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She’d had a feeling she had been betrayed then, but only herNo one else had known, and she sure as hell hadn’t given up her location herself

Her thoughts were cut off as the elevator door opened, depositing them out into the busy lobby of the hotel

“Too damned bad that fucker Brandenmore died,” Malcolm muttered behind her “We could have just beaten the information out of him”

That had been Malcol Hell, his Christmas wish had been for two minutes with the dead ain

A grown man who still made Christmas wishes It never failed to amuse her

Just as the thought of Brandenmore never failed to piss her off

Brandenmore had been in bed with the Genetics Council well before he’d even realized it His father and his grandfather both had supported the Genetics Council and hoped to benefit from the experiments and creations the Council had conceived

Through his connection to the retardation with Breed s, Brandenmore had been drawn in to research the phenomenon

A phenoing but would also cure any human diseases the human mate may have

Once any feiven the serum hit puberty, Brandenmore had theorized, then she would possess the ability to ing once she hit her sexual maturity, cure any disease, and also ensure Breed hybrid conception and possibly help Brandenmore find the cure to the cancer that ran in his family

Which wasn’t exactly true, as Diane understood it Mating heat did much more than Brandenmore’s serum, and iven her were anything to go by

Breeds mated for life, Rachel had told her The Breeds known to have lost a mate and survived that loss lived sad,It couldn’t ease or cure aAnd in Branden death

“Wyatt is sending a car for us,” Aaron informed her as they crossed the lobby and headed for the front exit “It’s supposed to be waiting outside the hotel”

Diane nodded rather thancomment she would have at any other time

Thiswith Jonas was too important to chance any transportation other than the Bureau’s She just hoped he had gotten the hint and found a way to distract her an