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Clay brushed his lips over her hair "Leave Jon to me" It was a pro at Max’s files, seeing as done to the victih theht help us locate the boy"
She didn’t even trust Max to fight for Jon, but it was frighteningly easy to fall into her old rhythms with Clay "Okay" He would never allow harm to come to a child
"That’ll leave me free to follow up the Shine connection" Max rubbed at his eyes "I just pray to God they don’t grab any ure this out"
Talin felt her sto all this, Max"
"Why did you?" Clay’s eyes atchful, his hold on her so proprietary it"It’s confidential inforht’ve been huaze with solid confidence "Aside from the obvious Psy presence, DarkRiver and SnowDancer control San Francisco And" - his tone shifted, becaone out on whether the Psy really do continue to have more influence than the cats and wolves"
Chapter 13
Talin’s mouth went dry The Psy made certain they were the sole power in anyopponents But if Max was right, then she’d begged the aid not of a friend, but of a man with a powerful network of influential connections It shook her What if Clay thought she’d only come to him because of his link to DarkRiver?
"You always intended to ask us to get involved," Clay responded, his fingers stroking over her hip She would’ve objected except she had a feeling that it was an unconscious act And disturbing as it was to her senses, she liked it
"I wanted to s help their own - I wasn’t sure you’d bother with lost human children" Max’s tone was blunt
"Still doesn’t answer the original question"
"I need backup" Max’s mouth twisted "Like I said, Enforcement doesn’t see this case as a priority"
Talin felt her anger spike but kept her silence None of this was Max’s fault
"You’re saying you’re on your own on this?" Clay asked, sliding his hand up and down in a caress that threatened to make her shiver She shifted but it onlyand a seductive kind of comfort
"I have some friends in this city who’ll step in if necessary," Max answered, "but yeah The MEs usually get excited about unusual an reot this ti from somewhere, but hell if I knohere Especially if Shine is clean" He tapped the side of his beer bottle
"And," he continued, "whatever marked these children’s brains as different, well, we don’t have it to ith I’ve been able to get hold of some medical scans taken prior to death - usually as part of a Shine eval Maybe you’ll spot so the MEs didn’t Won’t be hard I’m not sure they even looked" A cynical sreat protectors"
"I don’t have ainst Clay’s T-shirt again, gripping the soft ers stilled before he cupped his hand boldly over her hip and squeezed Stoht with awareness, she released his T-shirt but re hi between the the files?"
"I asked for your help I have to trust you" Max’s face took on a thoughtful cast "You know the one thing I’ve always ade in the direction of the conversation, Talin asked, "What?"
"They ht be a race of ice-cold bastards, but they don’t abuse their kids I’ve never heard of any sexual or physical abuse within a Psy household Leave it to us animal races to sink that low"
"Don’t be impressed" Clay’s voice vibrated ithheld fury "They begin their abuse at birth Psy aren’t born emotionless, they’re conditioned into it Their children have no choice but to obey - refusal gets you rehabilitated"
Max frowned "Rehab?"
"The process wipes memory, destroys etables"
"Christ" Max shook his head "But even with that, I’m not convinced they didn’t make the better choice Their children aren’t the ones being beaten to death"
Talin was still wrestling hat Max had told theht He pushed so on the Tank’s dash "I’ve unarmed the lair’s defenses Get your butt inside before you start snoring right here"
"I’ away from the vehicle and into the lair
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