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She shook her head at the futility of arguing with him. She had been doing that a lot lately. It wasn’t a good sign.
His attention turned back to Lawe.
“What did Callan say?”
Lawe grimaced. “He said he will contact Tanner if need be. Until then, as he reminded me, Tanner does have an assistant now. ”
This time, Jonas grimaced. “Geez. His assistant stutters. ”
“She’s on standby to fly in to Washington if you change your mind. ”
Jonas sighed. The timid little panther female Tanner had chosen as his assistant and trainee wasn’t exactly a prime
choice in his opinion.
“Hell, I couldn’t do any worse than she does,” Jonas sighed.
Jess piped up in a droll challenge. “I dare you. ”
He glanced at her from the corner of his eye. She was focused on the papers though, as if his ire or disapproval didn’t matter in the least.
“We’ll continue as we are,” he finally said. “Continue to investigate the disappearance. Has Cabal checked the room?”
“He was first on the scene. He and Jackal were still in D. C. after Tanner left. ”
Jonas covered his smile. Ah yes, and so the threads were indeed coming together. Tanner would have left Cabal and Jackal behind to foul any attempt Jonas made at tying Scheme Tallant to Tanner.
“Where are Cabal and Jackal now?” Jonas asked.
“They’re in the barracks below. Waiting on orders. ” There was a faint vein of mockery in Lawe’s voice.
“Let them wait. ” He pursed his lips. “I’m certain they need the rest. Tell them they’re on call. ”
It would be best to keep both men close at hand for the time being.
He loved it when a plan came together. Jonas was certain Cyrus Tallant thought he had managed to keep Jonas out of town with that piddling attempt at an attack that a group of purists had made against him that evening. They hadn’t come close.
Evidently Tallant had learned that Scheme was betraying him. Jonas had found the message on the relay system when he returned to the office. Her request for pickup and asylum and the information that she would meet him at the ball that was held that evening in D. C.
There wasn’t a doubt in his mind that Tanner had Scheme Tallant. Which meant she was exactly where Jonas wanted her to be. With Tanner. Safe for the time being while he pulled the rest of the threads of this little web. Shift a pawn here, pull in one there, whisper the proper words and then wait for the fallout.
“Put Alpha team on covert alert at Sanctuary,” he ordered Lawe. “I want anything out of the ordinary reported to me. Any Breed behaving out of character, asking any questions concerning Ms. Tallant, anything that seems suspicious. And monitor each outgoing transmission, no matter the means made. Cell phone, sat phone, landline and broadband. If so much as a drum taps in rhythm, then I want to know about it. ”
Suspicion glinted in Lawe’s gaze. Alpha team was the special, highly organized team of investigative agents working within Sanctuary to uncover Tallant’s spy.
Lawe nodded slowly. “Got it, Boss. ”
Jonas’s lips twitched. “Take care of it, Lawe. I expect you to coordinate from here. Check with Mia and she’ll set you up an office. ”
Mia, his superefficient, stranger-than-hell secretary. If he hadn’t seen her file himself, he would have never believed she was a Breed.
“Don’t put me behind a desk, Boss,” Lawe snarled, his incisors flashing. “That’s just going to piss me off. ”
Jonas arched his brow and stared back at the agent. He just stared. No expression. No comment.
“Goddammit,” Lawe cursed.
Jess spoke up then, her tone chastising. “There’s a lady present. Act like a snarling animal when Jonas lets me leave. Until then, remember a few manners. ”
