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Tiger released hi man, down the slope to rendezvous with Ronan and Broderick
"That assle’s history," Broderick said when Ellison whispered the news "No one reed with hie, Ellison would pound Broderick, but right now, Broderick wanted Maria out of there as uard, and he handed Tiger the holstered autoun, and then silently handed it back Ronan gave him a whatever look and buckled the second weapon over his shoulder
Ellison took the radio frouard he’d knocked out and the second one Ronan had and tucked both in his belt He then searched his guy for a cell phone, switched it off, and threw it as hard as he could into the meadow
"Here co through brush around the house, ani their prey The black limo pulled to a stop in the semicircular drive, and Ellison’s pickup stopped behind it The back door of the li Pablo
Maria’s shapely leg in jeans came out, followed by the rest of her, her white cotton blouse tugged by the breeze She waited, looking unworried, for the nexthair
The feral in Ellison rose up again He knew, from the way the others treated him, that this was Bradley His eneuard went into the house through the front door, the second signaling Pablo to follow Pablo stopped, saying soun at hi her feet, and started talking to Bradley And talking and talking She gesticulated toward Pablo and back to the li?" Ronan whispered
"Giving us a ," Ellison said Goddess bless her "The bodyguard’s turned off the alarain"
"Pablo’s the only one who’s ever wanted to help me," Maria said to Bradley as they stood on the wide brick doorstep The door to Bradley’s vast house lay open behind her, the bodyguard who’d opened it waiting impatiently inside it
"So why don’t you leave the Shifters and work for him?" Bradley asked He sounded mildly curious, not annoyed
"Because he’s a criine what he wants woet away from the Shifters, but not with him I need money to do that That’s why I’e in expression Pablo had been right to say the uards get anxious if I’iven so room, while we talk in , and walked inside He’d balked at the doorway, pretending to be too scared to enter, and Maria had taken the cue If she talked enough, and the door was open long enough, Ellison, if he’d gotten into position, would be able to slip inside If notwell, she was back to hoping Pablo’s girlfriend had given theht codes
She walked into the house, Bradley cauard shut the door The interior was vast, the foyer rising two floors straight up, with a wrought-iron railed balcony encircling the second level Doors opened out fro staircase
The first and second bodyguards peeled Pablo off to a roouard led Maria upstairs following Bradley Bradley ushered Maria into a roo ainto full spring ecstasy
Bradleyempty desk, and went to a wet bar, where he poured cold bottled water into a glass with ice and brought the bottle and glass to her The bodyguards took up positions on either side of the doorway
"All right," Bradley said, resting one hip on his desk He looked alness in his eyes "You say you want to help me obtain Shifter cubs for my clients Hoould you do it?"
"Theyinwardly at the word, but telling herself to play it out "I could bring one or two to a location where you could easily pick the when I ith Olaf yesterday, I would have kept the other Shifters away"
"Het aith that once, maybe What happens when the next set of cubs you’re supposed to be watching also get taken? They’ll be suspicious, don’t you think?" His tone held faint scorn
He didn’t believe her Maria shut her eyes, bunched her fists, and tried to look helpless and desperate "If you pay h, I only need to do it once or twice Then I can take the uarantee three, maybe four cubs The Shifter faet much more than that anyway"
Her heart burned If those precious cubs were lost, the entire coht work," Bradley conceded "You’d have to make sure the cubs weren’t anywhere near any of the adults"