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Near.
The cursor blinked longingly for several seconds.
Is the welcome sign up or is it open season?
Unfortunately, it could still be open season without the answers I need first. I ask that you use caution but make the trip with all haste.
For you.
The answer had her closing in momentary relief. This line is not always safe, she typed. Please contact secondary source, which will direct you from here on out.
We appreciate your discretion in first contact. We hope to see you soon. The message ended and the screen disconnected as Anya closed the keyboard and breathed out roughly.
She could be making a mistake. She could be risking Del-Rey’s rage, she knew. Hopefully, she wasn’t risking the lives of friends as well.
Dr. Chernov and Dr. Sobolova were dedicated scientists and geneticists. Their work in the labs after they took over had been rumored to be some of the most advanced in understanding the Coyote genetics and many of the Breed’s strengths and weaknesses.
Several of the Coyote Breeds coming in from the Middle East had been secretly trained in the psychology of the Coyotes as well as advanced medicines. The lab facilities there had been considered to be ahead of their time. The training there was rumored to have stirred controversy among the scientists within the Genetics Council.
It would be hard for the Coyote Breeds to accept any Council scientist into Base, but the situation was becoming intolerable. Dr. Armani couldn’t treat both species. It wasn’t going to work. The Breeds coming in didn’t have the knowledge needed to work independently of a scientist proven in the areas of Breed physiology and genetic makeup.
Del-Rey had told her that if she could find someone she trusted her friends with, then she could have them. Then he had turned right around and forbade it.
Her lips thinned. The first promise was the one that counted, she decided, as she signed several more reports on the e-pad and sent them to the respective pack leaders awaiting them.
With that finished, she rose from her desk, tucked her cotton shirt into the band of her jeans and inhaled slowly. The heat had been easier today. Much easier. But then, Del-Rey had spent the past three days making certain that the hormonal releases she needed were given in quantity, as well as quality.
She flushed at that, then grinned. He was an incredible lover whether the heat was present or not. And as he had promised, he had more than made up for that first time that he had taken her.
As she moved for the door, e-pad in hand, the link at her ear beeped, a distinctive signal that had her smiling as she stepped from the room.
“Yes?” She answered her alpha’s call with a surge of excitement as her bodyguards converged behind her with a snicker and Ashley muttered, “Lovesick.”
“Are you well, Mate?” Del-Rey’s voice was low, his tone like a whisper of rough velvet over her senses.
“I am,” she answered, her voice just as low. “You?”
He chuckled. “How close is Ashley behind you? I’d hate to make her blush.”
Ashley snorted.
“Close enough,” Anya answered with a laugh as she glanced at her e-pad. “I’m heading to your office if you’re free. I need to discuss some reports that came in this morning on the new construction in the lower caverns, as well as some shifts in duty I’d like to make with a few of the teams.” And kitchen staff and uniforms. She saw no reason to list the full file of complaints she intended to face him with.
“We could discuss it this evening,” he suggested.
“That’s what you said yesterday,” she told him. “We didn’t get around to that discussion if I recall.”
“Ah yes, other things definitely came up,” he chuckled.
And they had. Hours’ worth of pleasure. Her body still tingled with it.
“I’m headed up,” she told him as they reached the stairs that led to the upper caverns. “Don’t run and hide.”
He laughed at that. “I’ll be here, Mate. Maybe I’ll even have a treat for you.”
She shivered at the thought of that. She had become overly fond of Del-Rey’s afternoon treats. The ones where he pulled her into his office or entered hers and showed her how hungry he was for her.
A nooner sounded good.
