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Dash was checking the locks and the blinds on the balcony doors to the roo himself quickly

“Cassie, I need clothes,” she snapped before turning to Dash “I need your secondary weapons and utility belt”

“I have the she had carried from the bedroom, and Cassie rushed from her own room with clothes and shoes

Dawn grabbed the clothes, rushed into the bedroo boots Cassie had brought her on her feet The shoes fit perfectly; the jeans and top were a little snug

She jerked the utility belt on, secured the weapon and rushed back to the sitting room as she secured the link back on her head

And she came to a full stop

“No!” Terror gripped her in blinding waves “You lied to me”

He was hit She watched as Elizabeth tried to staunch the blood running in rivulets down his arm

Seth’s head jerked up, and she realized he had been listening to the reports coh another link He held a weapon in his hand, one of the heavy handguns Dash carried that were equipped with laser bursts

Shelook he was giving her As though she had no right to be angry with him

“We have bigger problems” His jaw clenched furiously

“Bigger proble to death in front of me?” she snapped

“Much bigger” He rose to his feet as Elizabeth tied off the bandage “It wasn’t just my blood you smelled in there We have a body One of my board members, and one of the feho supported me”

CHAPTER 9

Dawn crouched by the body and lifted her gaze to watch Dash’s expression as he surveyed the dead board member as well