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Returning home after an hour, his body covered in sweat, he took a shower, then sat down at his desk The first thing he pulled up was a file on Sophia Russo, not out of any particular interest, but because hean eye on what his fellow Councilors were doing Nikita ht’ve been an ally, but theirs was an alliance of expediency, nothing more

The J-Psy’s file was detailed, as was the case with ular childhood, and recent appearance on the rehabilitation watchlist, her abilities fell within fairly normal parameters for a J So as Nikita so interested in this one particular J? There was no doubt that she was--the request to the J Corps had been very specific

Making a mental note to monitor the situation, he was about to pull up another file when he felt soer his outermost shields on the PsyNet Given that those shields were so complex they were all but invisible, he only spared the incident a cursory glance Many people contacted his shields without realizing it But then, the intruder h those shields

Kaleb opened his psychic eye between one blink and the next

The intruder was gone

Which in itself was an answer--because anyone good enough to have left without getting caught in one of his traps shouldn’t have triggered the alarm in the first place "So," he un"

CHAPTER 10

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their transition into adult training

Sophia was ht it to a stop in front of anot far from Golden Gate Park--the site of Kenneth Vale’s apartment, the location of his suicide Sophia had never suffered froical issue thatin that car with a quietly brooding Max had beenunsettling

He took up more space than he should, the heat of his body inescapable in the confines of the vehicle She’d felt as if he was touching her with each wave of that starkly masculine heat--and for a woman who hadn’t been touched in years, it had been an experience that left her scra for escape

"Entry codes?" Max asked as they walked up the steps, his voice rubbing against her skin like sandpaper

Again, it was touch without a touch, so she had no ability to avoid, to process "I have the and headed toward the elevator security console, her gloved fingers slipping off the pad once before she collected herself

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"This is a very exclusive building" A cal to her side as the elevator headed down to them "Vale’s position with Councilor Duncan enabled him to secure his privacy to this extent"

"Why bother?" Max folded his ar his hand under her hair, to the soft warize for pushing her too hard, too soon, with a sloeet kiss--no o

"Before these deaths," he said, forcing himself to maintain a white-knuckled hold on a need that refused to obey the rules of civilized behavior, "I’ Nikita’s business advisor wasn’t exactly a high-risk position, so why the security?"

"Hu, have a way of expecting things frolance out of those vivid, i himself from those anted to pitch to him in person"