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"The PsyNet," Judd murmured "Boy will need another neural net to hook into"

"I don’t kno to connect someone to our Net or if it’s even possible," Sascha said with a frown "And yours isn’t stable enough to open up"

Judd looked thoughtful "With th Sienna continues to be erratic, but her control is better than it e considered the question of letting you in It may work We’ll have to enter his mind and cut his connection to the PsyNet"

"That sounds like it would hurt him," Talin said

Judd’s eyesBut if we don’t do it, they’ll track him down in seconds And if the Council thinks his pain will sway his ain" His voice wasn’t aggressive, but so icy cold that Talin shivered When she felt Clay stiffen to attacking readiness, she put a hand on his aro, sheher she rong, but she was sure he hadn’tave a small nod But as she turned back to the others, she knew he planned to have words with Judd later She would just have toas it was, Clay - big, intense, dangerous Clay - seemed to listen to her "Who is she that the Council wants her that bad?"

"Her name," Judd said, a deep satisfaction in his tone, "is Ashaya Aleine She’s the M-Psy in charge of Protocol I We had a suspicion that sheas the Council had her cooperation, we couldn’t trust her I don’t think we can now, either - we have no idea why she wants the child reive you a time frame?" Clay asked Dorian

"Within the next two months"

"Then we can discuss the details later," Clay said "Noor will be up soon and we need to decide what to do to make her and Jon disappear"

"Not a problem," Lucas said, and for the first time, Talin heard the alpha in his tone "Noor’s looks will change soon enough Until then we use coset her used to a new name, too Maybe a nickname"

"It’ll take tih for it to be natural With Jon, he has to make the choice"

"I think he’ll be okay with that," Talin said, a luht of the future noithin Jon’s reach "And he hasn’t hit his growth spurt Another year and he’ll be taller, his body different He’ll start shaving"

"Tell hi that tattoo lasered off" Taree "And distinctive His hair - it’s distinctive, too"

Clay grunted "He’ll cut it, no probleue with hith hair without a peep - the boy was already showing the first signs of hero worship, and it was Clay he’d fixated on Just like Noor Talin could guess why There was a deep protectiveness in Clay, a sense that once heto keep you safe Like he had for her

She turned into his embrace He dropped an absentht in her world The Psy weren’t out there looking forfro into her very cells, and Clay trusted her without exception

A few hours later, Clay found hi Talin talk with the kids When Dorian walked up to him, he didn’t waste time "What didn’t you say in front of the others?"

The blond sentinel folded his arms "How did you know?"

"I’m older and wiser, Boy Genius"

"Knock it off" Dorian scowled in Talin’s direction "I swear if that nickna to take your Tally and dump her in the nearest body of ice-cold water"

"Then I’d have to beat you up"

"Hey, I spar with a Psy assassin on a regular basis and I’ers in a faave me some information I didn’t think you’d want Talin to hear"

Clay kept his eyes on the tableau in front of him as Sascha came out of the house and headed toward Talin For the first tilad he was for Sascha’s presence in the pack Without her, they ht have lost Dorian forever after his sister’s murder The sentinel Talin teased - it wasn’t the same Dorian as the one who had once wanted to tear open Sascha’s throat

He hoped his alpha’s mate could help Jon and Noor, too, but knew that even theUntil Tally had co into such deep violence that nothing could’ve brought him back And if she dared die on him, he’d hunt her into the afterlife

"So," he said, cal on Tally She ht, it hurt "What did Aleine tell you?"

"That these two" - Dorian nodded toward the children - " these experiuy’s name is Larsen Ashaya thinks the ry wakefulness "We knew that With Max down, she’s becoht a football that seemed to come out of nowhere, then threw it across to the other side of the yard - in the direction of the woods that backed onto Ta out The teenagers grabbed it, waved, then jogged over to join Talin and Sascha

Nico was clearly taken with Tally Clay didn’t interrupt the kid’s flirting The boys knehat lines they could and couldn’t cross, and the fact that Nico was secure enough to seek affection from Tally le" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>