Page 20 of Digital Desire

“I’m sorry,” Drew said looking at him with sincerity.

“Shit happens, just be careful.”

“Don’t worry, Siren and I are just friends, the flirting is fun and if it leads to some no-strings sex then all good, but for now, I just want to concentrate on finding my aunt and stopping her for good. My heart isn’t involved at all.”

Alex nodded and knew that Drew had struggled with finding out Rhea Winslow, the evil leader of the Divine Watchers, was his aunt. Fuck who wouldn’t fight with that?

“A toast,” Alex said raising his glass, “to fucked up families and no-strings monkey sex,” he said as Drew laughed and knocked their beers together.

“Amen,” laughed Drew.

“Now, I should probably try and get a few hours’ sleep as we have to find Madison tomorrow. I don’t like the idea of her with Chopper.” Alex frowned at the thought.

“We have any leads?” Drew asked as he finished his beer and stood, to walk to the elevator with him.

“Not anything new, but Decker is working on something with Mitch at the moment.”

“Does Zack know?”

“Yes, all info is being shared between Fortis, Eidolon, and Zenobi.”

“Isn’t that unusual?” Drew asked as they stepped off the elevator onto their floor.

“Yes, but so is the threat.”

“I guess I still have a lot to learn,” Drew said

Alex chuckled. “You’ll get there. It takes years and years of experience to get to where Zack and Dane are, but you have good teachers. I mean, they aren’t as good as Eidolon, but Fortis is okay,” he teased as Drew laughed and disappeared into his room.

That kid had an old head on young shoulders, he wasn’t sure if he had been as canny at twenty-three. Locking his door, he checked for emails before stretching out on the bed and falling into a fitful sleep filled with eyes of melting chocolate and skin like warm honey.

Chapter 10

The beeping of the alert on his watch telling him there was a breach on their floor woke him seconds before the door to Aubrey’s room came crashing in. Will jumped from the bed as Aubrey reached for her bedside drawer. Pressing the button on his watch that was linked to Liam and Drew, he put himself between Aubrey and the bedroom door as he heard shouting.

The door was thrown open, and Will found himself face to face with four armed police officers and they all had their weapons trained on him.

“What the hell is going on?” he demanded as he glared at the short, uniformed policeman that seemed to be in charge.

“Will Granger, you are under arrest for the murder of Pierre Aubin,” he said with a sneer as two of the armed men stepped forward and hauled him across the bed, shoving his hands behind his back and cuffing him.

“What the fuck! I didn’t kill anyone,” he said as he began to struggle. The policeman hit him with a baton, and he felt his knees give as pain lashed through his head.

“Where are you taking him?” yelled Aubrey as she glared at the policeman who had spoken.

Will wanted to punch the bastard in the nuts as he eyed Aubrey lasciviously and then licked his lips. “To the station in Cali central,” he said.

Pierre was dead! How had this happened and when and what evidence did they have to say it was him?

“What about the girl—Camila?” he asked as they dragged him from the room to see Liam and Drew coming out of their rooms followed by Alex and Reid.

“There is no girl, just Mr Aubin,” he stated as he stopped to glare at Alex who had his arms folded and was standing in the way of the police.

“What is going on?” he asked in quick-fire Spanish.

“Mr Granger is being charged with murder in the first degree for killing Pierre Aubin.”

“On what evidence?” Alex asked.