything a shot.”
“All right then, we need to make some calls.” Levi slanted him a look. “Investor first, or enforcer?”
“Safety first.”
Levi tugged his phone from his back pocket, unlocking the screen with his thumbprint, and tapping the glass until a line began to ring.
“Security.”
“Grit, it’s Levi.”
“Mmm-hmm. You got a problem?”
“Outside issue. Might be right up a tiny blonde kitten’s alley.”
Tiny blonde kitten? Oh shit,Tabitha?
“Wait, you can’t—” Mack grabbed Levi’s arm. “You can’t pit her against these guys, Levi! They’ll eat her alive and ship her bones back with ribbons tied on.”
Grit laughed. “Oh ye of little faith, Mack. Tabby is unlike anyone you’ve ever known. Just pray you don’t meet her in the dark. Now, before I disturb her and risk losing a limb, what kind of resolution are we aiming for with thisissue?Do they needwiping off the face of the planet or can they get away with a few broken bones?”
“Mack?” Levi arched an eyebrow. “This is your ballgame.”
Alternate dimension. That was why this was so damn confusing; they’d done something last night, fucked Sierra into a coma maybe, and triggered a switch in dimensions where Tabitha was what, invincible? “Um…”
“Tell you what, give me the name and she’ll make her own mind up. We’ve been restricting her playtime since she came back from the dead, so this might boost her spirits.”
