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Lia hinal before he could find out as calling, so he excused himself from the table and took his coffee cup and cell phone outside onto the front porch Sure enough, it rang again almost immediately

“Yeah?” Even though supposedly no one but the agency, his brother and Callahan had the number, Liam wasn’t about to ansith his name

“Lialad I reached you Angel’s desperate to kno Cate is”

“She’s fine”

“Don’t tell me where she is, but how safe is she? All Cody would tell me was that Nick D’Arcy has her stashed someplace But he says he doesn’t knohere that is”

“Yeah, as far as I know, he doesn’t know” Lia out in Cody’s cabin without Cody’s knowledge “I’ with her for now”

“You are? That’s good” Alec’s voice had betrayed his initial surprise, but it had quickly been followed up with approval

“Yeah And you can tell your wife to stop worrying Even if someone knehere to look, I don’t think they’d find us And if they did, we’d have plenty of warning,” he added cryptically

“That’s good to hear” There was ahis hand over the phone and talking to soelina, Liam theorized His theory was confir to his sister-in-law spoke in his ear

“Liam? Please, may I speak with Cate?”

“Sure Hold on” He stepped to the doorway and called, “Cate? Angelina’s on the phone She wants to speak with you”

He handed Cate the cell phone when she came outside, but as he did he warned her, “Stay out here Remember what Callahan said, that reception inside the cabin isn’t the greatest He’s right—I already had one dropped call inside”

Cate nodded and flashed Liarateful smile, then took the phone andHe tried not to listen to her end of the conversation with her cousin, but even though she was speaking in Zakharan he couldn’t help understanding rabbed the phone from her just before she revealed their location

“Need to know,” he reainst his shirt so their voices couldn’t be heard on the other end

“But my cousinsurely it’s safe to—”