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“Like me,” she confirmed softly

Mace ran a hand down his face “Then we’re in more trouble over here than I realized, because my animal insists that Keiko is our o” He paused because he couldn’t believe what he was about to say “Neither do I She feels like she belongs with us”

And didn’t thata million times harder than it already was

Chapter Twenty-Seven

“You found me an elevator that works” Keiko beaift ever”

And she wasn’t joking, either The thought of walking down thirty-three floors to get to the security hub, and dodging people out to kill the for her

The man actually blushed It was adorable “It’s just an elevator”

“A private elevator” She buainst him as she teased him “One that’s hidden in Miriam’s secret room That makes it extra special”

The tiny elevator was barely big enough to hold both of them, and it only went to one location—the first level subbasee was located But it was an elevator, and it worked

Mace brought up the building’s floor plans on the panel next to the elevator “As far as I can figure, this will take us out close to the service stairs that run froood because those stairs don’t have as many cameras on them as some of the others”

“So we’ll head up fro we can?”

“That’s the plan” He ushered her into the tiny elevator

“It’s not a brilliant plan, is it?”

He cocked an eyebrow at her “You got a better one?”

She kept her mouth shut, and he just sh the building But at last, the elevator came to a halt in the subbasement Mace held up a hand and motioned for her to hile he checked the corridor Cautiously, gun first, he peeked out and then signaled for her to follow